Independent, Turin Hotels

My husband and I are from Canada and stayed at Pensione Duca for 12 days in August 2013 while we participated in the World Master's Games. The hosting couple is very sweet and offer a lovely continental breakfast with fresh-baked pastries, fruit, cheese/meat slices and cappuccino! We were relieved to be able to use the laundry facilities on site for a very reasonably fee. The rooms are nicely decorated and well-kept. It was very hot during our stay (35-40 degrees C) and while the fan in our room was appreciated and got a work-out, air conditioning would have been nice. The hostel is near a "To-Bike" station, which has bikes you can rent with a special card you load with money. It is a very convenient way to get around the main city centre with stations scattered throughout. I would stay here again!

We loved staying 1 night on our way through. Bus into town very close. The cleanest place ever, its sparkled, very helpful and friendly host. Thank you beautiful Nara

A nice hotel in the town of chivasso, opposite the train station. Staff were very nice and the breakfast offering was excellent

Good access to the city by tram which runs every 5 mins. Easy access to hotel from autostrada. Roberto is the ideal host with a knowledge and enthusiasm for Turin which greatly enhanced our stay. In fact we stayed an extra night over our plan. Can' t recommended it too highly.

My husband and I regularly stay in inexpensive apartments when we travel in Europe, and the above ratings are based on comparing Casaele to other similar places we've stayed, either private apartments or European apartment-hotels. This was one of the best equipped and most welcoming apartments we've ever experienced at this price level, with two rooms and a bathroom nicely appointed and decorated. We had a very helpful and friendly welcome from the owner who spoke good English, plenty of tourist information/shopping/laundry info, plus supplies that are often missing in these rentals such as toilet paper and salt. The pictures (again, unlike many) are realistic and represent well how nicely this apartment has been equipped - not luxurious, but if we'd wanted luxury we'd be a different kind of traveler. Having free parking in the (locked) courtyard was great too. The building itself is a very ordinary apartment block in average condition, and the neighborhood is not at all touristy. It's perhaps a little further south of the city than we'd thought from maps, but access to the tram is very easy and takes you to all the main attractions within 10-15 minutes. If when you travel you prefer not to have a generic experience in a center-city tourist hotel, but rather enjoy getting a taste of ordinary housing, cooking for yourself, and taking public transit, Casaele is a wonderful place from which to enjoy Turin - a fabulous city! We wish we'd stayed a couple more days!