<p>Hey all,</p>
<p>I’m interested in Brown and am planning a visit that will require me to stay overnight. Can anyone recommend a/any good hotel(s) that I can stay at? This would be at the end of december. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>If possible, you should wait to visit the campus until after Winter Break- it ends around January 19th and classes start again the 23rd.
If you visit at the end of December, campus will be empty and you won’t be able to take a tour or sit in on classes, etc.
When you visit, you might want to stay at the Inn at Brown, as it is on campus (you’ll need a parent with you). See here: [Saunders</a> Inn at Brown University](<a href=“http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/Saunders_Inn/]Saunders”>http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/Saunders_Inn/) for more info.
If you’re looking for more of a hotel kind of deal, I stayed at the Hotel Providence which was very nice. It’s downtown, but not too far.</p>
<p>If you have a car, we have stayed in Seekonk (5-7 min away). There is a Ramada Inn (free sit down breakfast), Comfort Inn and Hampton Inn (buffet breakfast) all next to one another. It is off I -195 E. If not, there is a Radisson which offers a shuttle bus to the university which is only 5 min away too. I agree with the previous poster about attending when school is in session to really get the full feel for the university.</p>
<p>There is also a Best Western Inn @ Warwick, about 10 minutes from campus, if you have a car! 
I stayed there. Very cheap, breakfast every morning, friendly staff. </p>
<p>However, I must ALSO urge you to visit when classes are in session. It’s a VERY different feel. Feel free to contact me if you decide to visit during class-time and need a guide or help or something! :)</p>
<p>Send me a PM if you’d like. If you come up once the break is over, I certainly would be glad to answer any questions in person which you might have about Brown to the extent that I could do so given my time there.</p>
<p>Best,
Fred</p>
<p>Well, I’m going to Providence anyway so I figured I could see Brown at the same time. Could anyone recommend some good Italian-pasta type places that aren’t too expensive?</p>
<p>Thanks :)</p>
<p>Ah, well if you’re going anyway, it can’t hurt. BTW, the campus is gorgeous during autumn. GORGEOUS. And summer, too. It’s really green. Right now it’s kind of sad, with the bare trees and all, but the snow is really beautiful (aside from the one on the streets, which is slushy and black–gross!). As for the food…Hm…Italian-pasta…</p>
<p>Well, on Thayer Street, there’s Antonio’s, which has great pizzas and I ASSUME pasta and other related things. Also, in front of the Emery-Woolley dorm (if you’re going down Thayer Street, you take a right on Brown Street, i.e. when you see Andrea’s), there’s an Italian place called Via-Via. Aside from those, I don’t remember what else there is. All I know is I really miss going to Spice and to Shanghai to get my Asian cuisine on. ^_^</p>
<p>Andino’s which is on Federal Hill</p>