Finding budget accommodation in the Italian city of Udine proved to be a long drawn out struggle. The tourism pages of the municipal website list the larger hotels but not cheaper accommodation like hostels, pensions and private rooms. They did, however, provide a pdf document which listed contact details for a handful of cheaper rooms. This wasn't very detailed and only a few of the ones listed had websites. I sent off an email to those that had email addresses and weren't too far from the centre … more