My wife and I stayed at this hotel between June 13th and June 16th 2011 as part of a Page & Moy tour of Central Italy. As hotels go it was OK (just). The setting was stunning overlooking distant hills and valleys of Umbria to the North West and North, though this was unfortunate for me, for a reason I... More

Finding a hotel in Urbino is a nightmare – a series of one way streets, no cars allowed in the old city unless you're a resident and very poor signage. After driving around the walls for some time we came upon a sign for this hotel. We decided to stay since it looked fine and the price was right. The... More

Where to start ? The hotel has good views from rooms at the front, but we had a room at the back facing a steeply sloping bank of trees about 20 feet away, with the sky only visible by craning the neck upwards. The room was thus very dark and very small, with faded decor, twin very narrow low beds,... More

I unfortunately, like my fellow travellers, had no choice in being deposited in this sad, run-down hotel "in" Urbino. Please know "in Urbino" is a euphemism as it is a bus ride away. I was travelling with 4 British friends within a larger group for a total of 40. Let me start with the positives of which there are two-the... More