After living in Italy for a year and staying in a few hotels I was prepared for the same old no frills, run down looking hotel that seems to be common in Europe. I was very pleasantly surprised by this hotel. Although it is probably not up to most American's standards, it is miles ahead of other European hotels. The rooms were nicely furnished and decorated. They had a well cared for appearance. The A/C and TV's worked well. We had a beautiful view of the mountains from our window. The bathrooms were nice, modern, and clean. The staff was friendly and helpful. The continental breakfast was VERY good. There was pastries, baked goods, breads, meats, cheeses, cereal, and even bacon and scrambled eggs (extremely rare to find in Europe). In the evenings there is a restaurant that serves dinner. We however drove to a local restaurant for a more local meal. You will need a car for this hotel. Pisa is about 10-15 min. drive. Some restaurants were in walking distance but there is no sidewalk and cars on the road drive pretty fast. I don't know about public transportation, but I saw someone else posted that there wasn't any. Overall, it was a nice hotel, I would stay there again, and recommend it to others.

Don't stay here if you are not by car. Far from Pisa centre, far from airport, far from the beach, no public transport. But if you have a car its not bad and affordable choice. Hotel was a part of holiday inn chain until 2010 but was probably below Hinn standard so now it is converted to Idea hotel. Thats much worse but also much cheaper brand.

I have been there for a week and I was very happy, clean, good breakfeast, the location is a bit out of everywhere. Staff was very polite and nice. Is very close to the tower ( 5 min by car) and the beach (viaregio) is also close 15 min by car.

Just got back from a stay at the Pisa Migliarino Holiday in. It is about 15 minutes from Pisa and the beaches, so if you don't mind driving, you are well placed for getting to Florence, the airport, Pisa and the Beaches.

The hotel was clean and the food in the restaurant was really nice. The only problem with the hotel is it's location in relation to getting out and about without a car. There is no footpath along the road and therefore you can't get to the nearby village or to the shops unless you go by car. There are no buses and no trains nearby. The only way to get to the shops without a car was to take your life into your hands and walk along the motorway behind the barrier.

The downside in terms of location was that as we were on holiday we wanted to have an evening drinking at the end of a busy day. We had planned to got to a restaurant about a mile away. My husband had a drink and then we enquired about getting a taxi to the restaurant. Problem was we were told you have to pay a taxi from pisa as there were no local taxis and this would now cost us 20 euro - so almost £18 to go one mile. My husband and I were disappointed, so decided to stay and eat at the hotel, they don't have a definite chef on Sat and Sun evening and so the restaurant was closed without notice. We therefore had nothing to eat all evening because the we couldnt get to the shops, because we couldnt drive because we had drank. So we went hungry all night.

Drinks at the hotel were expensive 11 euro for 2 lagers, although this was typical of most parts of pisa, so be prepared to spend - 2 cappucinos 9 euro.

I cannot fault the hotel for its cleaniness and room quality, but it is very remote, so be prepared to not to drink, always eat out before coming back hotel or bring lots of taxi money with you. It also has not internet, so if you're one for getting on the net to email your friends, you need to make other plans, because they dont have any access.

Hope this helps.

Colwes