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Hotel il Guercino – reviews, photos

3.5 of 5
Via Luigi Serra, 7, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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Hotel il Guercino
Ranked #20 of 120 hotels in Bologna
4.0 of 5 stars 607 Reviews
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What travellers say about this hotel
  • Train station(17)
  • Very good(8)
  • Breakfast room(4)
  • Would definitely stay(4)
  • Min walk(3)
  • Nice little(3)
  • Main road(3)
  • Helpful and friendly(3)
  • Great Place(3)
  • City center(3)
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Benidorm, Spain
Senior Reviewer
8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
“A smashing little hotel.”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 January 2012
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Well located hotel, no more than 10 minutes walk from the train station and 20 minutes walk to the main square, with lots of lovely shops on the way. Easily found thanks to the directions on the hotels website. All staff were very welcoming, friendly, informative and efficient. The hotel itself was quite quirky, warm, homely and clean. Our room was small, but with everything we needed with spare pillows and blankets if required. The bathroom looked newly decorated with an excellent power shower and hair dryer. All very clean and tidy. Breakfast was buffet style, plentiful and a great selection, from biscuits, cakes, yogurts, fruit and cereals to cold meats, cheeses, eggs and bacon. There was a gym and spa and also a lounge area downstairs with free wifi. We had a very enjoyable stay and would certainly reccommend this hotel.

  • Stayed January 2012, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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6 reviews 6 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“A very nice little hotel in a great spot in Bologna.”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 January 2012 via mobile

Our family of 4 had two double rooms and paid extra for breakfast and to house the car but turned out to be great value and a really useful location. Very helpful service, a nice little fitness centre and very clean and stylish rooms. My only complaint was the thin walls and very noisy neighbor on the phone all the time. Would definitely recommend.

  • Stayed January 2012
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Tilburg, The Netherlands
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19 reviews 19 reviews
Reviews in 16 cities Reviews in 16 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“decent and nice hotel”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 December 2011 via mobile

Very nice hotel with charactar. Very clean, nicely decorated.Abundant breakfast. Only negative issue is its location. About 15-20 minutes walk to main square and bars

  • Stayed December 2011
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Cozumel
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24 reviews 24 reviews
Reviews in 16 cities Reviews in 16 cities
8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
“Don't stay here . . . REALLY!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 December 2011

Of our entire 6 week stay in Italy in 14 different hotels, this is the one and only negative review that I am writing. This was by far the rudest group of hotel staff of our entire trip. They were unpleasant, condescending, unwilling to help and then talked unkindly about us in italian right in front of us. This was not just one person at the front desk, but 4 or 5 different people at the front desk. I could not get the wireless internet to work on my computer and was not only not helped to resolve it, but given attitude when I tried to get help. (The very next hotel where we stayed in Verona was extremely helpful and showed me that when given a code in order to use the internet, it may be necessary to go to the hotel web site in order to log in. This is pretty basic infomation, I believe.) We needed to convince them to help us book the Italian Days tour (which was fabulous and shouldn't be missed) and then only became interested in helping when it occurred to them to have us pay them for the trip in cash and they would pass along the fee.

The hotel is located in an undesirable part of town in a side street by a big vacant lot that looks like a place where a building was torn down. We stayed in the "remodeled" section of the hotel and the elevator was not yet installed. There was a sheet covering a big dirt hole where I assume the elevator will be eventually, though no one was working on it the entire 4 days we were there. The hallways were covered in a carpet that looked like filthy, stained astro turf. The rooms were also carpeted in filthy, stained carpeting. All of which would have been tolerable if the staff hadn't made for an extremely uncomfortable stay.

Do yourself a favor and stay somewhere else.

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Dallas, Texas
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7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
“My stay was satisfactory but I was billed the wrong amount”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 December 2011

My stay was not bad, the hotel is old but feels clean, and staff are nice. Breakfast is pretty good, hotel room are kind of small for american standards but good enough for me. Not complaints during my stay (business trip). My concern is with billing, as during the checkout I was informed that I was billed the wrong amount on my credit card when I pre-paid for the room. It has been two weeks since then and the mistake(?) has not been corrected. The hotel acknowledged their mistake initially but I received no refund up to now. The hotel has not responded to my last communication.
My rating is low for this hotel since I believe this mistake ( hopefully unintentional ) is important.

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  • Stayed November 2011, travelled on business
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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  • Il Guercino Hotel
  • Minotel Bologna
  • Il Guercino Bologna
  • Bologna Minotel
Address: Via Luigi Serra, 7, 40129 Bologna, Italy
Price range (per night):* INR4,033 - 14,339

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