We thought this hotel was a good value for the money. We opted for a shared bathroom, which was never a problem. The breakfast was great. There was air conditioning and free internet with a computer provided in a room across the hall. The only downside was that we arrived at the train station at 9:00 p.m. and did not have any idea how to get there. The attendant at the station pointed us in the wrong direction. We ended up walking for an hour and arrived at 10:00 p.m. Take a taxi. If you do decide to walk it will take about 30 minutes and you need to walk through the Galleria Spallanzani (the tunnel). The hotel is near the hospital. There is a small hotel sign. You need to go up the steps to the hotel.

We rented 2 rooms for 6 people. Very clean and friendly hotel with modern and comfortable rooms, excellant breakfast and very helpful and friendly owner

Our stay in La Spezia (which we chose for cost and the boat ride to Cinque Terre, rather than stay in one of the 5 Terre) turned into an unexpected treat. La Spezia is a real city with tourism only a component of the city's life. Franco Costa, proprietor of ca' dei Costa, is a genuinely nice guy who went out of his way to be helpful with directions, suggestions -- even with a supply of bus tickets and directions for using them, which bus to take and so on. We would definitely stay with him again should we find ourselves in that part of Italy.

Eric & Barbara Weissman
Seattle, Washington, USA

Very happy to have found this hotel. Located just a quick walk from the city center, with many restaurants and cafés on the way. Clean and large rooms, cheap and free use of internet computer. The breakfast was great, and staff was very friendly and helpful. Great balcony!