The Hotel President is situated to the north of Turin City Center near to Dora Station.

Firstly the hotel itself, very comfortable and very clean, the reception staff were very friendly and helpful. I was on the 6th Floor and my room was warm and comfortable with a view of the mountains in the distance (ok also a view of nearby apartments and a construction site!). i had a large room, double bed, bathroom with shower, toilet and bidet and complimentary toiletries as well as a mini bar in the room. A continental breakfast is free of charge in the basement restaurant. The hotel is a few yards from Dora Rail Station with easy access by rail to and from the airport. There is a lot of construction going on at the moment improving the Station and road system but it didn't impact on my stay. I arrived by train so i can't comment on the car parking situation.

Secondly the area, the hotel is situated out of the city center and there are a few comments about the neighborhood. I felt completely safe walking around late at night, there are a few characters hanging around but they're usually waiting for a tram or working in the area, i had no problems at all and the area is completely safe if you use common sense.

The Hotel is situated on a tram line there are also plenty of buses into town, the transport system in Turin is incomprehensible to a tourist and i suspect to most of the locals as well. Tickets for buses and trams are purchased in advance from one of the many tobacconists shops around.

Overall an excellent hotel, easy access to all parts of Turin, the hotel is good value for money.

I also recommend Il Caminetto Restaurant a few yards down the road - excellent Pizza's

I want to address two topics: the hotel and the neighborhood.

First, our stay at the hotel was almost perfect. When I booked the hotel, I forgot to indicate that I wanted a non smoking room. When we arrived and went to our room, it was a smoking room. We went back downstairs, and without a problem, we were moved to room 104. There wasn't a trace of smoke or cigarettes, and my nose is hypersensitive. Once we got into our room, the lock on my luggage jammed and one of the front desk staff came up to my room with tools to help me break the lock (she actually came up several times with several different tools until we were able to finally break it). Later on, the front desk staff helped us find a wonderful place to have dinner, assisted us with transportation needs, and helped us with a few other matters. We couldn't have asked for better service.

The breakfast buffet is extremely generous for an Italian hotel. The pictures shown by the hotel are accurate with respect to the breakfast (and the rooms as well). The buffet had the following each day: fresh baked croissants (filled and plain), prepackaged croissants, two types of cereal and milk, fresh fruit, fruit juices, toast, ham and cheese, bread, espresso/capuccino, the famous turin hot chocolate, two types of yogurt. I think that I'm probably forgetting something, but as you can see already, this is very generous as most Italians generally just have a sweet and a coffee for breakfast. The dining room staff is very kind and efficient.

Our room was extremely clean. I travelled with my sister, who is a research scientist. As you can imagine, she inspected every inch of our room closely. Absolutely NO bedbugs or pests of any sort, and we had very clean, very fresh sheets. The bathroom was spotless as well. The beds were comfortable and the room temperature was perfect. We slept very well and we never heard any one in any of the other rooms.

Second, I wanted to address the location. This the kind of neighborhood where normal Italians live. The average Italian can't afford to live in the center of the city next to the Gucci store. There are a number of immigrants in this neighborhood, particularly immigrants of Arab origin, so you can buy an espresso or an Arabic tea.

It is extremely easy to get to the center of the city from the hotel. Walk out of the hotel and across the street to the convenience store, shell out one euro and buy a bus ticket. Go to the bus stop directly in front of the hotel, and take the number 10 bus. A few stops later, you will be very close to the San Giovanni Battista and you can get off there or continue to ride to the center. You could also walk--it's very close.

It's also very easy to get to the hotel from the airport. At the airport, buy a ticket for the train and then walk over to the train station. Be sure to validate the ticket in on of the yellow boxes. The last stop of the train is just a few steps away from the hotel, but make sure that you come out of the train station on the correct side, the side closest to the hotel.

I've traveled quite a bit but this is the first time that I've reviewed a hotel. But I was so pleased with the value and service that I got for my money, and so appreciative of the exceptional kindness shown by the staff that I really wanted to write a review.

The actual hotel is fine. They have a very nice breakfast, clean rooms, and some, but not all of the staff, are extremely friendly. The problems start when you are driving here, and navigating through the construction that detours you every other block. Then there's the parking, which is awful. They have a small, free outdoor lot, and a small garage (for a daily fee). The cars are locked in both areas to keep them safe from vandalism, so you can feel secure about leaving them there. However, these fill fast. There is a very large, free outdoor parking area a few blocks away. But the neighborhood was in such a state of decay - crumbling overpasses, construction barricades - that I would only park there if my husband was able to walk back to the hotel with me. We found our rental car all dinged up after leaving it there one night. I don't know what the public transportation in this area is like, so maybe I'd rate this hotel higher if I was taking busses!

We decided to go to Turin, with my husband we finded this hotel in a web page. We tought is really cheap for a 3 stars hotel. And we did a good decision. The staff, the attention, the location was excelently good the only bad thing is the location, in the near is complety full of constructions and at night the people who circulate for this area is not 100% safety, but anyway you can take the bus in front of the hotel, and on the corner is a small bar/restaurant and you can buy the best pizza in this area and is really cheap!