We stayed two nights having booked the hotel directly as recommended in a couple of guides. Very pleased with the service, with the comfortable and quiet room on the 4th floor with lovely views of the Alps. The location could hardly be better as within easy walking distance of just about everything. We parked right outside and were given any information we asked for. Seemed very good value. Not all rooms have A/C so better to check that if you are there in the summer.

We extended our 2 night stay at Hotel Artua to six nights - we simply fell in love with the staff and the building. The hotel has attentive, gracious staff, wireless, a reasonably priced laundry service and parking for your rental car hidden behind two gigantic ornately carved wooden doors. Hotel Artua is superbly located smack bang in the middle of Torino's old city hidden inside an turn of the century Torino office building, the 4th floor reception can be reached by an elevator and if you take the wide staircase featuring mosaic detailing you'll make your way past ornate lawyer's offices and wrought iron gates which will take you back in time to a Torino of old. At 70Euro's a night, this is as good as it get's for affordable accommodation with style in downtown Torino.

Finding a hotel for our group in center city Torino was a bit of a challenge. We thought this was going to be a great place, but the dirty bathrooms, and lack of hot water mostly spoiled it.

The rooms were classic european hotel rooms. Not too big, and each one was different. In addition, this hotel is divided in two halves. Maybe we were in the older, less well maintained half, I don't know, but our group had the majority of the rooms on this side, and there was nobody else using the other rooms. Mornings were horrible. In my room, there was a huge skylight over the shower and cold air was streaming down on top of me. The shower was tiny, and moldy. If I could have gotten hot water I might have been able to shower and warm up, unfortunately I was not able to get any hot water the first day. The second day I got up early so I got a warmer shower but the water pressure was so low that it was impossible to really get myself wet.

The staff was pretty friendly, but only one of them spoke any english, so that made it a real challenge.

Although the web site makes it sound like you get free WiFI that is NOT TRUE, you have to pay for internet access (wired in your room) or WiFi. The website also makes it sound like you will get free transportation passes with your room. That is also NOT TRUE.

The location is quite convenient. Its a very walkable distance to the Puerto Nuova train station, City Centro is just a couple blocks away, and you are right off one of the main bus routes.

We stayed for 4 nights at Hotel Artua & Solferino. The hotel staff was extremely kind to us and our two children, ages 5 and 2. They went out of their way to make sure we had everything we needed and felt welcome. Our hotel room was very large and clean, and while the furnishings were certainly showing some wear, they had a certain elegance too. The high ceilings and huge windows add a sense of gracious ease to the building. The breakfasts were nice - nothing fancy, but coffee was made to order for us by a staffperson acting as barista, and the dining room was a peaceful spot to begin each day. The hotel is walking distance from the train station and downtown Turin, close to many bars, restaurants and points of interest. We used the hotel's wifi daily with no problems. I definitely recommend this hotel - it's a great value for the price.