We stayed at this hotel a year ago during our 20th anniversary tour of Tuscany. It was in a great location of Cortona, everything is walking distance. The staff were very nice and helpful. The room was very nice. I would recommend this hotel to friends and family.

I would avoid this place, unless you can't find anywhere else in Cortona.

There was a musty smell on entering the reception, and the old furnishings and fittings continued in the room. The light in the bathroom was dismal, consisting of a single bare bulb over the washbasin which left the shower in deep shadow. (This was increased to 2 bare bulbs after we complained.) The hot water supply was poor in the shower - I needed a lot of patience to swill first one small part of my body and then another, and my girlfriend just gave up washing her hair; in the washbasin it was entirely inadequate - just a trickle. The air-conditioning didn't work for the first 2 out of the 3 days we stayed. There was no fridge in the room. On the first night there was an ominous "gnawing wood" sound from under the wardrobe - probably just a mouse not a rat, though. Breakfast was adequate on the first 2 mornings (although there was no fresh produce, just processed cheese and stale bread) but on morning 3 the coffee machine failed and we had to walk 100m down a side street to a restaurant owned by the same woman.

The place is really a B&B rather than a hotel - there was no-one at reception most of the time, and there is no bar nor any of the other facilities you might associate with the word 'hotel'. However, the room was clean and there was wifi.

All-in-all, it was plain that this was an establishment run with a bare minimum of effort and expenditure. On 2 out of 3 nights it appeared that we were the only guests and we were not surprised! A substantial investment would be needed to get out of the vicious circle of low quality - few guests - low income - low expenditure - low quality.

We were a group of 5 adults on a road trip driving through Tuscany last August 2009. We booked one night at Hotel Sabrina and were pleasantly surprised. The rooms were clean, spacious and charming. Having travelled to many parts of Italy and staying at different hotels, it is safe to say not all hotels have elevators, easy parking or underground parking and usually the rooms and bathrooms are quite compact (one should always be prepared for small, tight quarters). In fact, many medieval villages do require you to park outside of the stone walls. With Hotel Sabrina, you can drive to the front of the hotel, drop off your luggage and park your car a block away. Driving in the village may be a shock to some who are not use to tiny roads and you do feel like you're driving on the sidewalk, but hey, you are in Europe afterall and a medieval village.

We had two rooms booked, a double room that was quite spacious with a nice, clean bathroom with shower and a 3 person room that could've actually fit all five of us!! We walked into the 3 person room and there were two single beds in the first room, a pretty big bathroom with shower and a separate room with a queen bed. The beds were comfortable and the room was clean. We all enjoyed our stay and wished we had booked additional nights in Cortona to enjoy the Tuscan Sun Festival and the village itself which is perched on top of a hill overlooking the gorgeous landscape. The breakfast is standard continental - juice, bread, pastries, jam, cereal, cold cuts, cheese, yoghurt, and they can make you a cappuccino or espresso!

We would definitely go back to Cortona and stay at Hotel Sabrina again. It's better than many 3 star hotels we've stayed at in Italy, the location's great - right by the center, owners are friendly, parking is close by, and don't forget, there's no elevator and you will have to walk up some stairs with your luggage :)

We are an old Swedish couple and we love Italy.We found Cortona wonderful partly depending on the wonderful landlords, Franca and her husband Paolo, grandmother and the son. Cortona is a nice city, beyond the ordinary tourist ways. The city is not destroyed by tourists and modern times. I, Christina, speak Italian and of course this is like a ticket to know people and coming in contact with everybody. Franca gave us nice tips were and how to go around in the countryside.
We are so happy that Franca told us that they also have a little restaurant in a small "vicolo" (that could be difficult to find). The name is "ANTICO POZZO",in an medeival palazzo that now belongs to the family. They have restored it into a wonderful house for B&B and hotel where the guests can have their breakfast in the old "Cortile" with the old font, "antico pozzo". Lovely atmosphere even for honey.moon. The restaurant have excellent dishes, typical for the region. Our dinner was the most excellent dinner we ever had in Italy for many years! Yours Christina and Staffan Nordin from Sweden