Considering the price we paid, this was a fair stay. It's location is convenient for us to walk to the spots we planned to visit, or to take a bus to the nearby cities (about 10minutes walking to the bus station). The room was clean. The staff are hospitable. There is free wifi in the lobby(for some unknown reason only works on iphones during our stay). We did experienced some small inconvenience, same ones as we stay in any aged buildings, such as insufficient hot water during the peak hours, a not working outlet out of 4 in our room, an unstable airconditioning. However, the staff helped us solved all the problems we had. and we did have a good time there.

I can not agree with the comment regarding a flawed establishment. If you are not afraid of walking, yes the hotel is walking distance from the station, and also walking distance from all the sights..if you want to experience Florence ...go by foot..Simone and the rest of the staff were so friendly , helpfull and we even shared some jokes . You do have free wifi in the dining room and we even had our "take away" dinner in the dining room one evening.Rooms were clean and we had no problems with the temperature in the room. They organised a day trip for us to Lucca and Pisa and it was most enjoyable...they also arranged for a taxi to take us to the airport as it was pouring with rain . I can only give good comments about this experience in Hotel Goldoni, and as I stayed in Italy for 35 days I surely think I can give objective remarks!

I have written many reviews on Tripadvisor, and I greeted the recent controversy surrounding hoteliers complaints about authenticity with scorn and derision. Unfortunately, during my recent extended holiday in Europe, I have come to doubt the veracity of several of these reports, insofar as both the physical assets and the subjective experiences I have encountered diverge so significantly from the glowing accolades written about some hotels that I have reached the conclusion that they are not only misguided, but wholly misleading and perhaps even bogus.

Such is the case with the Goldoni; it is NOT close to the railway station - which is easily half a mile away. There is NO parking - you cannot stop in the busy street outside or you will be towed away in minutes. The main tourist attractions are 20 minutes away on foot; the local streets are busy and although apparently safe, are not welcoming after dark.

Personally, we found the staff to be grumpy and wholly unhelpful; as a trivial example, in order to re-enter the corridor to the rooms opposite the Reception area, you need to be "buzzed in" - your key will not help you gain entry. After discovering that the wifi was not free, I went to Reception to buy a card, and after 5 minutes an extremely irate gentleman emerged with a napkin around his neck and grudgingly gave me one (at undisclosed cost). I then couldn't get back into the corridor, so had to go back and ask his assistance, whereupon he swore at me. Similarly, when we first arrived we were kept circling the hotel for 35 minutes in our rental car until the €24 per day parking attendant deigned to turn up - having initially been told by reception that he was "2 minutes away".

There is NO free wifi. Other contributors have noted that there appears to be no airconditioning, with a dial setting of 5°C still generating temperatures of 30°C - unfortunately, I can confirm that the opposite is true, and that in the depths of Winter there is NO HEATING, with a dial setting if 30 producing room temperatures close to 5. The room was old, shabby and VERY DARK; only tge shaver socket in the bathroom is standard Euro-size, such that none of the electrical outlets in the room itself would accept our standard adaptor which has worked everywhere else in Europe (including Italy). Ironically, as I write, we are experiencing a power cut (5.30pm in 27th December). THIS IS SUB-THIRD-WORLD STANDARD. ( I have in the last 30 seconds discovered that the power cut was in fact "an accident" and the supply now been restored)

The hotel is relatively inexpensive; it is relatively central; it is relatively poor quality. But the glowing reviews you may read elsewhere on Tripadvisor are -in my experience - ABSOLUTELY misleading. It is impossible to recommend this hotel - try the Dante on the other side of town.

City hotel, quiet, no view except onto another window. Reasonable shower and nice and clean. You do not get kettles in the rooms, so if you need a hot drink you have to get one made in the hotel 3euro I think. Breakfast was extremely basic. Cornflakes or coco pops as cereal. Packet cakes or croissants, bread rolls or packet French toast. Coffee or tea (various choice of tea bags) they did have yogurts, but if none out you have to ask for one which are kept in a fridge underneath. Woe betide you if you help yourself if no staff around-I felt the staff were a little mean with the breakfast. No fruit and sometimes no tables. Eating out can be expensive and you certainly don't get the vegetables that we get here, so buy fruit from the markets and keep it in your room which has a fridge. Air. Con worked although a little noisy on full speed. I would probably not stay here again 7 nights was too long, no lounge to sit in and the room felt like a box as it in the middle of the hotel. October was a great month to visit Florence, warm in the day but sometimes windy at night. And a little to cold to sit outside, could have done with a lounge to sit and read in rather than sitting on bed. I don't know what we paid for this hotel as the flights were included in our package - about £1200 for two b&b only.