I stayed in room marked "privato" instead of a numbered room. It was fine for a night, and only 40 euro. There was a clean, shared bathroom, and the room had a sink. It's 76 steps up a winding spiral staircase, so it's not for people with heavy luggage. The manager was very kind and has been working there since 1974. She lent me an adaptor for the Italian wall socket with no deposit, and WiFi is free! Very close to the central train station, central market and Duomo. No breakfast. I stayed there because I was flying home from Fiumicino the next day, and the train from Florence takes only 1 hour, 45 minutes to Rome Termini, while Siena to Rome is more than 3 hours.

Good hotel with hospitality staff, value for money deal located in the center city very close to central station. But there is no lift for a third floor hotel, so with baggages difficult to manage.

Hotel Giappone is a five minute walk on one street from the train station. It is a beautiful hotel which has been completely remodeled very tastefully. All the rooms have beautiful, new fully tiled bathrooms with stand up showers, heat, air conditioning, TV's and comfortable beds. They are very friendly and helpful. It is located close enough to the major sites of the city as well as shops and restaurants. The price for a room is very reasonable. The housekeepers are very efficient, the room is cleaned and made up as soon as you leave to go out for the day and is ready when you want to relax during the day. I do recommend this hotel to friends all the time. It is one of the true values in Florence!

Stayed here for one night. Got the room right next to the lobby. The door handle was litterarly 2 feet away from the reception desk :D

The stairs, like a previous reviewer wrote, are indeed evil. It's a long way up, so not a place for the elderly or anyone with heavy luggage. When you finaly get up the stairs you the place feels like a bed and breakfast without the breakfast. The rooms are tiny and uninspiring, but hey you get what you pay for. The important part is that the Hotel was very clean. Word of caution though, the bed was quite hard and noice from the corridor and busy street outside made it difficult to fall asleep, the walls are paper thin. The fax machine started making noice at 3 am so you might want to bring ear plugs. And I didn't see any smoke detectors in our room, might have been one in the corridor though. Also, some rooms seem to lack a shower. The external shower is located in the Hotels only bathroom, the showerhead is right next to the toilet, so don't be surprised if you find the toilet to be soaked when you go in there.

If you're not too picky about stairs, lack of your own bathroom, linnen towels, no breakfast and a bit of noice etc then this hotel is a good place to crash for very little money.

On the plus side the owner was very friendly, the Hotel was very clean and the room had a TV.