Good location of the hotel (near to Santa Maria Novella train station). Good personnel. Very small bathroom.

No doubt that the most advantage of this hotel is its excellent location (2 minutes from the train station SMN)....but other than this point, I can't find another reason to choose it again. The worse thing of this hotel is the cleaning service is very very poor!! I stayed at this hotel for 4 nights. I think they had not changed the matress for us at all. I felt itchying of my foot from the second night, seems like flea in the bed. The towels are terrible. The shower is weak indeed and lack of hot water suddenly!! The light is dim!!The fridge is not cold enough. The breadfast is only bread,actually, it is not a problem BUT the bread seems had been put for several days.........
Of course it is not costly and at excellent location...but other than these, it is not a good place to stay!

This place is ideal if you arrive via the train station or terravision bus that stops there, as it's literally 5 mins walk or just under. Just follow the directions given by previous posters, we were very glad we'd printed them off as it was a little tricky finding our bearings.

Because Florence is quite a small city, we found that everywhere was walkable from the hotel, I think it took 10-15 mins to get to the Duomo.

The hotel is in a large, old building, and has a funny old lift, we were a bit wary of it initially but it was quite sturdy really! I think we had room number 2, and we were pleasantly surprised by the size of the room, by European standards it was huge! I was staying with my mother and expected that we may have to share a double bed, but there was 1 double bed plus a single one, and plenty of space still in the room, including a fridge and wardrobe. It was quite nicely decorated, and the bathroom, through small, was fine, shower was good.

Only downside was that it was quite noisy, with thin walls and street noise, but we could live with it.

Breakfast was fine, included in the price, fresh rolls and croissants, jam, not a huge selection but adequate.

Compared to other hotels we looked at, for the low price we paid it seemed to be very good value.

Florence itself was a lovely city, we climbed the Campanile (bell tower) steps rather than the Duomo, apparently the steps a less steep and also it means you can include the duomo itself in your photos. Much better! Prices for eating out seemed quite expensive, for us, other Brits also would have noticed that it all seems dearer now euro and pound are almost level. There are some set price menu promotions if you look, though.

One unexpected place we visited was the Medieval Horror History museum "Interactive Museum of Medieval Florence" (Museo Interattivo sulla Firenze Medievale), we stumbled across it, it's not too far from the Duomo but seems to get mixed up with another history museum in San Grimignano, this one was good, we shared a headset and walked round the small museum, which is made to feel old and creepy and dark. You watch a video and hear the narration at different 'stops', with various artefacts to see. It was really quite interesting, especially if you like history, and makes you realise that Florence hasn't always been the civilised, beautiful place it is today. I just tried to search for which street it's on the web but couldn't find it, but if you ask at your hotel maybe they'll be able to tell you.

My husband and I stayed here for one night. It was an exceptionally good deal for a double room with attached bathroom (about 35 euro). That being said, it was a very noisy place-- you can hear everyone's conversation through the thin walls, and the noise from the street was also loud. The breakfast was not good, but there are plenty of coffee bars close by. I would recommend this hotel to budget travelers, those with good earplugs, and those who need to be close to the station.