Nice place. I liked the style of the rooms and the place in general. The receptionists were extremely friendly. The lady insisted on dragging my suitcase upstairs which I find weird. The size of the rooms is OK. I found my room very clean, my bedlinen and towels were changed daily. My room was extremely quiet. The hotel is in the historical center, and yet, on a small and calm street. There's no receptionist during the night, so it feels like staying in a private apartment. The only unpleasant thing is the smoke penetrating everywhere and waking you up early in the morning.

If you are overweight or unfit, this is not the place for you. The rooms are small and the stairs are the only way up. But if you healthy and passing through town for a couple of days it is a reasonable place; longer than that and I would seek more spacious accommodations and somewhere with an internet connection.

The rooms are small but nicely appointed in a simple country style. The bed was mediocre. The real problem is the very small corner shower which even normal sized people will probably find cramped.

We had a reasonable view from our room but it was marred by an excessive number of rooftop antennae.

It would be nice if the lights in the stairwell stayed on. But due to some overzealous energy saving measure, you have to find a switch to turn on the compact fluorescent bulbs in an otherwise very dark stairwell.

Despite the no smoking signs, I believe we smelled some smoke in the stairwell. If as a previous reviewer claimed, it is the receptionist who is smoking, that should be held as a double strike against the establishment.

We loved staying at this charming hotel in August. We had 2 rooms at the top of the hotel from which we had gorgeous views of the tuscan hills. Yes, the bathrooms are tiny. But so what? The rooms are comfortable, stylish and very good value in the centre of this beautiful city. It was a privilege to wake up in Siena and have a chance to see the city at its best before the crowds arrived. We loved it.

Forget how charming it looks on their website, this place is dirty, soulless and extremely small yet crammed with furniture.

The bathrooms are a narrow corridor with no natural light. As you sit on the loo your knees are virtually up against the wall. There was limescale and dirt on the taps and shower head. The shower unit was tiny, anyone larger than elf size will have difficulty getting in. The glass shower screen was cracked and mouldy and wouldn't stay on its runners. Water did not drain well, filling up the shower tray to the brim.

The room had a musty smell of mould and stale smoke that no amount of leaving the window open would dispel. Lighting was crude and flickering.

The bedspread was torn, stained and filthy. The bed itself was of the squeaky metal camp-bed variety making for an uncomfortable night (only the one as we could stand the room no more and checked out early the following day).

The owners seem to have refurbished cheaply some time in the early 70's and done nothing since. There's some nice dark wood furniture in the room but it's ridiculously large for the space, leaving nowhere for your suitcase, etc.

I stay in hotels at least once a week for business and have made numerous trips to Italy. I have never stayed anywhere as dirty and unappealling as Antica Torre.