This hotel gives the impression of catering to business travelers rather than tourists which means that things are handled correctly and efficiently. Business travelers return and may bring colleagues. Tourists tend to leave after one or two days and not return so it doesn't matter how the staff treats tourists.
That being said there are significant savings to be had by checking with the tourist information site for the city for last minute deals. The rack rate is 120 euro/night through the tourist office it went to 80 euro.

Everybody said that the location is too far from center, so not so nice hotel. But actually , people who stayed there, ware all satisfied with this hotel. nice service, huge room, big bad with shower. What do you want more!?

Pro: our room was very spacious, with wooden floors and a huge wardrobe. We only asked for a room with no carpet, but what we got was a pleasant surprise! Everything was also well cleaned and presented. The staff has been really kind and friendly. They also have some bikes to rent.
Let’s talk about the con:
- The location is not excellent, and you’ll need 15 min walk to reach the historical center. If you want to wake up and see the Estense Castel… well.. keep searching :)
- Breakfast: unfortunately it was the usual, boring, average, medium/low quality food that you get in every single Italian hotel. Nothing more. No freshly squeezed oranges, no home made cakes, no soft croissants, no high quality jams. Only industrial products.
Shame.

my wife and I have just returned from a tour of Ferrara,Venice,Verona and Bologna. We stayed first night here in Ferrara. The Orologio is a really nice hotel with very friendly hotel staff. The room we had was huge and very very nice. I wish we had been able to stay here longer. There is a nice cafe bar called The Red Carpet just near to the hotel and they were also very friendly. Coffee was good as well. The town of Ferrara was an eyeopener as it was almost like being in Amsterdam due to all the bikes and little --to no cars--in the town and the hotel also provide bikes FOC. Great touch I thought. The hotel is actually in easy walking distance from the Rail Station although we took a taxi to it cost was 7 euros but we enjoyed a leisurely walk back and probably took us 10-15 mins maximum. We also ate at one of the recommended restuarants on here which was a bit of a walk. Worth a try although the service was very slow as the menu was only in Italian and the waiter was translating EVERY course to a table of about 6 youger people--God then they started on the wines !!! Anyway that apart we thought it to be good and reasonably priced Try iL cucco its in via Voltacasotto. It looks nothing from outside but dont let that fool you.