Grand Hotel Continental  

The special touches that the staff did to make my stay very memorable. I will be choosing to stay at the Grand Hotel Continental for my future business trips, and I will also advise my co-workers to stay there as well. Great view too!

The hotel was very clean and the room was well equipped with very good air conditioning, a fridge, a hairdryer etc. However the smell in the en suite was not very plesant - probably coming from the town sewers.

Smell in the en suite. We were only staying one night so it wasn't worth causing a fuss but I could not have stayed longer due to this smell. The en suite was very clean but the smell was quite sickening.

The olympic-size pool was excellent, the temperature was always warm enough for a swim (although admittedly we had excellent weather). The children really enjoyed playing in the pool and there was plenty of room for adult swimmers as well. There is also a nice area separate to the pool where you can sit at a table and enjoy a drink. The private beach provided a nice alternative and is very close. Tirrenhia is not he most attractive Italian seaside town but we found a couple of nice places to eat, the Bagno Mary restaurant and a small Enoteca/Osteria which did very nice simply dishes.

The room was a bit basic, although comfortable enough. It would be worth specifying a balcony. The stairways need a bit of refurbishment but the reception and lobby area is spacious and comfortable. Car parking was not as straightforward as indicated but we did have free parking outside of the hotel during our stay.

Good room size and close to the hotel beach

No shuttle service from Pisa, which is mentioned in the brochure. the brochure needs to change

The beach and the amazing pool.

It is dated and needs renovation...but, it is still a very nice older hotel in a great location.

It's a large hotel with several on-site facilities at your disposal (beach, pool, cafè, restaurant, terraces to relax, bike rental), which means you can spend a few days there without needing anything extra. The pool and beach areas were clean and well-maintained. The breakfast is quite good (for Italian hotel breakfast standards). There is a beach- side restaurant that doesn't cost too much (I didn't eat there so can't review standard). The room was clean and didn't smell of stale cigarette smoke. Everything worked in the room.

The staff were not particularly friendly. It's impersonal service but that's because it's a large hotel with a large number of tourists streaming through every week. There were too many behaviour rules on the beach (no eating, no hanging clothes from umbrellas) and the laydown beds cost extra (you get a deckchair free). The bagnino (young man who looks after the beach) is eagle-eyed and controls the beach and it's occupants as if it were a military base..The gym was closed on saturday when I arrived.

The location of the Grand Hotel is at the beach which is wonderful. The swimming pool is great and it is nice to be in a pool that you can swim in. Wonderful place for relaxing.

"Free parking". This is not really true. Free public parking is only possible from monday - thursday when there is no market. Parking from friday to sunday is quite costly at the hotel.

Nice pool, good opportunities for swimming/playing in the water both at the beach and in pool-area. Nice breakfast, spaceus common areas at the hotel, good room-size.

Not much to do for older children exept from taking a swim/sunbathing. Not many shops or other things to do in the area. Best suited for people who just want to stay in the pool-/beach-area, or families with small children.

Centrally situated, big pool and access to beach with 2 deck chairs and an umbrella included in the price. Close to Pisa Airport.

Nice big swimming pool. The beach was great.

Windowview from the 3rd floor was really beautiful - Ligurian Sea, beach and park. Excellent location. Shuttle 20 EUR to Pisa (Airport or Central Train Station) which is good (taxi costed us 40 EUR). Hotel's Staff knows English very well and it is very helpful and proffessional. Small reluctance in fixing wi-fi problem. When I reported a Wi-fi breakdown, a front office clerk provided me with another password. That was a perfect reaction. When I reported that it is still not working, he persuaded that it is probably a computer problem instead of checking wi-fi with the technician. Alltogether everything was fixed within next 30 min.

1. Average food: tea/coffee/juice, cheese, eggs, ham, yougurt, fruits, cereals, cake No variation. 2. Even though the weather was good (23C day/18C night) a swimming pool was closed - has not been filled fully with water yet.

nothing special, friendly barman

restaurant very ordinary

Очень удачно расположенный отель, особенно это понимаешь в сравнении с другими. Слава богу, что вовремя отказались от Green Park Resort. Кстати пляжные полотенца есть. А то тут кто-то в отзывах писал, что их нет и мы взяли с собой, а зря.

Очень неудобно, что пляж для гостей отеля находится чуть сбоку, а прямо перед отелем располжен городской пляж.