Hotel Balestri    

1. The hotel is well situated within the main Florence attractions, walking distance. You will sleep better with ear plugs. 2. The breakfast has a good varied selection of food. 3. The staff is extremely friendly and helpful. 4. The mattress was one of the better mattresses that I have ever slept in for a hotel.

1. The room was clean, but it needs an uplift.

Great location,views

staff at front desk not to friendly

service nice room

breakfast

Small patio with view of river.

No room was available for the first night of my three night stay. Moved me to a nearby hotel. Received no call or email informing me in advance and front desk staff didn't seem concern regarding my inconvenience or lack of notification. Refused to lower room rate but did provide free wifi(5 euros) for one of my two day stay and a fruit basket. Breakfast very spartan.

This was a great hotel for the price. The room and the bathroom were large and clean. The staff was friendly and the complimentary breakfast was more than I expected considering I was in Italy (Italians do not eat breakfast).

It was a little ways away from the train station but I am nit picking because essentially it was a great hotel.

Staff was helpful and pleasant

Our room was noisy due to its location facing the river with the street ,motorcycles and noisy people on the Saturday night, but was ok Sunday night

Delightful room, with a huge shared terrace; particularly appreciated as we were travelling with friends and made very good use of it. Fantastic rain-forest shower, marble bathroom, very luxurious. Also an extremely comfy bed. Staff were excellent and provided a pot of hot water each afternoon with no question and all speed. A great hotel

I thought everything was great - my husband was put out by having to pay for wi-fi internet, despite the fact that I explained to him that in Italy, hotels do not provide wi-fi as standard. Other than that, he also thought the hotel was excellent.

Location was very good and a/c worked well.

Condition of the room was poor. Curtains falling off the wall,bathroom shower plumbing not working and beds were hard as rocks. I also believe the marketing for the hotel while correct , was deceptive. Marketing gave the impression of a certain level of comfort and room location in the hotel. Which turned out to be incorrect. Breakfast was boring . The curtain and not working light bulbs were fixed. The plumbing was 1/2 fixed when we left.

Great hotel for the price!

The hotel is located in nearby Uffizi Muzeum and Michelangelo Plaza.

it is hard to park car and valet fee is pretty high and the room has bad smell.

Location was wonderful View from window beautiful Breakfast was delicious Room was roomy for three

Having to pay for wifi Smell in hallway

The receptionist was very helpful and arranged our tickets for the museum without any problem

It would have been nice to have had tea/coffee facilities in the room, especially for early morning.

Room very comfortable. Breakfast was good.

No milk offered with tea and coffee making facilities in room.

Perfect location, late check-out

the parking at Eu35 per day is pretty expensive

A friend stayed at the Hotel Balestri last November, and I knew she enjoyed her stay there. I am so happy that I stayed there this year from 25 October to 7 November this year. I cannot praise the hotel enough for making my stay there memorable. I have wonderful memories of Florence from living there in the 1960s, and I intend to return as often as possible. I will always plan to stay at the Hotel Balestri. Harriet Little

Location is great Nice rooms very clean The crew is very nice and helpfully I wormy Reccomend

Excellent proximity to Florence centre and ponte vecchio.

Didn't have tea and coffee making facilities in the room

Location

Very friendly and knowledgeable staff Price - we were pleasantly surprised that buffet breakfast came with the room rate. A rarity in 3-star hotels in Europe. Hotel Design - nice feeling you are staying in a finely-maintained ancestral building. Location - so close to the really busy tourist area which makes it convenient to explore the city, and yet, it maintains that quiet and charm when you need to rest and be alone.

Exellent location, a room was with entrance to big terrasa with amaising view.

Once balcony door was open after cleaning, it could happend everything, everybody could come in....the stuff forgot to close it.

The location of Hotel Balestri is ideal for easy walking to many of the "must do" musuems, cathedrals, churches and gardens of Florence.

Our friends on the first floor were conscious of traffic noise.

After arriving during the 5pm traffic, they relieved us of our car so that we did not have to deal with it. Of course that service is very expensive, but all our plans to deal with the car cheaply went away with the traffic! Given that, our stay was otherwise just fine

Perhaps the carpets in the halls need more attention.

The Staff were very courteous and helpful. Great location! Nice breakfast. Very pleased indeed!

The day time staff were very firendly, the rooms were very large with good and silent air conditioning, and the breakfast was basic but good.

The nighttime porter/staff were unhelpful.

Excellent breakfast. Helpful staff. Excellent location and very good value.