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Hotel Balestri
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Helen
Family with older children
London,
United Kingdom
November 12, 2009
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The hotel is excellently situated for the main galleries and sights of Florence The cleanliness of the room was not especially great, as noted by the grime under my travel slippers when I got home (they are white and I always keep them washed for trips away and never wear them out of the room). We were quite severely bitten by the 6 mosquito's who decided to inhabit our room, despite the fact we travelled in November, though I did not raise this as an issue with the hotel. The room was quite hot and the air conditioning did not work, which is why we opened the window, therefore potentially offering suffrage to the mossies. The waiting staff at breakfast were a little brusque and sadly rather cheerless which made all of the guests look a little intimidated. |
7 |
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Joseph
Mature couple
San Jose,
United States of America
November 6, 2009
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Wonderful hotel - clean, quiet, great location and elegant. Staff was very accommodating. Can't go wrong by staying here. Can't think of anything negative. |
10 |
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Keith
Mature couple
Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada
November 6, 2009
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The location was incredibly central to key destinations within Florence, the staff was helpful and accessible and the room was spacious, light, airy and very clean. |
10 |
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Anonymous
With friends
Norway
November 4, 2009
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Nice viuw of the river. Exelennt location with walking distance to all the sights. Balcony Better breakefast. |
7.5 |
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John
Mature couple
Reno,
United States of America
November 4, 2009
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Location, friendly and helpful staff, breakfast was adequate, |
10 |
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Elizabeth
Family with young children
Guildford,
United Kingdom
October 31, 2009
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Great location, easy to find, very good breakfast and helpful staff. Our room was hot but once we figured how to turn the heater off and opened the window it was bearable. |
10 |
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Anonymous
Mature couple
United States of America
October 30, 2009
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The room was very spacious and overlooked the river. The breakfast has many choices. |
10 |
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David
Family with older children
Tadworth,
United Kingdom
October 27, 2009
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The location was good, close to Uffizi and Ponte Vechio, with many restaurants in the vicinity. View of river from room. Public rooms were comfortable and well furnished. PC available at 3 euros for 30 mins (can be taken in shorter periods). Busy road runs alongside hotel and occasionally emergency vehicles used sirens even during the night. |
6.5 |
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Anonymous
Mature couple
United States of America
October 27, 2009
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The staff was very friendly. Breakfast room was lovely. Location was superb. Five to twenty minutes from everything you would want to do in Florence. Would stay there again without question. Mattresses were very hard, and uncomfortable. If coffee could be available in lobby for those traveling early in the day, or simply choosing to get a simple cup of coffee to start the day. |
9 |
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Joan
Mature couple
Phoenix,
United States of America
October 26, 2009
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The front desk staff was friendly and helpful. The location is great, we walked almost everywhere we wanted to go. The beds were very hard as well as the pillows. However, we found was pretty typical for Italy. The breakfast was very so so and we did not even know there was a rooftop terrace. That would have been nice to enjoy. |
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Stephen
Young couple
houston,
United States of America
October 26, 2009
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very centrally located. next to Ufizzi gallery. clean hotel. helpfull staff now matter how many stupid tourist questions. howver room was a bit spartan. Had everything needed in the room but furniture had a bit of a dorm feel. |
8 |
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Paula
Solo traveller
Dundrum, Dublin,
Ireland
October 24, 2009
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Good location on Arno close to all site of Florence No bedside light for reading, had to get out of bed to switch off overhead light. Breakfast poor for €100 a night. |
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Mr
Solo traveller
Sandy,
United Kingdom
October 17, 2009
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clean quiet helpful staff adequate breakfast good walking location to the city several resteraunts within a few minutes walk of hotel and a cheap mini market nearby bus 23 to the airport stops behind hotel parking in square outside busy but spaces in the evening It is a typical city business / city break hotel |
8 |
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Robert
Mature couple
Lisle,
United States of America
October 14, 2009
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Fabulous view! Try to get room 504!! 5 major landmarks seen from the terrace outside your door (which almost nobody uses). Ponte Vecchio & the Uffizzi are a few blocks away. Bus stop is close as are restaurants, wine bars, shopping. Very good breakfast. We loved it. It was perfect for our needs. |
10 |
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Anannit
Mature couple
Bangkok,
Thailand
October 12, 2009
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The location is excellent. The facility is below expectation. The discrepancy between the lobby decoration and the room facilation & decoration. |
6 |
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Susan
With friends
Colorado Springs,
United States of America
October 9, 2009
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Great location, helpful, rate was reasonable in comparison to other hotels of their quality. |
8 |
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George
Mature couple
Zejutn,
Malta
October 5, 2009
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Visited the city of Florence |
9.5 |
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Peter
With friends
Falmouth,
United States of America
October 1, 2009
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The rooms were clean and good size for Italy. The service was amazing-We loved Roberto and Christopher. We would go back in a second! Location was great- close to Vactican and subway for train to airport. Great value for your money! There was 11 of use together and all agreed b & b 111 was wonderful and courtyard was charming and quiet. |
10 |
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Elizabeth
Young couple
Novi,
United States of America
September 29, 2009
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Terribly disappointing. The rooms were tasteless and housekeeping did a mediocre job. The lack of decor in the guestroom and the bizarre set up of the shower. The shower curtain was inset and stuck to you while showering, water went everywhere because of the configuration of the showerhead against the back wall of the shower. |
4 |
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Anonymous
Mature couple
Canada
September 29, 2009
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Firstly the architecture of the Balestri is so Florentine. The foyer, entrance and ground floor are charming! The staff were warm and friendly and helpful. Top floor rooms are the best. Our room had a view of the Arno leading onto the rooftop garden. The ponte vecchio and uffizi and great restaurants are nearby. |
10 |
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Liqin
Young couple
london,
Canada
September 29, 2009
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Good location with few minutes walk to main attractions. Great river view if your room is facing south. Hard to get a parking space but same to everywhere inside the city. |
7.5 |
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Anonymous
With friends
Canada
September 27, 2009
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the roof top restaurant/bar, the central location and the excellent staff |
10 |
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Sidney
Mature couple
Palm Beach Gardens, FL.,
United States of America
September 25, 2009
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Hotel was very well located. Most of staff exceptionally good. |
8 |
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George
Mature couple
New Malden, Surrey,
United Kingdom
September 20, 2009
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location by arno river,city attractions,room and hotel facilities all excellent |
10 |
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David
Mature couple
Leeds,
United Kingdom
September 12, 2009
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Proximity to centre of Florence. Cleanliness.Quiet and relaxing. Nice to have had a bar/communal area to relax when returning. Younger people may find hotel a bit boring. |
8 |
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