Hotel Rita Major  

Excellent hotel in every way.

The only thing against this hotel is the location - slightly out of centre. I was able to walk into the centre very easily. For people with mobility problems or kids, it is a simple, short bus ride. This hotel is very good value for money, and that is probably because it is slightly out of centre. About 10mins walking to the Duomo.

The gentleman that checked us in late at night and the older gentleman that checked us out the following noon were very nice and kind.

Two young gentlemen that worked there, including the breakfast area were short tempered, had no patience and dismissive. Furthermore it felt like not only did they not wish to help us they just wanted us to leave sooner. I did not like them angerly pacing the floor, huffing and puffing as we sat in the lobby for a few minutes to use the internet and organize our day. They advertised free internet in the lobby that didn't work.

The staff were sensational. Friendly and very helpful, they were able to organise all we required - except a solution to the noise problems. Location too was very good. Breakfast was satisfactory - not a great range, but good for hotels in this price range.

The street noise in our room was absolutely the worst I have ever encountered. The room was at ground level on the street front and the windows did not seal effectively. It was dreadful but could not be changed. After the first night, we were close to leaving, but decided to stick it out. After three nights, we were pretty exhausted, but Florence"s sights made it reasonable worthwhile.

The personal of the hotel is very nice. You can speak english and spanish in a very fluent way. It is not located in the center of the city, but you are at 200 or 300 meters of the Underground (Metro) and you can reach the "Vatican" or the "Fontanna di Trevi" in some minutos. The hotel doesn't have cars park, but you can leave your car on the street for free. Anyway, if you want to be sure your car is in a safe place, you can pay for a garage in front of the hotel. There is Wifi Internet connexion for free in the rooms, do you can organize your trip the night before if you want. :-)

Hotel is located close to the center and shops, but quite far from main railway station, which is compensated by direct buses- which services are recommendable. The nicest stuff prepare for a breakfast everyday cappucino :) Hotel is old (it has some awards from 80's), but cleaner that many new ones!

Unfortunatelly is very noicy- we get a room with street view, and all day traffic is substantial. Although I'm quite convince that is not a fault of hotel but a specific of streets which are not maked for big traffic ( in Archeological Muzeum you can experience even building movement).

Location and the staff

Room standards are a bit poor

They have no parkplaces, so our trip began being angry. The breakfast was very poor, only some coffee, toast, butter and jam. No salami, no vegetables, no fruit, no juice. The room was very simple, the "bathroom" was a shower on the wall (too high) and a curtain. In the room wasen't a nice curtain befor the "window", only for the night. The blanket was too thin for the end of october. I don't offer this hotel anybody,

Great value for your money... Nice staff.. Bus 50m from hotel to city center. A little old but good

Very friendly and helpful staff. Near enough to all major sights but far enough away to be fairly quiet at night.

Nice bubget hotel near the the city center. Clean and confortable. If you are looking for a nice place just to sleep and visit the city, that´s a good option.

The best thing is very nice pizzeria near the hotel and hotel's garden.

Our rooms was on the roadside, so it was too much noise. So it,s better to book rooms with window in the garden/ Also the walls of room seemed to be made from carton. When someone going in corridor you can hear it as he is in your room.

Great location, not far from the center. Everybody was very nice and helpful.

Our room was rather plain and simple, but clean. A lot of noise from the road was disturbing us.