Hotel Balestri

Overall:

"This hotel is the perfect place to be in Florence." — source Expedia 2010/06/15

" My wife and I couldn’t have asked for a better place to stay in Florence." — source Expedia 2009/08/31

"Excellent location, convenient to all sites." — source Expedia 2008/05/20

" Great location on the river." — source Expedia 2007/12/17

"Hotel Balestri was a quaint hotel in a beautiful location on the River Arno." — source Expedia 2007/09/29

Clean:

"Best location, confortable, clean, not a luxury hotel but great place to stay with a good price." — source Expedia 2009/11/04

" All the other parts of the room, including the bathroom looked clean." — source Expedia 2009/07/15

" Nice bathroom, comfortable bed." — source Expedia 2009/04/22

" As well, the hotel was spotlessly clean and the staff went to great lengths to make sure everything was tidy and well-cared for." — source Expedia 2009/02/23

Service:

" The desk people were very gracious, spoke excellent English." — source Expedia 2009/05/19

" The staff was not only helpful but spoke excellent English as they helped us select restaurants and locate our rental car facility." — source Expedia 2007/04/29

" Some typical restaurants nearby.We stayed here a couple of rainy days in january, and the location was very helpful, avoiding us to walk long time to reach the places to visit or a good restaurant for dinner." — source Venere 2010/01/01

"Very good staff, location in Firenze excellent, good breakfas." — source Venere 2009/07/01

" rare was the friendly clerk, but we found this cool and indifferent treatment throughout Florence, not just at Balestri front desk." — source Venere 2009/04/01

" Great location to walk to major museums, bridges, and across to Boboli Gardens, etc." — source Expedia 2010/05/04

" Great location." — source Expedia 2010/01/26

" Location was perfect for us.We really enjoyed our stay at this hotel." — source Expedia 2010/01/13

" The location was excellent as well." — source Expedia 2009/12/02

" They charge 5 euros for the entire stay so it was quite reasonable. This hotel is about 20 min walk from the train station, and right in the heart of the town!" — source Venere 2006/12/01

" The breakfast is unexceptional but decent." — source Venere 2006/08/01

" Rooms available for disabled.Plenty of places to eat nearby from cheap and cheerful to very classy." — source Venere 2005/10/01

"Good location, breakfeat quite acceptable, service friendly, Room small." — source Venere 2007/05/01

" The rooms were clean and basic and not luxurious in any way but generally speaking we were delighted with the hotel and the staff and we found it good value for money." — source Venere 2007/09/01

Room:

"Our room was large, had a large bath, plenty of closet space and an extra bed in the room which we didn’t need. The view from our room was spectacular - It looked across the Arno River, and on to country and a large estate, as well as the Piazzale Michelangelo. The room was very comfortable, the air conditioning worked and the breakfast was a typical cold Italian breakfast with excellent cappucino." — source Expedia 2010/05/12

" Top notch staff, very comfortable rooms, everyone spoke excellent English, good breakfast." — source Expedia 2009/11/18

" However, it was very comfortable and breakfast was great." — source Expedia 2008/10/29

" Very clean, modern bathroom." — source Expedia 2008/07/13