Hotel James Joyce

This small hotel is located in the low part of the Citta Vecchia with its narrow streets. The rooms have every comfort and are quite modern. The breakfast was good but we had to have breakfast 2 out of 3 days in a hotel (also good by the way) because the lady who organized this was involved in a car accident. A word about the air conditioning that was apparently controlled from the desk. Although we immediately and daily reported that it was too hot in our room, this has never improved so my conclusion cannot be other than that it had insufficient capacity. It was also super hot weather all the time and all the rooms were occupied. This was certainly not what we expected here.

We stayed here as part of a medium sized group and the options in Trieste are certainly limited. The hotel is well located with most of the sights very close by and plenty of food and drink options. The staff did their best to support our groups needs and in particular there was one morning when we left early for the day and they prepared breakfast early for us. The breakfast room is small but it didn’t prevent them delivery a really good breakfast. The hotel has a lift which was important for our group. The air con was poor and weirdly you had to request to have it turn on and to have the temperature changed. We didn’t fuss about temperature- we just wanted it on as opening windows was not a great solution due to noise outside. In our first night…it got switched off and the staff member went home. We found each day we had to re ask for it to be switched on and this was really annoying . The bathroom was small and the shower head positioning was pretty unusable. The next day it broke and I had to hand hold it. I was impressed that during the day a new ‘holder’ was installed but showering was never pleasant and only just functional . Room cleaning was efficient and the room always clean but the sheets were always a problem in our room as they didn’t quite fit the bed. No shampoo provided and the very nice amenity kits were never replaced . The hairdryer was outstanding! Our room was small for two people. I don’t remember the wifi being a problem so that was a good thing. Reception has pretty limited hours and while this is clear on their website but I find it unusual in a hotel. One of our group couldn’t re enter her room and while they provide a mobile number she had no mobile phone roaming nor speaks Italian well. This place is really more like a big B&B. We stayed in Trieste a year ago and much preferred our choice that time around. I can’t make huge recommendations for the James Joyce. Some of the issues are fixable (particularly reception hours and the air con control ).

Beautiful place, very kind staff in the reception and information, satisfactory and quiet room, perfect breakfast throughout including service.👏🏻🤗