Il Giramondo Bed and Breakfast

Nice apartment with a great location. Situated on the fourth floor of a corner block. From breakfast room you get lovely views of the Arno and the lungarni, Spina church with the mountain ranges in the background and in glorious morning sunshine, it is extremely refreshing. Hosts are friendly and helpful. Rooms are cosy, brekkie room is warm and welcoming. Bathrooms are clean. Many positives. Few negatives to mention, eg they could do with being more attentive towards replenishing the supplies for breakfast (no coffee pods left second morning, bread seemed to be few days old, fruits were going off) as well as toiletries (inadequate shower gel) etc. Having said that, many of these issues could be one offs so I will give that benefit of doubt to them Room and bed was comfortable and views from Brekkie room were stunning so on that account I will recommend it.

Just home from a lovely trip in Pisa, I was traveling alone with my young daughter and was arriving in the dark so I asked for clear instructions to walk (only 10 mins from station) however it was so difficult to find and not signposted. I phoned the number on our booking confirmation and it was a wrong number! To say I wasn't amused was an understatement. After we finally found it there was a small 15cm brass plaque with the name on tucked around a corner! Anyway, the room was beautiful with a great view 4th floor, Very clean and shabby chic style. We dropped our stuff went for a little explore and when we arrived back we realised the heating was broke it was -2 and 22.00 I phoned the help number and a guy came and fixed it within 20 mins. Breakfast is self-service and on our first day there was hardly nothing. No teabags, no bread. I wasn't happy, I left a note and it was all replenished the next day. Another grumble was no soap or towels in the bathroom and only 1/2 a toilet roll for a 2 night stay. On the last morning I couldn't get the hot water to work, I phoned all 3 help numbers and no one answered so couldn't get a shower it wasn't a huge problem but quite annoying. I probably wouldn't stay here again which is a shame as it could be lovely. Oh and just 1 last thing it's cash payment only!

This is a fantastic B&B and both the owner and her staff are friendly and helpful. It is well situated with views over the river and an easy route to the sights, the main downtown area and both train station and airport. They are more than willing to help make your stay special and will organise airport transfers for you if you need it. The only reason I have given 4 stars rather than 5 is the difficulty finding the place. Trip Advisor has a previous address so we went to the wrong street to start with. We found the right address on booking.com but couldn't see the place. Eventually we spotted a tiny brass plate next to a large wooden door to an apartment block. We will be going there again.