| From: SW, USA |
| Date of Stay: August, 2008 |
| great hotel for the location and price - the balcony was a treat - views of twinkling lights in the hilltowns at night |
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| From: Reviewer has requested to be kept anonymous. |
| Date of Stay: May, 2008 |
| The hotel was very close to the train station at Florence, and it's located on the fifth floor of a building. We arrived to the hotel before 11am, so it was not ready for us to check in, but we left our luggages in the room, and we left to do some sightseeing. We asked for a twin bed room and the room was a good size with a decent size bathroom. Florence is small, so we walked everywhere, and we were happy that the hotel was close to the train station as we needed to catch the train to venice the next day. |
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| From: Reviewer has requested to be kept anonymous. |
| Date of Stay: February, 2007 |
| fairly basic accommodation but clean and easy to find. Good value for money. |
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| From: AV, Greece |
| Date of Stay: August, 2008 |
| Good Location, nice staff, interesting old building. |
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| From: Andre Barcia, Brazil |
| Date of Stay: August, 2008 |
| The Hotel is excellent the room is very spacious and quiet and it is very well located. |
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| From: LF, Belgium |
| Date of Stay: July, 2008 |
| Very clean rooms, and just as described. You have to be patient when arriving, though: the personnel answers the phone more readily than give you keys or information |
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| From: CD, USA |
| Date of Stay: July, 2008 |
| Our family really loved Hotel Annabella. We stayed in many three star hotels on our trip and this was by far the best. The rooms were very comfortable, up-to-date, and clean! I have no complaints about the hotel room. The staff was relatively nice, not overly excited but just friendly enough. The area directly surrounding the train station is a bit seedy but this hotel is one street away and seems to leave the train station atmosphere behind. We wish we could have stayed there our entire trip. I would go back again! |
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| From: JS, Germany |
| Date of Stay: June, 2008 |
| booked with garage (like offered on the websie), but the hotel doesn´t have one, so that i had to drive to the next autosilo. The young man at the reception was only nerved, nearly unkind. Only one of the three persons of the staff had the kindness for the guests that I would have expected. |
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| From: Patricia Coirier, Canada |
| Date of Stay: May, 2008 |
| the very best about hotel Annabella was the location .next to the station and walking distance to everything .Then the spaciousness of the room with our own balcony and its confort it was a treat after the small rooms we got in Rome for similar value.We highly recommand to stay there if you travel by train. We also booked a tour at the hotel :the best of Tuscany tour in one day ,leaving from the station it was great |
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| From: ML, Brazil |
| Date of Stay: May, 2008 |
| Annabella was ok but we were very annoyed by the people there. They quoted a price for two adults on Venere and when they found out about our 18 month old baby they wanted to charge us for a triple bedroom even when we said that she would sleep with us on the same bed. WE stayed at other places through Venere and none of them caused us any problem. WE had to bargain for a better price, wich they lowered but still was not the price for a double bedroom. Price of the breakfast is 5 euros even though they do not specify on Venere. WE didn´t have breakfast there. Besides that the hotel is nice, rooms are cute, bathroom is clean, but the hotel is not a three star as they claim. |
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| From: FR, Italy |
| Date of Stay: May, 2008 |
| siamo stati a firenze per lavoro e già due volte abbiamo pernottato in questo albergo. la posiyione è ideale - vicinissimo alla stazione - le camere sono confortevoli e molto pulite. ci siamo trovati sempre molto bene |
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| From: DY, Canada |
| Date of Stay: April, 2008 |
| Excellent value and great hotel. Our triple occupany with myself and 2 adult sons were spacious. Shower stall in bathroom was tiny but overall bathroom was very clean. Small elevator leading up to the floor but that's typical European size anyway. One minor thing was there is no signage on their door nor on the elevator on street level for Hotel Annabella but there was a sign for a sister hotel next door. Apparently staff said they intended to put one up soon as they were doing some remodelling and hadn't put one back up. |
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| From: Melissa West, USA |
| Date of Stay: April, 2008 |
| Wonderful! It was a great surprise! I recommend Hotel Annabella to everybody. |
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| From: GM, USA |
| Date of Stay: February, 2008 |
| We were very pleased with our four day stay at the hotel. It is very close, right around the corner of the train station, for quick trips out of town. Many restaurants and the market to the north within a few blocks. The town if very easy to find places within walking distances. The hotel is up a few floors, but a great place to stay. Great rates also for the dollar exchange rates. Meals are high in Italy. Breakfast was fine for a small and quick bite. |
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| From: Hilal Kabbani, United Arab Emirates |
| Date of Stay: August, 2007 |
| I stayed at Annabella for 4 days in Aug 07 with my wife on our first visit. We both felt that the hotel has been overrated on venere. The room was clean to start off with, but wasn't properly cleaned throughout our stay (floors not dusted, towels and sheets not changed until we asked to on our third night of our stay!). The counter staff were really not helpful and every time we asked for help, we were handed the Yellow Pages. The bathrooms were very small and you had to literally squeeze into the bathroom as the door wouldn't fully open. On the bright side, the hotel has a SUPERB location. Close walk to the train stations, and a convenient location to reach all the major attractions in the city. The price is also quiet competitive for 3 star hotels. Basically, if you need a place to stay for a 1/2 days stop over in Florence at an attractive price, Hotel Annabella is for you. Any longer stays and I'll look elsewhere. NB: The directions on Venere from the train station are WRONG! Once you've exited the train station on the left, crossed the street, walked towards McDonald, made your first left... You have to make a LEFT onto Via Fume (not a RIGHT as per the directions online) and the hotel will be on your left! |
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| From: Melisa Kavanagh, Canada |
| Date of Stay: August, 2007 |
| This was an excellent location for those without a vehicle. It is walking distance to all major sites in Florence, and very close to the train station. We enjoyed our stay at the Annabella. |
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| From: AP, Spain |
| Date of Stay: July, 2007 |
| Muy bien situado y excelente habitación |
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| From: Teresa Di Ruscio, Canada |
| Date of Stay: July, 2007 |
| The room was clean and spacious, the people at the hotel were very friendly and helpful. The hotel was in a great location, near the train station and not too far from the Duomo.I would definitely stay at Hotel Annabella again. |
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| From: EK, Russia |
| Date of Stay: July, 2007 |
| It's really close to the rail station(good). Small rooms , air cond. was working good. not bad. Thanks anyway they allowed to sotre bags for some extra time. |
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| From: Gordon McMillan, USA |
| Date of Stay: May, 2007 |
| We stayed three nights at the Hotel Annabella and really enjoyed our stay. It is close to the train station but still an easy walk to everything in the central area. The owner was extremely helpful and went above and beyond what we expected. She arranged for reserved time at the Uffizi and Accademia museums. The breakfast was an additional 7 euros, and it was adequate. An outstanding place to eat was the wolf and the cat (El Gatto, etc.) It was highly recommended by some American students studying in Florence and we're now happy to recommend it to our friends. Don't let the arrival at the hotel turn you off to the property. You enter through a dimly lighted entry hall and go up three floors in an antique lift. Once arriving at the hotel, it is very nicely outfitted. The bathroom was especially nice and we had a balcony room that was very pleasant. |
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