“It was definitely a good hotel to stay in in Florence.”

The only negative thing I have to say is that next time I would like to stay in the main hotel (not the building down the block) because as a single woman, I would like the hotel manager to be closer.

“Avoid at all costs”

Stayed in a room in the Gemini building. Very shabby, dimly lit, and not very comfortable.Used Qtip stuck to the wall. Decided to tough it out as we (family of 4) were only there for two nights. However the ceiling started dripping on my husband's head in the middle of the night when the upstairs room took a shower. When I told the desk about it in the morning he told me it had not rained! I told him I knew that it hadn't rained and that it was coming from the bathroom upstairs. He sighed heavily, never apologized, but did tell us to come back in the afternoon and they would have another room ready. This is a very poorly run hotel, and I strongly discourage anyone from staying there. I also would encourage Expedia to remove them as an option.

“Great Value for Money”

We stayed in a one-bedroom apartment with a kichenett that was located one block from the reception. Good condition, a maid came every day and did a good job. It was 10 min. walk from the rail-way station, very convenient. I would come back again.

“Uncaring but good place for the central train station”

The room wasn't ready, and it wasn't around the corner. It was a block and a half away. We were only allowed one key for 5 people and no assistance was offered, even though we had one woman in a wheelchair. The main office for the hotel is 3 floors up and indicated only by a small sign on the street. If the taxi driver hadn't known where it was we would never have found it. The room was dim and the kitchen bare. It is convenient to the train station and fine for young, resourceful travelers. There is a good pizza restaurant between the hotel and the central station.

“It's more like a Jolly 1BR apartment”

You need to go fairly high-end in Italy before you see the "always new" gloss you expect in the cheapest American chain hotels. You also can't expect a lot of personal space. However, the "Jolly Room" at the Alamanni delivers a quiet, well appointed, very spacious one-bedroom apartment for the very reasonable rate. You're across the street from the main train station (which sits between you and downtown, necessitating detours) but the thick walls and windows keep out the noise. You get a bed and several fold-outs, a full kitchen, a giant bathroom with plenty of hot water and a real stand-up shower, and two adjustable air conditioners, at least one of which seems to work. Great place to drag yourself before or after a train ride. Downside is the service--don't expect early check-in, since "2pm" means "2pm" and your early arrival is certainly "not their problem." You can stack luggage in a corner until the time is right. But this isn't surprising at the price--service and amenities carry steep prices around here.

“Great location and good deal for the price”

We stayed in a Jolly room, which was an apartment about a block from the main hotel. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of space and the completeness of the kitchenette. However, the mattress needed replaced and the shower curtain holder was coming out of the wall. There was only one set of keys, which made it difficult for me to go to my meetings and my friend to go exploring. This made for some very long waits at the gate, since room buzzer at the gate didn't ring in our room.

“Stay here if you like the sauna”

PROS: hotel is just up a short hill away from the station on the right. -is about 30 mins walk from most places; all the attractions in Florence is accessible by walking. CONS: -terrible service. Our hotel room had AC but was more like the sauna room. The AC was pumped up to the max but was hardly blowing any air at all and the air that was blowing was warm like the outside's summer heat! Our small travel alarm clock/temperature meter was reading 29*C overnight. -I had asked if we could at least get a mosquito repellent plug so we can open the balcony door and don't get mosquito bites everywhere by morning... that seemed impossible for them to accommodate. -Our bathroom light also busted - same thing, nothing was done. We showered in the dark. -hotel's situated on the 2nd floor of a very old and rundown building. There is an elevator but it's very small and slow -with luggages, you'd have to make 2 or more trips. We had pre-paid through Expedia so to move to another hotel would've been more money and higher rate. We sucked it up as we only had 3 nights there but from the reviews I read prior to booking, it seemed okay. Had I known better, I would not have booked let alone stayed at Hotel Alammani.