First Hotel

“Nice hotel, shame about the curtains and cigarette smoke”

Hotel First is situated near the town of Calenzano, Tuscany. It is a 25 minute train ride from Florence. The hotel is a 10 minute walk from the train station, get the Patagione stop not the Calenzano stop or you will be a 30 minute walk from the hotel. Trains are hourly until around 6pm, but not a… more

Hotel First is situated near the town of Calenzano, Tuscany. It is a 25 minute train ride from Florence. The hotel is a 10 minute walk from the train station, get the Patagione stop not the Calenzano stop or you will be a 30 minute walk from the hotel. Trains are hourly until around 6pm, but not all trains stop there. The hotel bedrooms were very spacious and clean, beds weren't particularly comfortable, but ok. The biggest complaint I had was that they have hung the curtains about 30cm back from the actual window, and whilst looking straight on this is fine, when in bed there is a HUGE gap between the window and the wall which results in you being woken at 5am when the sunlight hits the room. The other issue is that the ground floor rooms do smell quite strongly of cigarette smoke, even though the hotel rooms are all non-smoking, not sure if this is a legacy issue, or whether some people were having crafty cigarettes but it was really noticeable. Hotel breakfast had a lot of choice and we dined twice in the restaurant in the evening which we found to be very good and reasonably priced for a hotel. Hotel staff were very friendly and helpful and understanding of my poor Italian. They nearly all spoke excellent English, which made things easier for us.

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“Welcoming ??”

All reveiws are of the reveiwers opinion, this Hotel was chosen for us as a cheap package touring Italy by train and suited our needs, a fair distance from firenze, accessed via the tram from firenze to the airport from there becomes a little difficult to locate bus stops for Hotel, so took taxi @ … more

All reveiws are of the reveiwers opinion, this Hotel was chosen for us as a cheap package touring Italy by train and suited our needs, a fair distance from firenze, accessed via the tram from firenze to the airport from there becomes a little difficult to locate bus stops for Hotel, so took taxi @ €25. Upon arrival, hospitality a tad cool:-( Hotel in need of tlc, only charging points in bathroom, no tea making facilities, sound travels, although good nights kip. Bar opens at 7pm althou no atmosphere and felt like a hassle 🤦‍♀️ Positives!! Super easy to access train from patigone to pisa via a 10 minute stroll, surrounded by shopping malls & excellent eateries, right next door, so rough with the smooth, all in all an interesting stay 😄

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