Hotel Athena

“Great for a short visit”

A warm welcome greeted as a we arrived at the hotel, this hotel is grand with an antique elegance. We had booked 2 rooms, one superior and one standard, the standard was a better room, ok, the view wasn’t the best but you can see the beautiful view from the terrace of the hotel. The actual layout a… more

A warm welcome greeted as a we arrived at the hotel, this hotel is grand with an antique elegance. We had booked 2 rooms, one superior and one standard, the standard was a better room, ok, the view wasn’t the best but you can see the beautiful view from the terrace of the hotel. The actual layout and size of the standard room was better, bigger wardrobe as well. Also the superior room we had was on the 7th floor right next to the service room so if you plan to have a lie-in in the mornings you can forget it because the staff are so noisy! Breakfast was the usual buffet, I liked this breakfast because they had seeds, dried fruits and yoghurts, my kids liked it because they had their eggs, bacon, toast etc. I found the cake/croissant section very dry. I treated myself to a slice of apple cake on my first morning but it was dry and the croissants were hard! There was a bar in this hotel and restaurant but I didn’t use either therefore I cannot comment on them. The staff were friendly and the hotel itself was warm, it’s a dated hotel but it’s clean and near to the center of the town. Great for a weekend visit.

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“Pleasant Stay in Sienna”

Stayed at this hotel while on a wine tour . The hotel was ideally located for visiting the sights of Sienna, just outside one of the gates and a short if steep walk to the Duomo Our room was clean and well serviced.Breakfast provided a good range of food Staff were friendly and helpful

“Good and bad”

Let me start by saying, there were many nice things about Hotel Athena. The location, right inside the walls of Siena, was wonderful for walking. It was a very short distance to everything. The view from our room #808 was fabulous. We had two windows that looked out and also opened for fresh air. T… more

Let me start by saying, there were many nice things about Hotel Athena. The location, right inside the walls of Siena, was wonderful for walking. It was a very short distance to everything. The view from our room #808 was fabulous. We had two windows that looked out and also opened for fresh air. The roof top bar was fun after we would return home from our day out adventuring. Ordering a drink and watching the sunset from the roof top bar was something we did every night we were there. The room itself was adequate. It was a little tired but nothing horrible. The only bad part was the smell that was coming out of our bathroom. It was noticed right away and we mentioned it to the front desk. They told us it was just old plumbing and it may have been. It seemed to get slightly better but then it would come back. To me the smell was more like a dead rodent that could have been in the attic. We just kept thinking it would get better. It got hard to go back to the room but we just kept the bathroom door closed. It wa surprising the cleaning staff didn’t report it also. Partly our fault, we should have complained more but we didn’t and should we have to?

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