Hotel Balestri - Wtb Hotels - Florence

Charming, Charming, Charming

I enjoyed amazing views of the Arno River and the iconic Ponte Vecchio right from my room. The rooftop terrace was a perfect spot for sunset cocktails, and the staff were cute, sharing fabulous local dining tips to enhance our experience. Don't even get me started on the breakfast-a delicious spread, made my mornings bright and beautiful!

totally recommend 🥰✨

The rooms with a balcony as well as Ponte Vecchio views, especially helpful staff at the reception desk. Plenty of options, AMAZING food. Incredible location with parking nearby.

Just ok area.

The venue was beautifuly designed and lovely quiet, I greatly enjoyed the location so close to historic areas, England V Italy in Rome and the Duomo, Santa Croce, Accademia, and other tourist sites, and river views. The service was very good, the food was good!

Wonderful location on the Arno, Zuna to all sights that was great. Breakfast was sufficient and wonderful, only the coffee tasted strange. But the cappuccino was great.

The ventilation / heating in the room was not ideal. It was mostly too cold.

Central location, beds really comfortable, rooms rather small but sufficient, everything nice and clean. All in all not cheap but okay, we would come back.

Breakfast could be better

The location was marvellous for walking around a fortress palace. The booked room was good sized with a balcony.

got good-sized room with wonderful views of sunsets and climate control and it's own balcony. great continental breakfast options.

The views from our windows and the location.

Really good river views

Is located near to many POIs

The breakfast

The rooms are very small.

Very good breakfast buffet, friendly and very attentive staff. Central location.

Although deluxe double room booked, this was very small. No possibility to store suitcases (they are always in the way). Shelf for suitcases could not be set up, because it blocks the way into the bathroom.

This hotel is well located a few steps away from the heart of Florence. It has parking (although has to be paid separately) and that is a must hbe if you got to Florence by car as it is impossible to park no where.

Car park was charged separately and expensive. Hotel rooms are very poor an outdated. Staff not too friendly. Breakfast is poor.

The location was great... The staff were very helpful & friendly

The hallway leading to our rooms as well as our room looked very tired... We had a smell in our room which was an immediate turn off...we went out for dinner and walked for the evening,...Our main goal was to find another hotel to stay at. We bit the bullet for the first night, and even paid the 50% penalty for the second night cancellation...My wife & I could not spend another night there. If they could freshen up the rooms, carpeting and put add memory foam matress covers to the beds, it would be a great value for the money. We found a 4 Star hotel for the second night @ 83EU for the night compared to this hotel (3 star) for 130EU per night. The room and hotel pictures were not at all representative of the accommodations.

A friend stayed at the Hotel Balestri last November, and I knew she enjoyed her stay there. I am so happy that I stayed there this year from 25 October to 7 November this year. I cannot praise the hotel enough for making my stay there memorable. I have wonderful memories of Florence from living there in the 1960s, and I intend to return as often as possible. I will always plan to stay at the Hotel Balestri. Harriet Little