What a great location this Hotel has. Right in the middle of all the main places you would want to visit. It is a wonder that the owners don't upgrade. The Hotel is an Italian 3 star and definately not up to 3* UK, however, it is perfectly adequate. Our room was quite small with no outlook (a stone wall to be precise)with a very strange 'wet room' with the shower in the middle which meant everything got soaked. The air con is a bit dated, the old blower radiator style which can be quite loud but it did work okay. Breakfast was basic, cereal, rolls, cake and croissants with terrible coffee. Ask for hot water as they have a good selection of teas. We found the staff really pleasant and very helpful. If you are booking I would ask for one of the front rooms as they have lovely street views and are quite large and airy.

I stayed here with some friends for 2 nights in June. The ONLY thing going for this 2 Star hotel is the fantastic location...right on the Piazza Republica. Our room was very musty and the old fan did not work. Thankfully, the evenings were fairly cool, but in deep summer, it would be a problem. The included breakfast was just so-so...with, as the previous reviewer mentioned, terrible coffee. The little bar below the hotel had fantastic coffee, though. The shower was something to behold...and be sure to take everything out of the room....towels, toilet paper etc. as they will get soaked. The main problem was in discovering that our door did not lock. When we talked to the manager about this, he became very angry and did not believe us. Upon showing him, he then became angrier and felt like we had somehow broken the lock. He attempted to fix the problem, but it could still be shoved open if you really tried...this did not make us very comfortable leaving our things in the room the last day. I love Florence and the wonderful people, but would definitely not stay in this particular hotel again fantastic location or not!

Four women from the USA stayed at the Olimpia Hotel on the Plaza de Republic and I must say that the staff were the most offensive that we encountered in our five weeks in Europe. I asked the assistant manager if we had somehow offended him as he was extremely rude to us during our stay. He denied and said it was a language problem. Not so. Our room wouldn't lock and when we brought this to his attention he raised his voice and yelled that "It's not possible" for our door not to lock. At last he followed me to the room and amazingly the door didn't lock. The bathroom was a disaster with the shower head coming out of the wall, soaking the bathroom with every shower. Beds were impossible. The only saving grace was its location. I would never encourage anyone to stay at this hote unless you enjoy being mistreated.

The location was great! This hotel is right on one of the many squares in Florence. Walking distance to EVERYTHING. There were 2 couples in our room (a quad) and it was more than enough room for 4 of us. Bathroom was a little wierd, the shower is in the middle of the bathroom. The hotel was clean and the front desk was VERY helpful! They even printed out train schedules for us. Breakfast was included. Our room overlooked the square which was fantastic. And although the square is loud at night, you can't even hear a peep with the windows closed. We wound up booking a double room at the end of our trip as well to cut down on our travel time to the airport. Again, can't say enough about the location! I would definately stay here again!

Brilliant location at the heart of Florence, helpful staff, large clean and comfortable rooms. I guess what keeps them from expanding or charging a higher rent is the fact that they are located on the 4th floor. Good 2/3 * hotel.