Minotel Il Guercino

Good value hotel close to railway station

My girlfriend and I stayed at Hotel Il Guercino for 3 nights during a visit to Bologna in June 2010.

We paid £52 per night for a double room with breakfast and made our reservation via www.travelrepublic.co.uk.

Location

Hotel Il Guercino is hidden away in a courtyard off the quiet side street of Via Luigi Serra.

A couple of minutes walk from the hotel brings you to the main road of Via Giacomo Matteotti, from where it is only a few hundred metres to Bologna's central train station.

It was the proximity to the train station that appealed to us when booking this hotel, as we intended to make use of it for day trips to Ferrara and Rimini.

Upon arrival, we simply caught the Aerobus (6 Euros) from Bologna airport to the train station and walked the 5 minutes to the hotel.

Past the train station, the main road becomes Via dell'Indipendenza which leads straight down to Piazza Maggiore in the heart of the old part of the city. The walk from the hotel to Piazza Maggiore took 20-30 minutes, but was relatively easy as it was practically a straight line along one main road.

There are restaurants, bars, cafes, bakeries and shops within a couple of minutes walk of the hotel.

Bedroom

Our room had the feeling of a loft conversion with bare wooden ceiling boards and beams.

There were various pieces of rustic wooden furniture including bedside tables, chairs, a large wall unit (which housed a TV, a safe, a mini fridge and coffee and tea making facilities) and a large wooden trunk at the foot of the bed.

The wardrobe, however, wasn't wooden. It wasn't even a wardrobe. Instead, there was a metal clothes rail with numerous clothes hangers attached to it. That isn't a complaint; it served our needs perfectly well.

The bed was a proper double bed rather than the two single beds pushed together that we frequently encounter in hotels these days.

There was a pleasant balcony with a table, two chairs and a selection of colourful flowers in plant pots. There wasn't much of a view though, with the surroundings being largely residential.

The en-suite shower room was compact, but also clean and modern. There was no bathtub, but the glass shower cubicle was more spacious than many I have encountered. Fresh towels and complimentary toiletries were provided and there was also a hairdryer provided.

Breakfast

The buffet breakfast included in the room rate was superb and was even more enjoyable as it was served on a picturesque outdoor sun terrace.

It included fruit salad, yoghurts, cereals, huge flaky croissants, sweet pastries, cakes and biscuits, breadsticks and various bread rolls, cold cuts of meat and cheese, scrambled eggs and sausages. There was an assortment of jams in small pots on each table. There was a choice of fruit juices, a selection of teas and coffee.

A good value hotel with a location that is very convenient for the railway station. Clean and comfortable rooms, an exceptional al fesco breakfast buffet and a quiet courtyard setting. Highly recommended!

• Opinion of Price: about average
• Written February 19, 2012

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