B&B Piazza Fratti

Nice B&B, a bit old but does the job and near the ferry. The breakfast included is small, but appreciated.

I needed a cheap place to stay for 1 night before boarding my cruise. This was close to the train station and close to the port shuttle pickup. However, the free shuttle pickup has been stopped. There is a pickup in front of the train station for $6 euro. Be advised if you have luggage, you will be walking on cobble stone with your luggage and there will be some inclines. Then there is about 20 steps to the unit. The unit is 3 rooms with a shared living room type space. I stayed in the Mimosa room which has it's own bathroom. The bathroom was small. If you are of any size larger than small, you will struggle getting into the shower. I have never experienced a shower so little in my life. Your knees touch the sink while sitting on the toilet. The bed mattress felt like a piece of foam. The day I arrived, it was warmer and I had just walked from train station with luggage and carried them up the stairs. I asked about A/C and was told they did not allow it to be used until summer time. So I opened the windows. Since the place is inside a square, there is a lot of noise. There were also mosquitoes. With that being said, it was very close to many eateries and sites. Great location for walking. I am glad I only had 1 night as I could not comfortably stay here for more than that.

Difficult to find, no parking but nice and clean

Convenient location to train station and cruise ports. few negatives 1) unit was not easy to find (better instructions or map would help) 2) AC was not available the night we stayed due to condensation issues, which made sleeping uncomfortable. And the management, instead of letting us know and perhaps with an apology or compensation like offering us a different room, hid the remote so we can’t use the AC. This caused us time to look for the ac remote not knowing about the problem. And when we borrowed a remote from a tenant next door to turn on the AC was when we experienced the leaks and had to turned it off. 3) the area was rather noisy late into the night.

This place was perfect for us as a launch point for a cruise. It’s not what you might would expect in an upscale setting. It’s Italy. It’s old, it’s not fancy, there is some walking required to get transportation. You check in via a phone call. You don’t see anyone from the place till the next morning but we loved it. Plenty of Eating and shopping near by. It was a great taste of Italy to begin our cruise.

It was pretty difficult for us to find the property when we first got there as the restaurant it tells you to look for was closed and you couldn’t see the sign for the name of it. We weren’t able to use the breakfast vouchers provided because both restaurants ended up being closed the day we were there. Nice and close to port (we were able to walk to port and use the free shuttle in port to get to our cruise line).

Value for money