Hotel Minerva, Arezzo

Advantages: Excellent location in the city and great value
Disadvantages: Not all rooms have balconies

...Hotel Minerva lies on the main road into the city and can be easily found when catching a bus from the bus/train station Although not directly in the centre, it is a 10 minute walk which is stunning through the stoney cobbled streets and the occassional shops or Gelaterias. The views from the hotel rooms are stunning and you have a picture perfect view to the tower the is in the il Campo square. The hotel itself is beautifully decorated and the rooms are clean and very well maintained. Some have balconies, but not all. If you can email them with any requests they are very happy to help. The price is excellent value too and breakfast is included and offers a huge variety... Read review

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Advantages: Location
Disadvantages: Everything else

...This hotel formed part of a month long tour of Europe which I did with my boyfriend. We booked most of our accommodation before we left the UK and we'd booked this because we wanted somewhere cheap and this looked fairly good. How wrong could we have been. Firstly, the room we were in wasn't in the main hotel, but in an annexe across the road. This wasn't a problem. The big problem was the owner. His attitude was unbelievable. We had booked a double room and so we were surprised when our room had four single beds in. When we confronted the owner over this he said that he had changed our booking to make it more comfortable for us....what a load of rubbish! He'd obviously got a better offer for the double room so shoved us where he had the space. He offered no explanation and no option to change to a double. The room itself... Read review

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Advantages: Lots to do, plenty of space, very helpful staff and local restaurants
Disadvantages: Food and drink pricey on site, can be noisy if accomodation facing onto main street

...I stayed self catering in Minerva II at the Hotetur Bellevue complex in alcudia in the first week of August 2007. Five girls (aged 22-23) stayed in two apartments with 2 beds and a sofa bed in each - the sofa bed was very comfy! In each appartment there was a kitchenette which was basic but adequate, the bathroom was clean and tidy, whats more we had maid service EVERY day, leaving fresh towels at each visit. It is true that they have no air conditioning, however fans can be rented and we found that just pulling the curtains during the day stopped the room heating up too much. The fans and other commodities can be rented from reception staff who were very helpful - much more so than our First Choice rep I'd have to say! The 8 or so pools were clean and not too crowded although you had to get up very early to get a sun lounger... Read review

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