Too many mosquitos. Bring mosquito repellent.

Stayed in August 2025

Thank you for your kind explanation. This place is very close to the port. But there are just too many mosquitoes.

Stayed in May 2025

Very bad smell from outside

Good location,

Stayed in March 2025

Nothing

No breakfast.. location is good

Stayed in March 2025

After reading numerous reviews describing mosquito horrors in this place, I was really afraid of mosquitoes. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised that it was not a problem at all. The owner put anti-mosquito nets both in the room and in the bathroom, which probably helped a lot. Furthermore, the owner has also provided an anti-mosquito device which could be plugged into an electric socket, but we didn't even need to use it. Surely, if you open the window in the evening, there might be a few mosquitoes coming in, but nothing like described in other reviews. We tried not to keep the window in the room open for long and especially during the evening, so it was fine. What I found unpleasant, the bed had very sharp corners coming out few cm outside of the mattress. Since the extra bed was taking much of the free space in the room, and you mainly orient by the size of the mattress while walking around the bed, it is inevitable that you would eventually bump your leg onto a bed leg or bed corner sticking out so far from the mattress, which could be quite painful. I would suggest to the owner to somehow cover those two sharp bed corners sticking out from under the mattress, or possibly change the bed frame to a more user-friendly one (with the corners hidden below the mattress). However, this is my only complain, everything else was fine.

The hotel is located not far from the boat terminal (boats going to 5 terre and Portovenere), at the sea front, about 10-15 min walk to it. On the other hand, the location is not very close to the main train station in La Spezia, but not too far either; it took us about 30 min walk through the park (or a sea promenade) and then through the central street, which is quite fine. There are of course buses going to the train station, but we didn't use them. The apartment has several (I think 3) rooms and is located in a very nice building. The room we had was quite large, but there was an extra bed taking most of the free space. The bathroom was large and there was even an infrared sauna in the bathroom! There was also small dining area in the corridor, very convenient for having a breakfast. Tea, coffee, sugar and some cutlery and cups/plates were available, so as an electric boiler and a small refrigerator. The cleaning lady is very nice and friendly, she was happily answering all our questions. As a gift, you get a book in Italian, which was great for my friend, since she is learning Italian now. There is no air conditioner, but there is a fan, which was sufficient for the beginning of September (it was still quite hot outside). Despite multiple reviews mentioning mosquito infestation, we cannot confirm this (see below in the "cons" section).

Stayed in September 2024

It was a bit small and the facilities weren’t something extraordinary, but it was a liveable space.

The property is easy to enter and the beds were comfortable. It is a bit small and doesn’t have much facilities. The location is near the maritime path and half an hour away from the city center. But for a one night stay in order to go to Cinque Terre is good. The staff were really nice and let some gifts for us, which was really nice.

Stayed in August 2024

A little far from train station, would recommend learning bus routes to go to and from. Also on a main road so abit noisy, but it didn't bother us too much.

Clean apartment with good facilities. Mosquito window net installed during our stay which we really appreciated. Definitely worth visiting La Spezia - lovely and charming town with kind people.

Stayed in June 2024

The apartment lacked good air circulation at times.

Location was good, in a quiet neighborhood, close enough to the center.

Stayed in July 2024

It is very far from the main station ! Approximately 30 mins walk !

Stayed in April 2024

I visited this place for the second time. I used room B. Last time there were mosquitoes, but today it was very good because there were no mosquitoes.

Stayed in June 2025

It was so bad that I left, there was a sewer smell coming from the toilet to the bedroom, from a basin that Han no trap, unbelievable. Useless people ignored me now refusing to give my refund. Avoid this place at all costs.

Stayed in April 2025

Nice place. The best value for money in my whole Italian trip.

Stayed in November 2024

All

This SHOULD NOT be on booking. Disgusting is not enough to describe it. Our room is not part of the Filo di Arianna, which maybe is the most amazing location you can find, but we don’t know because they say it is part of it, but our room was on the other side of the building. Old, dirty, stinky, I couldn’t sleep all night. I simply don’t have words. Invest €500 in this room and rent it a double price, make it good for humans!! I will never suggest this room even for a dog!

Stayed in September 2024

The comfort of the room was very disappointing: two small fans for a room with high volume. The room was very warm and no way to circulate fresh air (no air conditioning). Single bed was not comfortable at all. Due to the room situation in the building (next to the entrance corridor to other rooms), the noise level was particularly high, making impossible to sleep (even in the middle of the night). We cannot say if the shower has been cleaned.

The building was good placed (port, restaurants, business, parking in the near). The indications were good enough to enter to the room alone without speaking italian (we didn't meet anyone, instructions were given only in Italian) Instructions to welcome guests, to pay the city tax were very clear and written in different languages. We appreciated the small gift (book in Italian)

Stayed in August 2024

There was mold on the bathroom the smell was very strong and I was sneezing because of that

I didn’t like anything we were disappointed once we arrived

Stayed in August 2024

It was a little claustrophobic

I liked that it was big

Stayed in August 2024

Two of the four guests were missing towels (they were provided after we pointed it out). Dirty towels. Moldy bathroom. Despite the insect screens, there were mosquitoes everywhere. The room for four people had only three cups. The room was located on an extremely noisy street – cars honking from the morning, making it impossible to sleep. Noisy, moldy, and very smelly refrigerator.

Communication with the host.

Stayed in July 2024

1. The accommodation wasn't clean, the dishes in the cupboard were all dirty, chipped or cracked. And to top it off we found a used condom hanging over the top of a very dirty shower door. 2. Poor customer service. We contacted the WhatsApp number provided to alert them to what we had found, and were then given the number of someone else to contact. When we contacted the second person, they said they had cleaned that morning and couldn't have missed the condom. Basically implying that we were making it up. But the photos I sent show very clearly that the shower was filthy, despite the condom. So all evidence points to the fact that it hadn't been properly cleaned in a while. They did offer to come and clean again, but by this time it was 10-30 pm and we were leaving at 6am so I told them to not bother. 3. The accommodation also doesn't look like the photos provided. There's a massive cable track that runs through the room which is a definite tripping hazard. Towels are old and stained. There's no proper lighting. The bathroom has a small freestanding lamp on a shelf above the sink. Overall, it looks like the type of place that gets rented out by the hour. I wouldn't recommend it.

There was a used condom in the shower when we arrived. The positives below don't outweigh this. 1. Good location - a short walk from the waterfront and promenade. Easy to find. 2. They also allowed us to drop our bags off early before check in, and kept the safe for us for the day - which we really appreciated. Unfortunately that's all the positives I have.

Stayed in June 2024

Room smelled disgusting, fridge droned incessantly, no natural light - the one small window could not be opened because of mosquitos, no view, fan did not work and no air conditioning. Also, some vape things were on the bedside table, suggesting no cleaning done. Mosquitos in the room, got bitten. Complained to the agent and they must have done a clean. However they ignored all our other complaints and never replied. Would not recommend.

The only thing we liked was the bathroom and toiletries. Host good communication.

Stayed in June 2024

In the room and in the whole appartment there was a bad smell of mould. As I have problems with the respiratory system I found it horrible to sleep there. As I opened the window towards the trashy "backyard", there was a bad smell of gutter and a lot of moskitos came in. Also my room was located next to the entry door to the appartment.It was not possible to open and close this door quietly, so it always made a big noise.

The bed and pillows were good.

Stayed in April 2024

Although the location was a bit far from the train station, everything else was great. It was a bit chilly.

Stayed in March 2024

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Stayed in August 2025

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Stayed in July 2025

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Stayed in April 2025