Upon arrival at the front desk, the manager told me there had been a terrible mistake - her secretary wrote the reservation down on the wrong date?!? - while I stood there with a confirmation in my hand via Venere.com (beware of obvious automatically generated reservation confirmations via Venere). I was offered a meal on the house as a consolation... More

I stayed at this hotel 4 nights in December 2009, with my husband Style: the hotel is a 17 century house. It was the birth place of the Italian Romantic philosopher Giandomenico Romagnosi. Inside, however it has been completely refurbished with a modern style. The hall is located at first floor where there is also the bar. There are other... More

Salsomaggiore is a pretty little town and this hotel is conveniently located to everything. 'That's about all we can say about it. The service at the hotel was non-existent, the night desk clerk had a bad attitude, the deluxe room we booked was very cheaply furnished and although we were told the bar was open, no one could be found... More