My wife and I stayed here for one night in December 2007. We booked the hotel through Expedia, and paid about $120 for the night.

The hotel is near to the airport, and takes about 10 minutes by taxi. This costs about 10-12 euros (depending on traffic).

The hotel has an interesting design theme and looks quite funky, with the lights outside changing every 30 seconds. The inside is equally interesting, with a minimalist theme. My wife and I really liked it.

The young lady at the front-desk was superb. Always polite and helpful, and made us feel very welcome. She gave us information on how to get to town, assisted with buying bus tickets, allowed us to leave our bags there for the day after checking out (as our flight was at night), and booked the shuttle for us to get back to the airport.

We got a room on the ground floor. The hallway has some interesting decorations, and felt clean and modern. The room itself was nice, with a decent amount of space, lots of mirrors and the same modern design as the rest of the hotel.

The room was quite big and had plenty of lighting. There was an LCD TV mounted into the mirror which was nice, and has various channels, though the only one in English was CNN.

The bathroom is a nice size, and has the usual amenities. The shower had a small leak in the pipe, but worked really well and didn't cause any problems - though a sign says you shouldn't use it between 3am-4am due to risk of thermic shock (!)

The city centre isn't too far from the hotel, and takes about 15 minutes on the bus, with the bus stop a few minutes walk away. In the daytime, buses 13, 14 and Lam Blue can be used, and at night, bus number 22.

You can buy tickets from the hotel for 90 cents, and also at the machine, though the machine at the bus stop near the hotel appeared to be broken, so you may want to buy them from the hotel before leaving.

The leaning tower and other historic sites are about a 15-20 minute walk from the last bus stop, through the market where there are lots of shops and stalls. There's also a great pizza place near the last bus stop (I think it's called Filipo), with reasonably priced food and good service.

Overall, we liked this hotel and would stay there again.

Funky, exciting , clean, convenient hotel with great service! Loved the hotel ! Its out of the town but you can always call the taxi.

Oh theres only one taxi service in Pisa and you may want to save their number in your phone.

The restaurant is great but they take too long to serve ( which is most of italy). The second day we ordered the food in the room.

The taxi service at the train station is bad so you can always call the hotel and they will immediatly send you a shuttle.

I would stay here again.

Decided to spend the last night of our holiday in Pisa but never saw it. It was pouring down as we dropped our hire car at the airport and hopped in a taxi to the San Ranieri.

First impressions - modern, odd, outside and in. Reception staff looked as though they were chewing wasps - not at all helpful . Were told to go and have lunch as we were too early and room was not ready.

It got better all the way from there. Restaurant manager and team were catering for a huge conference but he tucked us away in a reasonably quiet corner. Food was fantastic and servce great in spite of conference.

Went back to reception to check in. Wasp eaters still there but a charming young lady checked us in and showed us to our room. If you are looking for traditional Italian accomodation the San Ranieri is not it. It is ultra modern - very comfortable and quiet. Suberb bathroom. Being in the hotel corridors was a quire surreal experience.

In the evening Luca, the young man in charge of the bar could not have been friendlier or more helpful. He made our evening.

Although the hotel is well outside the old part of the city there is a bus stop right outside. There are outside roof terraces which should be nice in summer.

We would certainly go back to the San Ranieri.

The restaurant strives for quality they say and based on our limited experience rthey are succeeding.

Stayed here after arriving on a late flight to Pisa .

Nice, clean modern place which was good for the one night. Good location near the Airport (need a car or there is a hotel shuttle bus) and you dont get the attitude you get from 'My Hotels Galleilli'. Outside of hotel changes colour every 30 seconds at night (Cool).

Breakfast was substantial and good quality, beds comfortable and rooms minimalist style but spacious.

No scenery to speak off really but it serves its purpose well!