We stayed in this hotel for 4 nights from 23 April - the hotel was great - very beautiful - inside and outside. At night the hotel changes colour every few seconds.

The hotel was located outside of Pisa, but it was really easy to get into the town. There was a bus stop outside the hotel, from which you could get the number 13 bus - which took you into town - this bus also went back to the hotel. It ran every 12 minutes and the cafe up the street from the hotel sold bus tickets. It took about 10 minuted to get to the hotel from the airport in a taxi and it cost about 10 euros

The room was lovely - very clean and big - the bed was comfy and big, there was a lcd TV in the mirror with lots of english channels. The bathroom was good, there was no bath but the shower was massive and powerful. We had a baby cot which was clean and comfy.

Breakfast was great with lots of pastries and toast, cereal, cheese and ham, bacon and scrambled egg etc. There was no tea or coffee on the table, but you just have to ask a waiter and they bring it to your table. The coffee was lovely. You could sit outside and eat breakfast if you wanted.

We had a drink in the bar one night - huge range of cocktails, with lovely nibbles - very nice. We ate in the restaurant on two nights, the food was good, they also give you a brushetta and a bowl of soup to sample before your meal, the wine was great.

Check-in was good - the man was very friendly. We got to the hotel at about 11pm and we had our 15 month old baby with us. The man asked if we needed anything for the baby - any food etc - which I thought was nice of him. All the waiters were really nice to our baby and very helpful.

Loved this hotel.

My boyfriend and I thought we would love this hotel after staying in Florence on a budget however we did not. Luckily we only had to stay for one night. The hotel is certainly impressive and the lights at night are really nice however that was about it. The woman on the reception desk was perfunctory and official. There was no warmth or sincerity to her speel and she had all the charm of a napkin.

The hotel itself as a former reviewer remarked was sterile. We were given a room on the ground floor which I wasn't happy about. The room itself looked fancy initially but on closer inspection the furniture wasn't that amazing and all the switches were needlessly complicated. The floor of the room was freezing and the ceiling was just concrete. The room itself was cold and if you wanted to turn the heating up you had to ring and ask reception (which I had to do twice).The bathroom was very nice but didn't have a nice odour when we first went in.

We didn't want to eat in the restaurant as everyone there looked like they had a cattle prod shoved up their backsides-very pretentious and cold! My boyfriend went on the hunt for somewhere else for us to eat and found a charming little restaurant for us where the waitress spoke no English but couldn't have been more helpful-a stark contrast from the hotel.

The location of the hotel itself is bizarre. It literally is in the middle of nowhere, just a cafe up the road and some fields and houses-not centrally located for the city although it was only 5 minutes to the airport in a taxi.

I think this is a hotel for the business traveller. Someone who wants a clean, modern, formal place to stay conveniently located to the airport. if you want a central location-DO NOT STAY HERE. Also, if you are laid back and relaxed i wouldn't recommend it either. Stay there if you like modern things and have a superiority complex.

On the plus side, it was clean and the building is certainly nice, just don't take your family there!

We stayed at the San Ranieri in August, as we drove to Pisa for one day to visit the leaning tower.

The San Ranieri hotel is a 7-10 minute drive away from the Piazza dei Miracoli.

The building is simply beautiful, especially at night when light up in different colours. It is quite an extrem design-hotel.

Check-In was convenient and quick. The concierge was also eager to recommend places such as restaurants and stores.

The rooms was simple yet l=very nicely designed. The size was everage. The kingsize bed was very confortable and the bed sheet felt great. The bathroom was small and only had a shower (large shower). I was not too fond of the floor (not sure was material it was, but if was some synthetic coating).

The hotel has a couple of very nice balconies on the second floor with grass on the floor. Again, I must stress that this hotel was very well designed and is simpky beautiful.

I found this hotel to be extremely sterile, uppity, super ultramodern and eccentric, not what I am use to while visiting Italy.

We were not greeted at the front desk but stared at. The desk clerk treated us in a bored and tired attitude. Without any direction or assistance from the clerk, we found our room thru a dimly lit hallway. The room was nice just totally unexpected for Italy. The bathroom was bright orange with glowing lights that never turned off. The room itself was white and silver and the furniture was glossy black. On the outside of the hotel the lighting changes from orange, blule, green, purple and pink.

The "american bar" was comfortable with long white settes and a flat screen tv, the table was long and too low to set a drink on. I will say that the snacks were outstanding, not just peanuts and chips, but kabobs and bruschettes of raw salmon, tuna, fruits, cheeses and olives. After our first drink order was delivered we were asked to sign our bill, when we asked to start a tab, the bartender said we could have another bill...........

We dined in the hotel restuarant out of necessity. The hotel is really too far away from everything and anything. Be aware that there are TWO menus. There is a small slip of paper inside one of the brochures in your room that offers more reasonably priced and typical Italian selections. The menu the waiters offers is twice the price and offers food that are odd choices. The wine selection was surprisingly good. The atmosphere was sterile and cold. The furniture is white and chrome with white gauzy drapes to seperate different areas of the dinning room

The buffet breakfast was plentiful. It offered a wide selection of breads, pastries, cereals, eggs, bacons, coldcuts, cheeses, , fruits, jams and spreads. They do not offer a personal pot of coffee or tea for your table.

Although I can't say I disliked this place, it just wasn't to my liking.

More importantl, the hotel is way too far from the train station, the airport, the tower, local restuarants and shopping.