Make sure you have firm directions before heading here, because this hotel is not easy to find. Once you’ve done so, however, you will find a very good, low-rise hotel in a pleasant, park like setting.
Our standard room was very spacious, smartly decorated with a Romanesque mural on one wall, and tiled floor throughout. It included a larger than normal double bed (firm, but comfortable) with bedside tables either side. A modest sized television offered many different channels, including a couple in English such as BBC World and CNN.
A desk unit included a fridge/mini-bar, which only contained a few items and so left room for a couple of our own bottles. There were two desk chairs on which to sit and work should you wish to.
The room offered plenty of storage space in various shelves, a wardrobe and other coat hooks and clothes rack. Additional pillows and blankets were available in the wardrobe, as were additional drawers.
The bathroom was a good size – all modern, and looking as new. It contained the toilet, a bidet, sink unit with small shelf above and additional shelf to the side, a walk-in shower unit, hair dryer, ample towels and toiletries including a couple each of soap, shampoo/bath gel, vanity set and shower cap.
The location of the hotel (once found) was good for us, but slightly strangely situated when leaving on foot. To get to the nearby main road there is no real footpath (other than a long drive that takes you away from where you want to go) and you have to cross a grassy patch to get there. It’s a busy road, and there is no immediate pedestrian crossing in sight, but we braved crossing the road on foot each time since that was where the handful of local restaurants and small shops and (most importantly) tram stops were found. It was only a 10 to 15 minute walk to the tram stop, or to the terminal of the Sassi rack railway.
Breakfast was in a pleasant ground floor room and was included in the price of our room. There was a decent continental selection of a few cereals, two types of juice, water, croissants with various fillings, bread rolls, sliced bread/toast, preserves, a good fruit selection, yoghurts, etc. To our surprise there was also a small hot selection of scrambled eggs, bacon (very fatty) and small sliced sausages. On our second day we arrived for breakfast at approx. 9.20am and had the whole room to ourselves.
We found the Parco Sassi to be a very nicely presented hotel in a good location for us, since we wanted to be outside of the city and we wanted good parking space. Even though it is slightly awkward to get across the road to it, the local tram offers a simple, cheap way of getting in and out of the city. With all this in mind, we thoroughly recommend this hotel to others.