The actual location is lovely right on the river bank and a short walk away from Ponte Vecchio and most of the other usual attractions. The scene is beautiful over the river and the hills beyond. However, if you're visiting in hot weather, it can feel a lot further to walk and it is certainly quite far to walk with even small luggage especially fighting through the crowds on the Ponte Vecchio and Uffizi gallery - best to walk down the back roads which is less crowded and full of interest in their own right. This hotel is on the furthest side away from SMN train station.
We were greeted on arrival in a rather unfriendly manner surprisingly but after establishing our booking, our hostess was very interested in helping us plan our activities.
Unfortunately our room was poor, the aircon at a permanent full blast setting could not mask the slight smell of mold and the decor of the dim room was very dated (I like retro but this was plain old fashion in a bad way!). I had to unplug the tv to use my mobile charger and the windows looked onto to nothing since it was basement level.
Breakfast was a varied little selection but unappealing and not terribly welcoming in a very dated old fashion room. The shower was adequate with basic toiletries but overall, we simply did not like staying there and since we needed to be more central in Florence, opted to leave as soon as we could as we didn't want to spend time trying to change rooms. Shame.