my overall assessment is that the river is a lovely small hotel, extremely clean, helpful and friendly reception staff, great location, a perfect choice for our first visit to italy.
there was some maintenance work being done during our stay of which we had not been notified and so this came as something of a surprise. this included re-painting the exterior, up-dating some of the rooms, re-fitting the public bathroom which was inaccessible throughout, and most significantly re-polishing the marble floors which was very noisy and off-putting on our arrival. however, as our visit was in november which is not exactly peak season, and i understand that hotels do have to schedule maintenance work out of season, the work was at worst a minor inconvenience, although sharing breakfast with the workmen was a novel experience.
the hotel is in a lovely location, and even for me, a not very fit forty-something, only a 10 minute walk to the uffizi and thus into the heart of tourist florence.
(a tip- the number 13 bus from the railway/bus station stops virtually right outside the hotel. the bus stop is across the road from the station, almost outside mcdonalds. don'.t worry about missing your stop, keep a look-out for an ancient tower on the river front, as you near the hotel the bus will be heading straight towards the tower. as the bus turns right just in front of the tower, which was the florentine mint, ring the bell and get off at the first stop on the riverfront, about 5 steps away from the entrance to the river).
we loved florence, just wandering around and marvelling can fill hours, without actually '.doing'. the sights. just remember to always look up, carry a map, don'.t worry about getting lost because it'.s small enough to find your bearings just around the next corner, and try the ice cream at gelateria dei neri (about 5 minutes walk from the hotel) as i can guarantee you will go back for more.
i expected a lot from florence and it never disappointed.

las habitaciones son amplias y la categoría de tres estrellas en este caso es parecida a la española. me sorprendio agradablemente. el trato del personal muy correcto.

very nice hotel. just a 15 minutes walk from florence downtown. i think it'.s the ratio price/quality is the best you can get. excellent welcoming by salvatore.
just two remarks:
1)
the luggage room should be slightly bigger
2)
we got probably the smallest room (#204) in the hotel. can it be that venere'.s user get the smallest rooms? however it was big enough for 2 persons and next time i will go to florence i will stay again in the hotel river

hotel river is in a great location opposite the river arno and a pleasant walk to all of florence. the hotal staff were excellent in their welcome and also booking a restaurant and generally being of assistance. we would definately go back to the hotel river if i was again in florence.

molto belle, pulito e con personale molto gentile. l'.unico problema è il parcheggio ma il servizio di garage è comunque efficiente.

l'.hotel river offre una perfetta combinazione di prezzo, tranquillita'. e posizione.

bei unserem ersten, aber bestimmt nicht letzten aufenthalt in florenz verbrachten wir 3 nächte im hotel river. dieses hotel können wir bedenkenlos weiterempfehlen, wir fühlten uns dort sehr wohl.

the hotel was reasonably close to downtown and the tourists area. it was clean and comfortable. staff was very helpful. most of the time we were out of our room visting the sites and not in our room. the bath area was nice and the room large enough. i would come back tothis hotel.

my daughter and i were very happy with our stay at hotel river. the hotel was quiet, the beds were extremely comfortable and the staff couldn'.t have been more helpful/friendly. this applies in particular to reception. nothing was too much trouble even my request for a cappuccino on arrival was met with a smile - and it was buonissimo.....