Grand Hotel

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My husband and I had a lovely week at the Grand Hotel at the end of September for our wedding anniversary. We booked with Jet2 from Manchester and the whole experience was good with no delays at the airport and arrival on time in Pisa. The coach to the hotel was very organised & the Jet2 rep was helpful on the bus before we departed the airport. He later visited us at the hotel and gave us useful advice for visiting the local tourist sights. The hotel is very Italian, clean and well maintained. Great pool area (despite it backing onto main road). Our air conditioned room was comfortable and kept very clean daily by the maids. Good breakfast selection at the hotel is served indoors or poolside and there's plenty to eat at the self service buffet with helpful staff to look after you. Staff are very friendly & helpful on the reception desk & behind the bar. After reading the previous reviews before travelling we bought the correct travel plugs, the plugs are not standard European plug sockets, they are 3 pin sockets not like the rest of Italy or Europe. Bike hire is available-bikes definitely rule - very popular.There's a great cycle path along the front passing lots of towns and villages. Very easy riding. Great location to town, beach, there's an array of restaurants in the town at a range of prices, bars and designer shops. There is a pier near to the hotel with lovely views back to the mountains and we saw a beautiful sunset. The beach clubs were closing when we arrived, 28 Sept-5 Oct, due to the rainy/dull weather. We took a train to Pisa & Florence from Viareggio- we chose to get the E1 bus into Viagreggio , more choice of trains. There is a great train service in Italy, we used the trainline app to pay for our tickets. I wouldn’t recommend walking to the local station. Pietrasantra was recommended by friends, took the E35 from the town centre near the pier. It was a lovely village, worth a visit for a few hours. Before we realised how easy the trains were, we took the E1 bus to Lucca, well worth the visit. Recommend download bus app AT (autolinee toscane) & you can pay on bus with your debit/credit card. They call it tip/tap-contactless payment. Don’t forget to Tap when you get on & tap again when you leave. If you get on another bus the same day it will work out your journeys for the day-very easy. Overall we had a wonderful stay, it would be lovely to go back.

Everything was amazing except the mattresses! Literally, our queen size bed was two cheap thin, twin size mattresses push together.

Position was great but needs a revamp asap

Just returned from a week at Grand Hotel and our review is a bit mixed. Positives: Great location to town and beach Lovely and clean Great pool area (despite it backing onto main road) Nice breakfast with a good selection Great cocktails Staff helpful Bike hire available Negatives: Not a 4 star hotel - rooms very basic Safe broken so had to have a key which we had to carry round with us, so a bit inconvenient. Doors had an actual key which you hand in to Reception, don’t think I’ve had one of those for about 20 years. Noisy hotel, lots of furniture scraping, high heels clattering and raised voices from Reception. Room backed on to staff entrance so a lot of coming and going No tea or coffee facilities No bath robes No iron available to borrow No restaurant on site Not standard European plug sockets, these are a 3 pin socket not like the rest of Italy or Europe we have visited. Nice hotel to visit if you’re looking for a 3 star hotel!

Hotel semplice senza fronzoli, sicuramente confortevole, ma con alcune carenze importanti che in un 4 stelle, generosa la 4 stella assegnata, non si possono accettare. Di positivo sicuramente c'è la posizione,in pieno centro e fronte spiaggia,le biciclette a noleggio,il prezzo (considerando il livello di Forte dei Marmi è uno dei più bassi),la piscina,la colazione, le camere di giuste dimensioni e confortevoli e la pulizia, seppur non maniacale, direi comunque soddisfacente. Le noti dolenti sono la mancanza di parcheggio, anche se viene offerto un tagliando per parcheggiare a 5 euro al gorno in tutti i posti pubblici, in piena stagione penso che sia molto difficile trovare posto in giro. La curiosa politica di chiudere il ristorante durante tutta la stagione estiva e aprirlo, solo con offerta mezza pensione, in inverno...mah....il bar della piscina è quanto di più triste possa esserci. Offerta ridotta all'osso,succhi solo ananas, gelati solo cornetti ed è assolutamente inaccettabile che un 4 stelle non offra nessun tipo di cibo, anche snack tipo toast, pizzette, panini, ai suoi ospiti. Dentro questo hotel, a parte la colazione, non si mangia niente a nessun orario. La mancanza di canali tv satellitari, il getto doccia non funzionante, la porta della doccia a rischio crollo, materassi e cuscini non proprio comodi, la mancanza di spazi comuni e di una lounge ove leggere, giocare a carte o altro.