Albergo Duomo in Montepulciano

Prime location that needs an upgrade
The positives were that this hotel was in the heart of Montepulciano - walking distance to practically everything within the mountains of Tuscany. Beyond that, it was horribly a let down.

The front desk woman, while lovely, was not help in trying to explain where their parking was. She gave me directions based off of Google maps. When I told her I didn't have Google Maps and tried to put the same info into Apple Maps, she just shrugged and I ended up not finding it at all.

The room itself was beyond dated, between the room you'd expect in a convent circa 1845 or boarding house. I knew going into it there would be no AC, so I mentally prepared for the stifling.

Also, as with many European Hotels, they have an elevator/lift only to have you walk another 6-8 stairs to get to your room.

Like I said, for one night, I survived, but I don't think I would have wanted to be here for longer than that.

This hotel is very worn down and needs a complete renovation. The room was tiny, the furniture was worn, the bed was hard and one could feel the coils in the mattress. The bathroom was in bad condition. The shower had completely black moldy looking grout by the floor and the toilet smelled awful when flushing. This hotel does not have air conditioning but they provided a cheap desk fan. We opened the window and put the fan on the ledge for fresh cool air. There was one plug shared between a dorm looking college sized empty fridge, a very stained desk lamp, and said fan. Thus, one had to choose which of the three one wanted to run….. The location of this disaster couldn’t have been better! Right on the Main Street and in a beautiful old building. This could easily be a 4 star hotel but barely reached the level of decent hostel. Unfortunately, the hotel put a big damper on our stay.