Hotel Columbia Frontemare

Pleasant

✗ The breakfast on the first day was good and plentyful ( egg, sausage, ham, fruits, croissant, cakes,nutella). But from second day we got only one croissant and coffee because of technical problem.

Exceptional

✓ Good location near beach, promenade, shops, restaurants. Helpfull staff, quite big room, good tasty breakfast

average hotel in the Rimini Beach if you don't want to pay much

✓ It was OK hotel for the price they want for it. The room was smaller, it was very average, but not dirty. Plus was a small balcony. It is located very close to the beach and also to the main avenue in Rimini Beach part.

✗ Bathroom was very small, shower is over toilet. The problem was that under my room were garbage bins where other hotel was getting garbage, often early in the morning, so you could wake up by noise of broken glasses and bottles.

Good for a budget stay

✓ Good location: beachfront, shops, restaurants, pharmacy, bus stop

✗ Construction site, old furniture

Good location with a nice balcony

✓ The description states that all room have a sea view, and mine did, to the side, as I was on the end of the block. I can't see that the ones further along did, though. However, the view to the front of my balcony, which some rooms must have, was a pleasant street view, too. The room was pleasant and roomy (as was the balcony) with what looked like new furniture in light wood, plenty of storage, and a fridge. The safe didn't work, and wifi only worked on my phone, when I was close to the door. My tablet was OK, though. Staff were pleasant. There were plenty of shops, including supermarkets, nearby, and the beach was just over the road. The public beach was further up, near the harbour. A bus stop would take you into town, which is lovely to explore

✗ Just some advice - the night before I left, I asked for a taxi to be booked for the following morning. I was assured that it wasn't necessary, I could just ask in the morning. I did that, but there was no answer from the taxi firm (on the phone). So I was advised to go to where taxis stopped along the road. So I carried my luggage down the steps in the heat, and eventually found the spot. But no taxis came, so I took my case along the road and up the steps again. I insisted that staff try again, or take me to the train station. Luckily, the taxi firm answered this time, but in the meantime, I'd missed a couple of regional trains, so was late reaching my destination - not a disaster,though. So I'd advise that anyone in the same situation insists on pre-booking, or does it themselves online or some other way, just in case.

Staff was very friendly. The room is not great but for the price and location it is probably worth it for a night or two

✓ The location was amazing.

✗ The pictures of the double room is not accurate in terms of the bathroom. The shower is shoulder width and not very comfortable.

Pleasant

✓ It was a pleasure to stay there and I highly recommend this hotel. The staff is very friendly and helpful even late in the night.

buone vacanze!

✓ the sea view