Hotel Birillo

Albergo Birillo is a lovely hotel and such good value. My room was very spacious and clean and the breakfast provided was brilliant. I would highly recommend staying here.

Albergo Birillo is trying really hard to please its costumers now that a new boss is in charge. Albeit a bit far from the train station, the hotel is quiet and has an amazing breakfast.

Excellent value and convenient for daily trips to Cinque Terre. Located about 12 minutes walk from the La Spezia Central railway station. It was easy to catch the frequent trains to the towns we wanted to visit. The room was small but recdently redecorated and had it's own small bathroom. The breakfast choices were delightful. Manager Nadia was most helpful in suggesting restaurants, places to shop and telling us how to get to the places we wanted to go and her English was excellent. We wholeheartedly recommend the Albergo Birillo.

management was very nice

They are currently doing renovations so my room was lovely and bright and modern. The bathroom especially was very modern and clean. The hotel was about a 2min walk to the main pedestrianised street, so was far enough away to be away from the noise, but a nice easy walk to lots of restaurants and shops. The owners were extremely friendly and incredibly helpful, with wonderful English spoken. The breakfast in the morning was all home made cakes so was very yummy!

Excellent stay for the price and location. The room and bathroom were very clean and comfortable. The rooms are close to each other so you can hear people coming and going. The staff was very friendly and helpful. The breakfast was INCREDIBlE! I am a foodie so I can speak to the texture and flavor of food. Everything is made fresh and you can taste it. I have been traveling Italy for 3 weeks and the bread and pastries are the best I have so far. I highly recommend this B

I was travelling alone in April. Being able to book a single room in a budget hotel was my original incentive to stay here but I was glad I stayed in La Spezia to visit Cinque Terre and I enjoyed very much the warm hospitality of Albergo Birillo. The walk to the hotel from the station was a great introduction to this interesting city and added to the feeling of staying somewhere authentically Italian, rather than another tourist hotel. The gracious friendliness of the lovely staff added to the feeling of having experienced genuine hospitality. The breakfast was amazing with the home made buffet served beautifully. This is a great place to stay if you want to experience the character of Italy but may not satisfy those who prefer their accomodation to be just like the last place they stayed.

Nadia (manager) was extremely helpful and friendly. Breakfast was the best part about this hotel. All pastries are homemade so definitely worth it for the price. Rooms are spacious and nicely renovated, except for the bathrooms. Bathrooms are clean but small. Takes about 10 min to walk to the hotel from central station. Cab costs 12-13 euros to get to central station if you dont want to walk with luggage. Train to cinque terre region only takes about 15 mins, so definitely worth staying in La Spezia to save some money and also saving the hassel of carrying your luggage around if you stayed in one of the 5 towns. Would definitely stay here again the next time I visit the Cinque Terre region.

Hotel is a two star, but the service from the front desk Manager was great. She was very welcoming and personable and fluent in several languages. The hotel has undergone some renovations and looks nice in the lobby and breakfast area. Our room hadn't undergone renovations and our double bed was actually two twin beds pushed together... Not exactly comfortable. The bathroom is very tiny and showering is a pain. Great breakfast, good wifi connection and family type service. Overall, a great location for the Cinque Terre as the train station is a 10 minute walk :) Thank you!

We stayed for only one night but the service was great. We could ask for anything : directions, information, more of this, more of that, ANYTHING : They will will give! The location his great, nice place not far from the water and nice places to shop and dine. The price is good, the rooms are big, the toilet not so big but OK. No parking, but the parking on the street is cheap. Would stay again and again.