ART & BOOKS bed and breakfast

This is the best place I have ever stayed in. Everything was perfect - the location, the room, the breakfast. Fauzia is a wonderful host who really makes you feel at home! Absolutely recommended, I even had the chance to taste some local specialties during breakfast which I otherwise would not have known about.

This is an excellent place to stay in Mantova. The hostess Fauza makes you feel welcome and at home, with her special treats for breakfast and warm manner. The location is excellent for arriving and departing by train. Of course, the road outside is probably the one with the most traffic in town, but close the windows and shutters and you hardly hear anything. This can make it a bit stuffy at night, especially if you are more than one person in the room. For me it worked out fine, the bed is very comfortable and I slept well. It's an easy walk to the centre of town and places of interest. Extremely good value for money.

The shower was spacious and comfortable, with a smart little shelf for keeping soap and shampoo. Just be aware that the drain doesn't work very well, water accumulates on the floor, so on my first shower I ended up flooding the floor. Once aware of this, it's easy to regulate so you can avoid this problem. The water pressure is good, and water temperature stable, so you can have a nice shower if you just watch out for the water level on the floor.

The owner was amazing - so very cordial, friendly, and helpful. She gave us great directions for parking. Very clean. Wonderful breakfast, with local products. Great coffee. Shampoo and bath gel replaced daily as needed.

On a very busy street with no crosswalk. It's not easy to get across to get to town, although once across, easy walk to town. Mattress hard.

Incredible location only meters from station and a nice 20 min walk to Sordello piazza. Despite being next to busy road and railway line the back room is very quiet. Netflix and toweling dressing gowns! The cleaness is near surgical. Fausia is one of the best hosts I have had, incredibly considerate.

Excellent breakfast and a very kind host. I am sorry that I could not have stayed longer. People who I knew staying at local hotels did not get this level of service. Great location close to the railway station, and five minute's walk from the town centre.

Couldn't have improved it at all.

Fauzia has a very comfortable, clean and quiet accommodation. She also is an amazing host! Very friendly and helpful. She goes out of her way to give you a pleasant stay. Her breakfasts are awesome and her restaurant recommendations should be taken seriously. Her location is very close to the train station which helps when one is arriving late and it’s close to a supermarket if you need to re-supply. I was impressed on how quiet and comfortable the room was.

Don’t have really anything negative to say; maybe the walk to the city center is a little long - about 12 minutes. But it is an easy walk.

The property is only a few steps from the train station and while it’s on a busy road, once inside that’s not really noticeable. What makes Art&Books so special are the owners Fauzia and Mimmo! They are very proud of Mantua and fantastic ambassadors for their city. The hospitality is second to none! As a female solo traveller, I felt very well looked after. From an extensive breakfast which each morning included a couple of (often homemade) local delicacies, to excellent advice for sightseeing, They even offered to pick me up in the car during an unexpected downpour! Definitely recommend Art&Books to anybody visiting Mantua!

Amazing hostess, very kind and accommodating. We spoke in italian and she told me a lot of useful information and was very helpful in every way. The room was big and tidy and had all that one would need. The breakfast was abundant, even by Italian standards.

The B&B is not in the middle of the city centre, but it's not a very big city so getting to the centre was very quick and did not bother me.

Clean and nicely decorated. Lots of thoughtful details and Fauzia was a wonderful host. Amazing breakfast

Nothing.. we loved it

Art and Books was very comfortable, clean and quiet as well as close to the train station and the most important tourist visiting spots. Hostess Fauzia was superb - she gave us lots of local information and tips on what to do, what see and where to eat including our best meal since arriving in Italy 2 weeks ago! The room was very clean and very quiet. Breakfast was the best we have had in 2 weeks in Italy and included extra things prepared by Fauzia reflecting local cuisine. This is a very, very good B&B.

We loved the property - there was nothing that disappointed us.