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Hotel James Joyce: Traveler Reviews

via dei Cavazzeni, 7, 34121 Trieste, Italy
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Hotel James Joyce
Ranked #17 of 51 hotels in Trieste
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shangri-la
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5 reviews 5 reviews
4 hotel reviews
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Great hotel for business or a weekend out”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed March 5, 2013

Great little hotel in fantastic location. Every body was very helpful - from the receptionist in the Urban Hotel where we checked in - up to the handy man who helped us with the closed safe. Thank you, we will come back!
Only litte downside - the walls are quite thin and the digital key makes a "hell of a noise" when entering the room!

  • Stayed March 2013, traveled on business
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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president57, Proprietario at Hotel James Joyce, responded to this review
March 7, 2013
Dear vogels-on-tour,
we are really pleased to read about your satisfying stay at James Joyce hotel!
Thank you very much for your nice feedback!
Sharing your comments with our staff will be a real pleasure!
We are also glad that you did appreciate our strategic and suggestive location in the Old Town location, close to Stazione Marittima, the main monuments, the shops and the best restaurants.
Waiting for you to come back at James Joyce hotel we wish you all the best!
Manuel
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Tartu, Estonia
2 reviews
“charming”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed August 7, 2012

great location. smallish but practical, stylish and clean room. wifi and air conditioning worked like promised. walls not the most sound-proof. breakfast is as good as it can be without a dedicated kitchen (i.e. no cooked meals). excellent coffee!

  • Stayed July 2012, traveled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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London, United Kingdom
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133 reviews 133 reviews
26 hotel reviews
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49 helpful votes 49 helpful votes
“Good position but more B&B than hotel”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed June 7, 2012

We stayed here on a weekend away with friends. The position is great and we could walk to everything you wanted to see in Trieste and it is also only a couple of minutes from the main square and the sea. The welcome is a little low key as the hotel has no reception and you have to check in at the adjacent stylish Urban Hotel and then go out the back across the alley to the James Joyce. The rooms seem to have been recently refurbished and are clean and comfortable but a bit basic. Absolutely no view apart from at brick walls and rooms are rather dark despite the fact it was sunny weather outside. Upside is that as it is so enclosed it was very quiet until early morning .Breakfast was basic in a small room on the ground floor but good with high quality coffee but get there early as croissants run out!

Room Tip: Not a lot to choose between them no views and lots of stairs!
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  • Stayed March 2012, traveled with friends
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Brussels, Belgium
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“Not bad, not good”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed July 24, 2011

We were in a room at the fifth floor, with the elevator reaching only the fourth. The room was small and not particularly comfortable and was not design at all, no matter what they write on their web... Service friendly and attentive, but a tad slow.

  • Stayed July 2011, traveled with family
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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UK
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9 reviews 9 reviews
5 hotel reviews
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“Less a hotel than a pensione - overpriced, at that.”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed April 11, 2011

This rather basic place is okay, but with no reception service. To check in you have to go to the posh 'Design Hotel' opposite, where in our case at least, we felt we were regarded as second class compared to their regular business customers. We were given a dark room with soft beds. We were paying a lot (90E) per night, as much as I had paid for a very good hotel with late night bar and great facilities in Verona, and yet here we were in a pretty dingy room with awful - I mean awful - sound separation between the rooms. No sleep that night! I had researched it quite thoroughly - my mother is partially sighted and therefore needs light, bright rooms - and also had specifically asked for a 'light ' room when I booked. The photographs just did not represent the truth. The owner was pleasant enough, but still, this is overpriced for a very basic level of accomodation.

Room Tip: Near to main square, but hard to find a tiny alley
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  • Stayed April 2011
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Address: via dei Cavazzeni, 7, 34121 Trieste, Italy
Region: Italy > Friuli Venezia Giulia > Province of Trieste > Trieste
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Ranked #17 of 51 hotels in Trieste
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