perfect location --large supermarket 150 meters away .Beware taking a taxi from the airport min.charge of 25 euros to all hotels near airport.Catch city bus at airport to train station in Pisa 1.50 euro then taxi out to hotel 7.50 euro.good sized rooms modern in style .When catching early flight before breakfast time 7a.m ask reception the night before and a goody bag will be waiting at reception Found all staff to be very helpful with excellent Eng.

Let me start by saying I am a Marriott Rewards member and have been for years, it has clearly been my brand of choice, and have been curious about the AC brand. So here we go, hotel was clean and very trendy which was different then the more staid corporate branding that one gets from the Marriott, Cortyard, etc. we actually kind of liked it. Check in was fast and efficient and we had no problems with the attitude of the front staff. If anything Franceso at the front desk was very welcoming. in fact there was s slight item taht needed his attention before we checked out and he took absliteu responsiblity for it. Minor but was refreshing and snce the front desk is the face of the establishment. well you get the idea..... Our room was clean and neat, in fact the bed was extremely comfortable which was a great surprise. If one has traveled in Europe you know they have a different bedding concept. The bathroom was neat and clean (more on this in a moment) and our towels were just fine as were the offered products. Now here is where I had one problem, as indicated earlier, if you are going to have a see-through sink as a feature in your bathroom, then scale or rust and black electrical tape on the drain pipes and j-bend is NOT the thing you want clearly visible when using. Same for the tub, I realize mold is a problem in Italy (I live here) but a little bleach on the tub surround occasionaly or in this case, just remove and replace the silcone sealant. Might take all of 20 minutes maybe, but makes a huge visual difference. Now the bath was clean and we had no problem using it but again the visual impression can make or break an customer opinion. Especially for someone who has not traveled extensively in Europe or outside the US in general.
The breakfast that was included was excellent and we found many items to our liking. we did try the afternoon fixed price lunch buffett. Most of the items were good and tastey the only glaring issue is many of the items would have benefited by being warmed slightly. Most were just cold. A warming table would have made a vast improvement. The young steward was attenttive and helpful and helkpful when needed. Now don't get the impression we did not like the AC, it is fine but needs some subtle touches to excel. the minor things one sees can make a world of difference iin how a csutomer looks at your hotel or brand. Yes, it is next to a shopping mall but again was easy to find and get into and out of while we were in Pisa. And for those complaining about promixity to downtown, stay downtown next time and see what the difference in price is.....

Being a regular user of IC, Hilton and Sheraton hotels—of all grades and types—we’ve been curious for some time to see how a Marriot would compare. In the event, our opportunity came with my wife’s week-long conference in Pisa, where we stayed at an AC version of the Marriot brand.

The best thing about our stay, by some measure, was the room, which was comfortable, clean and nicely designed. The bathroom was equally slick and clean—they compared well with a top-end Holiday Inn or an average Doubletree Hilton.

A mini-bar stocked with complimentary soft drinks, fruit nectars and mineral waters (still and sparkling) was restocked every day.

The only disappointing thing about the accommodation was the towels, which were thin and often warn.

The public spaces of the hotel looked good and were nicely furnished and reasonably comfortable. A nice touch in the lounge / bar area was—from 5pm onwards—free nibbles and light snacks, which went someway to lessen the pain of the over-priced drinks (in fairness though no worse than comparable establishments).

On the negative side however, there were several issues. The Wi-Fi was not free anywhere within the hotel and was exorbitantly expensive. From what I could gather, the situation wasn’t much better for loyalty scheme members. It’s rare to find a hotel anywhere these days which charges for lobby Wi-Fi and it left a mean impression on the part of the hotel.

The complimentary breakfast was just about okay so far as the food went—better than a Holiday Inn Express but humble in comparison to a paid breakfast at a comparable establishment. The coffee however was just plain poor, and might even have been instant. Unfortunately, even if one asked for a specially made espresso or cappuccino the quality was no better, and this applied to the coffee available in the hotel throughout the day. What puzzled me was that there was a state of the art coffee machine behind the bar which was never turned used. All the dreadful coffee emerged from the kitchen and outside of breakfast time was 4.50 Euros plus for a cup…

On our final evening we tried the hotel restaurant. Our starters were acceptable, but my main course which was advertised as half pound beef burger turned up as two cheap and nasty preformed processed patties (which I presume had started life as quarter-pounders)—of the sort one might expect to get outside a football stadium. Quite dreadful. My wife’s spaghetti with “fish” sauce emanated in fact as a spaghetti with a sea food sauce. This wouldn’t have mattered, especially as the sauce was excellent, but the portion was miniscule with barely a handful of sea food elements.

Finally, the Marriot blurb implies that the hotel is in the heart of an exciting and happening part of modern Pisa. Well, NO, in actual fact, unless one gets excited by the idea of the shopping mall next door. In reality, this is just a typical edge-of-town business hotel for people with cars, a good half an hour walk from the centre of old Pisa. There is a bus which runs about every ten minutes, but it stops running at 8.30pm, which means that the only way one can get back to the hotel after a supper in Pisa is on foot, or by taxi.

Overall, I would say that despite the nice room and even allowing for the complimentary breakfast, one gets more for one’s money at an equivalent standard Doubletree or Holiday Inn, where one is also generally made to feel more welcome and more valued by the staff (the staff at the AC Marriot were mostly gruff and / or uninformative).

Summing up, I would only recommend this hotel to businessmen and women on an expense account that will cover the Wi-Fi and poor value restaurant and the taxi fares—assuming they don’t have a car.

We booked through Trivago and got room for about 90 Euros per night. The meal came to about 80 Euros. Unfortunately, the nightly taxi fares nullified the thrill of getting the room so cheap.

We stayed in this hotel for one night while transiting through Pisa to Cinque Terre. Our flight arrived late so we wanted somewhere to stay for a night before catching our train the next morning.

This is an excellent business-like hotel with modern furnishings. The bathroom is large and new and the room itself is well-furnished with hardwood floors. The room was very clean.

The location is not that convenient, but this is reflected by the price. For our purposes of requiring a nice room to stay inn for a night, this worked well for us. We took a cab to the Leaning Tower of Pisa (approx. EUR 10) and a taxi to the airport cost around EUR 12.

The quality of food served in the restaurant was poor - too salty! There was, however, not much else open around the time we arrived (10.30pm on a Friday night).

Overall I would recommend this hotel as it represents good value and a good night's sleep. However, be aware of the locations and you will not be disappointed.