We spent 3 nights at the Brufani in September 2007, the location was excellent and the staff were very good, the pool is lovely and the front desk was very helpful, although we felt the room was overpriced and a little tired. Breakfast was good except for the coffee, which was the worst I have tasted in Italy! If you can get a good deal I would recommend staying here but at 250 euros a night I would say go somewhere else.

Stayed here four five nights in August in a junior suite at the top corner of the hotel with views over the two vallies. Superb room, bath tub, sperate shower, verandahs, sitting area, two Tvs. Good breakfast but evening resaturant was too formal for us. Nice bar with outside sitting area on piazza. Elevated position meant there was often a breeze. Very small pool in basement looked interesting but whenever we wanted to have a swim it was occupied by children and families. Two children and two adults virtually filled the pool.

The Brufani is an oldy-world, expensive, hotel located in the centre of Perugia. The rooms on the south side - in one of which we stayed - provide wonderful views of Perugia and the surrounding countryside. The rooms are large, include a king bed, (generally) excellent bathroom, and the service is excellent.

We stayed one night between leaving our timeshare in neighbouring Toscana and returning home from Perugia's tiny but efficient and friendly airport. Arrived about noon. No problem with early check in, but the witty reception clerk told us we had committed an offence by bringing our car into the zona limitato. (They get you to sign a waiver at no cost. This is common in Tuscan and Umbrian hill towns). Wonderful portiere unloaded our car from the front door and whisked our luggage to the excellent room. Wanted to park out front (free) but the Saturday market pre-empted that. The car was put in the garage. We were told it would be moved later. It was not. However, despite the ominous €31 euro per night price tag, we were not charged on check out.

We are regular visitors to Perugia, so we spent most of the day walking, sipping coffee and eating gelati. All wonderful sociological experiences!

Showering for dinner identified some problems with the bath drainage and the fittings, but these had been efficiently fixed on our return from dinner, with apologies. (We took the advice of a previous review and made reservations at Il Padrino. This is not a tourist restaurant; all diners, except us, were locals. Hardly haute cuisine; turned out to be a set meal, incl. wine and coffee - all for €50. As in most restaurants in Tuscany and Umbria, the food was more than passable, although the wine list is very limited.)

Comfortable bed; great night's sleep; excellent breakfast. (Be sure to ask for Italian coffee delivered to your table, not the weak stuff in the urn). Friendly and helpful dining staff; although it helps a lot if, like us, you have a smattering of Italian and enjoy being in Italy. Efficient checkout in the morning - bags loaded into car; directions to airport, and so forth. 15 minutes to the airport on a quiet Sunday morning.

International newspapers are available in the lounge + fast wifi on the ground floor, and internet in rooms (€3 ph).

All in all a very pleasant end to our holiday. We will be returning next year!

We were very disappointed with our stay in the Brufani Palace, which has a 5 stars + Luxe rate.
The location in the heart of the centre is great but the hotel is not very clean and the airconditioning is very very old and noisy! So we couldn't sleep with it on but if we opened the windows we had even more noice of the street below.
Breakfast is not so high standard as it should be.
The swimmingpool is very hot and small and again very noisy because of the fitness facilities which are in the same room as the pool.
3 our 4 stars should be the maximum score for this hotel!

Hope someone has a better proposal for a stay in Perugia!