I've been at the Viscardo following some friends' suggestions.

The hotel is nice and staff i friendly.

However rooms are far too small and you can hear the noise coming from other rooms.

Loved the hotel, although the room was relatively small. The hotel has a very personal feel, boutique style. The reception staff were very helpful and accommodating. Great breakfast buffet and the hotel is well decorated and spotless. The rooftop terrace and hot tub was very nice. Forte Dei Marmi is very chic and relaxing.

Hotel Viscardo is a wonderful hotel. It is really well positioned, around 5 minutes walk from both the centre and the beach. They also offer a bike rental service which is quite cheap and very useful, as everyone cycles in Forte Dei Marmi !
They have an on-going agreement going on with one of the beach owners so they can offer you space on the beach. Which is very nice, not very crowded (in July). The sea is a bit dirty but it was allready anticipated as the sea in Italy isn't known as the cleanest.
The rooms were very nice and simple, my only complaint would be that they were a tad on the small side, but still comfortable beds and a clean bathroom. The maids are very efficient and come twice a day which is useful as my room got a bit messy !
The staff are generally very friendly, apart from a bit of a moody waitress but its not a big problem. The breakfast is quite good, not amazing, but not horrible. They offer you a wide range of foods from croissants to cereal to fresh fruits. I only dined at the hotel for lunch once but it was good, they offered two different pastas as the main and some side dishes.
Overall, I would say this is a fantastic hotel and it fully deserves its 4 stars. I would definately recommend you to go there !

We greatly enjoyed our stay at the Hotel. The staff were extremey friendly and could do enough for us. Room was tasty decorated, spotless clean, though a bit on the small side. Location is excellent: close to the centre and to the beach, but still managing to be very quiet. Breakfast was varied, plenty and good. We would go back again!