A friend of mine and I are just leaving Perugia, having stayed two nights at this little family-run hotel in the University section of Perugia. My room was large and spacious, with a very comfortable "matrimoniale" bed they made from the two twin beds. I would normally be quite happy with a simply appointed room, but the bathroom was not very clean, which is a "must" for me, as well as for my friend. His room, for the same price, was TEENY and the bathroom was also not clean. I had long hairs on the floor (not mine!) and on the tiled wall. The hotel owner's wife was very personable, but asked some very direct and personal questions of both myself and my travel companion, that were a bit too "familiar", for lack of a better term. Both of us were a bit put off by this, which is a shame, because we love to get to know people. I only mention this as it happened to each of us on separate occasions and we did not feel we had very much privacy. The plumbing in my room was a bit comical, in that every time I flushed the toilet, for about 30 seconds afterwards a huge and very loud groaning sound emitted that echoed throughout the hotel, I'm most certain!! I called it my Jurassic Toilet! Again, were it not for the dirty bathroom, rude owner and groaning toilet, the bed was extremely clean and comfortable, and room was spacious.

This basic little 2-star has the advantage of being high up in a hill-top town, and it's in a very quiet backwater spot. You still need to hike up some quite steep steps to get to the historic centre of Perugia, but those steps are quite a spectacular sight.

At the top of the steps are some very inviting restaurants, as a just reward for your efforts!

The Hotel San Sebastiano has simply furnished rooms. I stayed in the cheapest single room, with the shower room off the corridor. The bed was firm and comfortable, and the room was perfectly clean. Most guests eat breakfast out, but the owner (who was very helptul to me in providing directions to places) said he could provide breakfast for an extra 3 Euros.

We stayed at the family-run Hotel San Sebastiano in the interesting and historic city of Perugia in Umbria for 3 nights in April 2005. It is in the "centro storico" area of Perugia, overlooking a gorge, with trees and greenery outside. We had a nice view from our bigger-than-average size room. It was clean and wonderfully quiet. San Sebastiano is close to the Roman aquaduct and university, and only a few blocks from the city attractions. There is a private parking lot, which was a bonus for us in this part of the city. It was a bit hard to find, but a good place to stay. If taking the train or bus, it would be best to take a taxi with your luggage to find it, but can definitely get around well without a car. We used Perugia as a home base to visit medieval hill towns such as Assissi, Spello, Speleto, and Deruta. The owners are very sweet, the husband and grown daughter speak English, and are very helpful. Our double room was 60 euros, which we felt was a good value. They have a website, ------.