Bed & Bed Cassia

Unbelievably friendly and warm staff who gladly gave expert travel advice and recommendations that only a Roman would normally be privy to. - Loic Diels

I LOVE this website and will gladly recommend it to anyone headed this way. Nothing disappointed us! - Mary-Iris Taylor

I have been using Cross-Pollinate for about 10 years now. The service is consistently great and I can always find just the kind of apartment we like, at the right price. - Hirani Himona

A really great idea - with a network of hand picked little rooms/guesthouses. If only we could have this in more city destinations! - Zoe Buck

I love Cross-Pollinate and every time we go to a new city I look to see whether they have some accommodations over there. - Arantza Aldea

The two places I have stayed at from Cross-Pollinate have been among the best across Europe. Highly recommended. - Nicholas Burn

Thanks a lot to Cross-Pollinate for the opportunity to experience a city as an insider! We really enjoyed our stay in Rome and Venice and look forward to more. - Tatiana Marchenko

Cross-Pollinate was very helpful when the owner of the B&B wanted to charge us for the baby under 2 y o. It would have been difficult without them since the owners did not speak any english. - Yulia Pichugina

This was our only stay with a C-P apartment and we were very pleased with the entire process. Will look to use them again on our next Europe trip! - Anthony Giglio

Great web site and quick response from the team a CP made the whole experience easy and hassle free. I have already recommended CP to quite of few of my airline industry colleagues and I'm sure they will make use of their excellent service. - Shane Pickles

Cross-Pollinate was extremely helpful! They found us a place to stay in our price range when many other places of business couldn't help us. - Sarah Seminutin

Cross-Pollinate was very easy to use, and it is so much better to stay in places like these than big corporate hotels; you get a much better feel for the place. - Kaspar Deane

Very straight forward. Well done. Definitely would use it again. Love these type of alternatives to hotels! - John White

Cross-Pollinate was fantastic and easy to use. We used Cross-Pollinate to book a room in Florence (the second leg of our trip), which was everything I thought it would be. We have recommended Cross-Pollinate to our friends. - Barbara Carlin

Cross-Pollinate are great - the descriptions are accurate and they are very responsive to questions. - Dominique Bayne

Cross Pollinate was just the best. I had tried a couple of places before coming upon them. As soon as I sent the first email I stopped looking for any more websites. I just wish they expanded to every city in Europe. Their knowledge, helpfulness, etc. was second to none. - Caroline Collis

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Bed & Bed Cassia

Bed & Bed Cassia is a basic, yet comfortable, guesthouse run by friendly couple Chiara and Gino, who also own the nearby Bed & Bed Peterson. The rooms -- some of which face onto the street and some onto an inner courtyard of the building -- are sunny, bright, and colorfully decorated. While certainly not a fancy place with lots of luxuries, all rooms do have air-conditioning and TV and the rooms and bathrooms are well-kept and meticulously clean. There are 6 rooms total, 4 with private bathroom and 2 rooms that share a common bathroom in the hallway. The guesthouse is conveniently located about a 15-minute walk from the train station. It's possible to walk into historic center in about 20-25 minutes, or to grab a bus (the nearest bus stop is on the next street) to get into center more quickly in about 5-10 minutes.

Details

air-conditioning
linen and towels provided
2nd floor
no elevator
TV
free coffee in the hall
free crib available upon request
breakfast included
private bathroom (€ 5.00)

Reviews

anonymous on 03. Apr 2011:

	We took a cab from the train station when we got in, but once you know your way around Florence, this place is a reasonable walk from Santa Maria Novella (even with luggage if you travel light like we did - one rolling bag and one small backpack each). Once you're at SM Novella, walking to some of the key attractions like Duomo, Uffizi, etc is no problem. Air conditioning worked great (if you're used to air conditioning or sleeping in cool rooms, go ahead and get it if you're traveling Italy in September). Small fridge and I think there was a microwave available; we grabbed some light groceries nearby and saved on breakfast expenses. I want to say it took three separate keys to get into our room (building, apartment, room), but maybe it was just two. Anyway, sturdy doors and locks; it felt like a safe place to stay and no worries about undesirables getting in during the night.
	The bed was more firm than we liked, but we found that to be the case pretty nearly everywhere in Italy. (Tip: any extra blankets, towels, etc. can be put between the top sheet and the mattress for a makeshift "pillow top"). We were a little later than expected getting in, but when we arrived we only found a note on the door with a phone number to call for access to the apartment. We didn't have a cell phone and couldn't find a pay phone, so that created a little difficulty and down time for us. There was a nice store owner down the street that called the owners for us (though he didn't speak any English), so it all worked out, but it was a bit of an inconvenience.
	We had never traveled in Italy before, and I was a little hesitant to use recommendations and make payments for a bunch of random B&B's through a website I had never heard of. We booked through Cross-Pollinate in Rome, Florence, and Venice, and everything went perfectly. Descriptions and pricing were accurate, and most importantly, our reservations were all in place when we arrived!