ArteMista | Ostello e Centro Culturale — Hotel in Spessa

We stayed at Artemista for a full month so we really got to experience this place. We were a group of dancers and I wrote this review on behalf of my team. The owners Elisa and Mauro are wonderful people. Very sweet and lovely and they helped us with many details along the way, so we are very grateful. The other excellent feature was the dance studio. It was spacious and comfortable with AC and good sound and mirrors. It served us very well.

We gave only 3 stars because of: The beds were awful. Very old and uncomfortable. We all had trouble sleeping and woke up with back pain often. That was really not working well for us. They also had us move multiple times, which was not agreed upon so unpleasant surprise to pack all of our staff and move in the middle of our stay. But that meant we got to try many beds! Some were worse than others. The kitchen was often dirty, messy, disorganized, often busy with too many people. Not enough room, equipment, shelf space etc. In fact the all facility was quite dirty and uncomfortable (the bathrooms, rooms, kitchen, dining hall were not properly cleaned, no comfortable chairs to sit on. Furniture was quite cheap quality and well used. Often we woke up in the middle of the night because noisy guests partying or arriving late. Also a few nights a guest with a barking dog stayed next door and barked all night. The location was quite boring. Just fields of agriculture. No beautiful hikes or beautiful things to see around. No shops around. The river is too polluted to swim in. Conclusion: we are very grateful to have had the opportunity to work in the studio and for the hosts to make the effort to accommodate us but unfortunately we were not very comfortable and it was difficult...

I stayed at Artemista for 2 days with a group of friends from different nationalities who were part of a touristic project of AIESEC in Lombardia. |Our experience was unique! The staff is very friendly, Mauro and Luca are the best. The lodge is perfect for budget travelers and I loved the fact that it is a building of 1000 years very well restored. It captures the history and culture in one place which for foreign person is totally incredible. Besides that, we rented some bikes and went to see the PO river :) while riding our bikes with the amazing landscape of the countryside :) ... ||The lodge is very quiet and calm which is perfect to rest. We met other guests who were really nice as well.||I totally recommend this place! you will feel...

We looked for a room at booking.com, between Pavia and other towns we planned to visit. We found Ostello Artemista reasonable and booked it.||When we arrived, we were amazed to see a wonderful place - a renovated old farm (1000 years old) with well equipped and beutiful rooms, a fully equipped kitchen, and anything else you need.|| The person in charge (Luca) was also very friendly, full of information and gave us a wonderful hosting.||We recommend that place as a...