Hot spring Hotels in San Giuliano Terme

Please stay somewhere else! Learn from our mistake. This may be a photogenic building, but its a soulless, slow, sloppy, faded and, in our case, very expensive place. On arrival we went to the bar for a late lunch. About 25 minutes after Simone had taken our order I asked where our food was? Simone said that he was busy, (only 1 other table was occupied) but he was just going to go and prepare it (...!). I told him to fuggeddaboudit; he complained that it wasnt his fault: he is the waiter & chef. (Is this really supposed to be 5 star service hotel?). We left, and apart from breakfast, we avoided eating in the hotel. (Break fast was fine - because it is self service - but do they really need the squeaky breadgrill with its high pitched irritating squeak?). We were 2 parents with a 5&7 year old. Our room was €650 a night (!). They upgraded us to a suite (so how bad was our original room?). The suite was nice, spacious, elegant but barely a €300 a night accomodation. The wifi was slow, intermittent and some areas with no coverage, which was very frustrating. Tip: get Starlink wifi throughout. In bed I noticed hopping fleas - maybe they were attracted to the mobile phone screen. After I complained, I was told that the room had since been checked, sheets changed and no fleas found - but I still found more the next night and our daughter got 3 bites. Even a week later the hotel calls me at home to assure me that there were no fleas (?) I should have read more reviews before I booked and noted how Thomas the GM notes the criticisms are fabrications.... IMO this hotel grossly devalues The Leading Hotels of the World brand. Pity. Its a decent 3 star hotel at best. I informed the staff about the issues early in our stay. I chased them up again and they apologised and offered me free spa treatment - no thanks: I just want them to fix the issues and make this an enjoyable 3 star hotel. Its never going to be a proper 4 of 5 star and Leading Hotels of the World should drop this as the only 5 star attribute are the prices. Its a rip off for what it is.