Above expresses a professional opinion as a former leading travel industry executive. If you enjoy living next to a sewer (work will continue until approx Jamuary 2011), and indifferent to completely uncaring management, and enjoy rooms with no furnishings, a chair as the only room furnishing - and that doesn't match the desk, and if you seek a return to the 1970s, this hotel is for you.
No notices of any kind in the room. Figure how to use the 16inch flat tv on your own, only to learn that it has NO English speaking stations, such as SKY, BBC, CNN, FOX. If you have absolutely no choice except to stay there, insist on a room overlooking the valley below, which has gorgeous views and quiet. Rooms overlooking the main entry into the piazza of St. Francis Basicilica are very noisy and directly above the sewer construction, which is literally 5 feet from the front door, and characterized by the flowing raw sewage. The hotel lives off groups and knows it. The fairly new owners of this and other Italian hotels have concluded that it is not cecessary to look after the guests, only their own profit. Use with care if at all. Assisi is beautiful, spiritual and much worth a visit, but not the Hotel Subasio.