Venezia hotels

Accademia

Fondamenta Bollani, 1058. Phone: 523 7846. Fax: 523 9152. Price: L.210000 ($133) with breakfast. All major cards. 27 rooms. (A2).

Near the Accademia museum in the Dorsoduro. (Shortlisted for evaluation and inclusion)

Agli Alboretti

Rio Terra SantAgnese, Dorsoduro 884. Phone: 523 0058. Fax: 521 0158. Price: L.182000 ($115) with breakfast. All major cards. 20 rooms. (B2).

An amusing little hotel in an old and creaky house alongside the main museum in Venice, the Accademia. From the boat landing in front of the museum we go to the left of the museum. The hotel is in that street, about 100 meters from the landing.

The reception is small and quaintly old. There is no lift. The rooms either face the unusually large back garden or the rather wide street between the hotel and the Accademia.

Room no. 3 is rather small and simple, with a window to the garden, very clean, in mild colors, with a direct phone line and a hair dryer, but no TV set. The furniture is old-fashioned, almost antique. The bathroom is very small, but well equipped and fully tiled. The shower occupies a third of the space.

Ala

Campo Santa Maria del Giglio, 2494. Phone: 520 8333. Fax: 520 6390. Price: L.220000 ($139) with breakfast. All major cards. 85 rooms. (B2).

On a large square on the main street between Piazza San Marco and the Accademia bridge. (Shortlisted for evaluation and inclusion)

Astoria

Calle Fiubera, 951. Phone: 5422 5381. Fax: 520 0771. Price: L.160000 ($101) with breakfast. All major cards. 28 rooms. (B2).

About 100 meters from Piazza San Marco. (Shortlisted for evaluation and inclusion)

Ateneo

Calle Minelli, 1876. Phone: 520 0777. Fax: 522 8550. Price: L.285000 ($180) with breakfast. All major cards. 20 rooms. (B2).

In a cul-de-sac few steps from the Fenice opera. (Shortlisted for evaluation and inclusion)

Danieli

Riva degli Schiavoni, Castello 4196. Phone: 522 6480. Fax: 520 0208. Price: L.770000 ($486) with breakfast. All major cards. 221 rooms. (C2).

An excellent luxury hotel in the beautiful Gothic mediaeval former palace of the Dandolo family on the promenade alongside the lagoon, almost beside Palazzo Ducale. The hotel is in three parallel palaces and it is possible to stay for two thirds of the stated price, but the best luxury rooms in the oldest palace are those of interest, if you stay in a palace like this one.

The public rooms are extremely luxurious, in marble and precious hardwood, especially the reception and the spacious drawing room. The servants are variable, some are excellent and others should be brought down to earth. There is life music in the drawing room at British tea time and there are singers in the bar in the evening.

Room no. 33 is excellent, large and opulent, with a window facing the lagoon, the monastery island San Giorgio Maggiore and the pedestrian commotion on the promenade beneath. It has a creaky parquet and is in mild, green colors in soft wallcloths, curtains, bedcovers and a bar. The bathroom is unusually luxurious, all laid in the exquisite marble and extremely well equipped.

Do Pozzi

Calle larga 22. Marzo, San Marco 2373. Phone: 520 7855. Fax: 522 9413. Price: L.160000 ($101) with breakfast. All major cards. 29 rooms. (B2).

Our favorite hotel, small and cozy, in a main street, about 400 meters from Piazza San Marco, has the best quality to price ratio in town. From the southwestern corner of the piazza we walk Salizzada San Moisè, cross a bridge and continue on Calle larga 22. Marzo, where several alleys lead left off the street to Canal Grande. The signposted hotel is in the westernmost alley.

From a small and comfortable reception we can go through corridors to the Rafaele restaurant, which is in the same ownership. Long and narrow corridors to the guest rooms are decorated with drawings and paintings. The service is dexterous.

Room no. 75 is comfortable, rather small and bright, with a window to Calle larga 22. Marzo and creaks cozily when we pace the floor. The old furniture of quality is light and in mild summer colors. There is a TV set, a direct line and a minibar. The fully tiled bathroom has also a window and is well equipped, including a large bathtub and a hair dryer.

Europa e Regina

Calle larga 22. Marzo, San Marco 2159. Phone: 520 0477. Fax: 523 1533. Price: L.565000 ($357) with breakfast. All major cards. 192 rooms. (B2).

One of the elegant Canal Grande hotels has a broad canal front, offering many choices of canalview rooms, opposite the Salute church on the other bank. It is on the main Calle large 22. Marzo, about 300 meters from the southwestern corner of Piazza San Marco. We walk Salizzada San Moisè, cross a bridge and immediately turn left through an unmarked alley past the gondoliers.

The reception is in the building of the former Europa hotel and the best rooms are in the former Regina hotel. There are large public rooms downstairs, including the Tiepolo restaurant which doubles as the breakfast room. Service is excellent and fits the style and price of the hotel.

Room no. 456 is large and handsome, exuding quality and dignity. The light green walls demand larger paintings. Two doors lead out to a large private balcony with a splendid view over Canal Grande. The furnishings are beautifully old. The fully tiled bath has all the amenities. This is truly a luxury room.

Fenice et des Artistes

Campiello de la Fenice, San Marco 1936. Phone: 523 2333. Fax: 520 3721. Price: L.250000 ($158) with breakfast. All major cards. 65 rooms. (B2).

A well-known namesake of the main theater, which is on the same square, about 500 meters from Piazza San Marco. From the southwestern corner of the piazza we walk Salizzada San Moisè and continue on Calle larga 22. Marzo, where we turn right into Calle delle Veste to Campo San Fantin in front of the theater. To the right of the theater is another square where the hotel is.

The reception is in a kind of a garden house between the two separate buildings of the hotel. The older building does not have an elevator, but the staircase and corridors are carpeted and decorated with antiques. The staff is not well informed about goings-on in town.

Room no. 312 is of medium size, warm and neatly equipped with old furnishings, a TV set and a direct line, with green colors in wallpapers, ovens, the carpet and the ceiling. The window overlooks a back garden. The fully tiled bathroom is well equipped and spacious, with a seat-bathtub.

Firenze

Salizzada San Moisè, 1490. Phone: 522 2858. Fax: 520 2668. Price: L.260000 ($164) with breakfast. All major cards. 25 rooms. (B2).

Centrally located a few steps from Piazza San Marco. (Shortlisted for evaluation and inclusion)

Flora

Calle larga 22. Marzo, San Marco 2283a. Phone: 520 5844. Fax: 522 8217. Price: L.210000 ($133) with breakfast. All major cards. 44 rooms. (B2).

A traditionally fine hotel and not expensive, well situated in a main street near Piazza San Marco, about 400 meters from the southwestern corner of the piazza. We walk Salizzada San Moisè, cross a bridge and continue on Calle larga 22. Marzo, where we turn left into the third alley from the far end of the street. The hotel is clearly signposted at the entrance of the alley.

Behind the Art Nouveau entrance there is a lot of leather and hardwood. A dignified staircase leads to the upper floors, decorated with mirrors and curtains, which characterize the hotel. The efficient staff is very pleasant and courteous. Those who are not addressed as “professore” are addressed as “dottore”.

Room no. 2 is old and worn, clean and comfortable, furnished with antiques, a TV set, direct line and a hair dryer. The windows face a well-tended garden behind the lobby. A fully tiled and modern bathroom has the usual amenities.

Giorgione

Santi Apostoli, 4587. Phone: 522 5810. Fax: 523 9092. Price: L.260000 ($164) with breakfast. All major cards. 70 rooms. (B1).

A modern hotel about 100 meters from the street between Rialto and the railway station. (Shortlisted for evaluation and inclusion)

Gritti

Campo Santa Maria del Giglio, 2467. Phone: 79 4611. Fax: 520 0942. Price: L.700000 ($442) without breakfast. All major cards. 93 rooms. (B2).

One of the world famous luxury hotels of Venice, situated on Canal Grande. (Shortlisted for evaluation and inclusion)

Londra

Riva degli Schiavoni, 4171. Phone: 520 0533. Fax: 522 5032. Price: L.410000 ($259) with breakfast. All major cards. 65 rooms. (C2).

A luxury hotel on the lagoon promenade in the city center. (Shortlisted for evaluation and inclusion)

Luna Baglioni

Calle larga dellAscensione, 1243. Phone: 528 9840. Fax: 528 7160. Price: L.500000 ($316) with breakfast. All major cards. 109 rooms. (B2).

Very centrally located, a few steps from Piazza San Marco. (Shortlisted for evaluation and inclusion)

Marconi

Riva del Vin, San Polo 729. Phone: 522 2068. Fax: 522 9700. Price: L.283000 ($179) with breakfast. All major cards. 26 rooms. (B1).

An amusing and well situated hotel on the Canal Grande bank, a few steps from the Rialto bridge. From the Rialto boat landing we cross the bridge and turn left on the relatively spacious Riva del Vin.

Behind the entrance qualified people staff the small and neat reception. A complicated system of stairs leads to the upper floors, from which another staircase leads down to a breakfast rooms, where a buffet breakfast is served, unusual for Italy.

Room no. 11 is large and well equipped with antique furniture, a TV set and a direct line, hair dryer and minibar, a carpet on a terrazzo floor. It has quaintly ugly glass chandeliers in Rococo style on the walls. The fully tiled bathroom is large and modern, with a heated towel frame.

Monaco e Grand Canal

Calle Vallaresso, San Marco 1325. Phone: 520 0211. Fax: 520 0501. Price: L.400000 ($253) with breakfast. All major cards. 70 rooms. (B2).

A precious hotel with a broad front and perfect view over Canal Grande to Santa Maria della Salute, unusually well located about 100 meters from Piazza San Marco. From the southwestern corner we walk a few steps along Salizzada San Moisè and turn left into Calle Vallaresso, where the hotel entrance is on the right side almost on the bank of the canal.

A plus of the hotel is that the majority of the rooms faces the broad and busy canal. The staff is very pleasant.

Room no. 306 is well equipped with solid and old furniture of lathed hardwood, a hand painted cupboard and a respectable writing desk, a TV set and a direct line. The fully tiled bathroom is modern and well furnished. The window faces Canal Grande.

Paganelli

Riva degli Schiavoni, Castello 4182. Phone: 522 4324. Fax: 523 9267. Price: L.160000 ($101) with breakfast. All major cards. 22 rooms. (C2).

An economical hotel on the broad promenade on the lagoon bank about 300 meters from Palazzo Ducale. The San Zaccaria boat landing station is directly in front of the hotel which is in two parts. One is on the bank and the other in a side alley. The reception is in the former part where the rooms cost a little more, and the breakfast room is in the latter part.

The hotel is very small and tight, clean and comfortable, without an elevator, run by straightforward staff which does not try to hide its mistakes. Breakfast is rather good and includes fruit.

Room no. 23 is in the alley, very small, furnished with matching antiques, including a hand-painted writing desk. There is a direct phone line but no TV set. The old beams of the structure decorated the ceiling. The fully tiled bathroom is modern and well equipped. It includes a heated frame for its unusually large towels.

Rialto

Riva del Ferro, 5149. Phone: 520 9166. Fax: 523 8958. Price: L.290000 ($183) with breakfast. All major cards. 71 rooms. (B1).

A perfect Canal Grande location with a view to the Rialto bridge. (Shortlisted for evaluation and inclusion)

San Moisè

Piscina San Moisè, 2058. Phone: 520 3755. Fax: 521 0670. Price: L.270000 ($170) with breakfast. All major cards. 16 rooms. (B2).

A tiny hotel a few steps from the Fenice opera house. (Shortlisted for evaluation and inclusion)

San Zulian

Piscina San Zulian, 535. Phone: 522 5872. Fax: 523 2265. Price: L.180000 ($114) with breakfast. All major cards. 18 rooms. (C2).

Near the San Zulian church, 100 meters from Piazza San Marco. (Shortlisted for evaluation and inclusion)

Saturnia e International

Calle larga 22 Marzo, 2398. Phone: 520 8377. Fax: 520 7131. Price: L.400000 ($253) with breakfast. All major cards. 95 rooms. (B2).

On the main street from Campo San Marco to the Accademia bridge. (Shortlisted for evaluation and inclusion)

Serenissima

Calle Goldoni, 4486. Phone: 520 0011. Fax: 522 3292. Price: L.190000 ($120) with breakfast. All major cards. 34 rooms. (B2).

Between Piazza San Marco and Ponte Rialto. (Shortlisted for evaluation and inclusion)

Sturion

Calle Sturion, San Polo 679. Phone: 523 6243. Fax: 522 8378. Price: L.180000 ($114) with breakfast. All major cards. 11 rooms. (B1).

A quaint and amusing hotel, only 100 meters from the Rialto bridge. From the Rialto boat landing we cross the bridge and turn left on the Riva del Vin bank and then right into the alley Calle Sturion, where the hotel is on the left side. From the entrance a very long and straight staircase leads up to the fourth floor.

A hotel by this name was in the building for five centuries, from the end of the 13th Century to the end of the 18th Century, known from old paintings and documents. After a pause of two centuries an hotel was opened again, but only on the top two floors of the building. It is a family business with a good breakfast room that has a view to Canal Grande. Two rooms share this view.

Room no. 10 is very quaint. It is really a long corridor with a tiny bathroom in front, then a foyer and a corridor with a sink and finally a bedroom in the inner end. From one small window there is a view over the roofs of the San Polo district. The furniture is old and clean. There is a TV set and a direct phone, a minibar and an hair dryer.

Torino

Calle della Ostreghe, 2356. Phone: 520 5222. Fax: 522 8227. Price: L.220000 ($139) with breakfast. All major cards. 19 rooms. (B2).

Centrally located on the main street from Piazza San Marco to the Accademia bridge. (Shortlisted for evaluation and inclusion)

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