Venice Hotels
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rpla102

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334 posts

252 months

Monday 7th January 2013
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I'm off to Venice in May with the O/H can anyone recommend a hotel? There are a multitude to choose from but help would be great. Budget roughly 150 euro's per night.

Thanks in advance!


S2Mike

3,065 posts

181 months

Monday 7th January 2013
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Im at work at the moment with no access to my details but good advice I was given was to stay as close as you can to St Marks Square, makes a great central point and its easy to find, the narrow streets are such a warren of twists and turns, dead ends at a canal etc.
We stayed for Valentine's a couple of years ago and the street the hotel was in, was so narrow you could clash windows with the building opposite if both were open at the same time, we just wandered, with regular stops for a coffee, every street seems to lead back eventually to St Marks.
Beautiful place, we will return, and if you land at Marco Polo Airport, you can take the Water Taxi ( speedboat Vaporetti ) connection to the St Marks Square landing stage, makes for a James Bond welcome arrival feeling. off the plane into a speedboat, docking amongst the gondolas..... MMMMMM

Edited by S2Mike on Monday 7th January 14:32

nadger

1,413 posts

171 months

Monday 7th January 2013
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We stayed in a hotel called the Palace Bonvechiati (may not be spelt exactly right!) when we went a few years ago. It was awesome, location, staff, room, everything was just fantastic! It is litterally 1 minute's walk from St Mark's square!
http://www.palacebonvecchiati.it/
No idea about price, but if it is in budget, stay there!

LADANIVA

1,500 posts

166 months

Monday 7th January 2013
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When we went there we stayed in Mestre, we had the car so parking was a key point.

From Mestre get a bus to Venice, that might be worth it as an option

louiebaby

11,005 posts

222 months

Monday 7th January 2013
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We stayed at:

La Fenice et des Artistes, VENICE, 1936 SAN MARCO

It was fine, the room was big and old, which we liked, and it's not too far from the main square.

Top tips:

Don't take more than you can carry, and a rucksack is a hell of a lot easier than a rolly bag. We managed with hand luggage for 3 nights, no problem.

It sometimes gets a bit wet, depending on the tides, wellies would have been handy for a couple of hours, twice a day, but some parts are high enough to not need them.

rpla102

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334 posts

252 months

Monday 7th January 2013
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Everyone, thanks for the advice. I think the consensus is to stay close to St Marks Sq and then just wander around the city.

Is Cipriani's worth going to for lunch/dinner or....not?!

Thanks again!