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I need to find a good hotel in Venice.

  • I'm going to Venice, Italy with my family. Can you recommend a good hotel (doesn't have to be cheap) and also, can you tell me what do I have to look for when searching for one? My parents are inviting us (family of 7 adults) to Europe in May. One of the places we're visiting is Venice, before going to Florence and Rome. We all know that most hotels in Venice have a very bad reputation (either SUPER expensive, or very small, or are just extremely old). My parents already had a very bad experience once with a hotel someone told them about and ended up being just awful (my parents are not internet savvy so they didn't check it out beforehand), and we want to avoid that this time. So, I need a recommendation for a good hotel. We're willing to pay a reasonable amount (I don't know what a good hotel goes for, but we'll pay it). If you've been to Venice, can you give me a short intro to the city? Particularly about the areas where I should and shouldn't look in for a hotel and such. Thanks in advance!

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    My friends and I stayed at this B&B: http://www.casanovaaitolentini.com/ Cute and tiny set-up, but the only thing not mentioned on the website is that one of the rooms backs up to a very popular shortcut alley. Which can be quite noisy as students tromp through there at night. The hosts were nice as could be, and there was a very satisfactory basic breakfast next door every morning. Also: giving up maps and just wandering blindly through the maze-like center of the city was very fun!

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It's a safe city to wander Definitely. I stayed in Venice for about a week, and we (groups of young women) were out at night with no real problems. I loved it, the only thing that was slightly unpleasant was visiting San Marco in the middle of the day - so crowded, but not ultimately that bad since it was so neat. Most tourists just come in for a day. Take advantage of them being gone at night and early morning, and take advantage of them not visiting the smaller spots. The Lido is really lovely if the weather's good. (Beaches!) Check out Burano and the asylum on San Servolo. Sorry, I can't remember the name of the hotel we stayed in so no help there. Not sure what you mean by "doesn't look like it's from the 18th century" - everywhere in Venice looks (is) old. If you just mean it's clean, that's a different thing I suppose.

Solon and Thanks

Rick Steves' books have great recommendations. We stayed at http://www.laforcolahotel.com/ on the recommendation of our travel agent. It was very nice, but the room was small. They had larger -- just ask. The location was actually an advantage -- it got us out of the common tourist mill, but it was still an easy walk to the piazza and the Canal.

feelinggood

Thanks everyone for your answers. I'm still going through all of the hotels you have suggested. Through dbmcd links I found the http://www.liassidipalacehotel.com/photogallery/index.htm, which seems to be just what we're looking for. It is a little more expensive than I'd like, so I'm still looking. Others I've liked: Centennial Hotel Saturnia and Centurion Palace. The Westin Europa & Regina seem veeery nice, but also waaaaay more expensive than what I thought expensive is.

CrazyLemonade

I stayed at the http://www.morihotel.com/en/ the last time and was pretty satisfied. It's not overly central, but distances in Venice are so tiny it doesn't matter much.

themel

For seven people, maybe you could find an apartment to rent. I haven't used it for apartments, but we've had good luck finding B&Bs in Venice on http://www.venere.com.

Joleta

The http://www.hotelpriuli.com/ is perfectly located, and absolutely lovely. Highly recommended.

judith

We stayed http://www.cadeiconti.com/. It was comfortable, conveniently located (about 5 minutes from the Piazza San Marco, but tucked away into a side street so you felt far away from all the chaos)... and the rooms are beautiful. Just beautiful.

Ziggy500

I've stayed http://www.rivieravenezia.it/. The Riviera on the Lido. The nice thing about the Lido is it is walking distance to the http://www.flickr.com/photos/cw_anderson/468621974/in/set-72157600110678858/, nice for the kids. Easy vaparetto from right next to the hotel to Venice. Also, http://www.flickr.com/photos/cw_anderson/468654797/in/set-72157600110678858/ views http://www.flickr.com/photos/cw_anderson/468642392/in/set-72157600110678858/ the hotel room.

cosmac

We stayed at the Best Western, on the mainland beside the train station. It wasn't like a Best Western in the States, it was very posh. The location was perfect, especially after watching people come into the Venice train station and try to make it around with all their bags. Venice was 5 minutes away by train and there was a train every 10 minutes.

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