The hotel is in a peaceful part of Venice, close to Murano Island. The decor and staff are superb, and it has a lovely garden at the rear which is a haven of peace in a bustling city. The food is good, but the prices are a little high (almost twice the price of Trieste, where we also stayed). The hotel offers a speedboat service to San Marco, which is fairly priced and very good. However, Venice has long since been a reasonably priced location if you want good things.

The hotel is located in our favorite part of Venice. Away from the tourists. It feels very genuine local Venetian. Quiet. The staff is top notch. Fabio and Beatrix are wonderful at scheduling anything from tours to water taxis. They know the city extremely well.

We stayed for two nights in April. The lobby was lovely and the staff very helpful. Our room provided the best bathroom of our two weeks in Europe- large and a lovely shower! The room was spacious enough for my sister and I, and had coffee (a must for me!). The big negative - the AC was not on and the room was stifling! We asked for a fan - our other companions received a normal fan but we were provided a small fan that did not put out any air. It seriously would not even flutter a Kleenex held in front of it. We thought maybe we just didn’t understand how to use it (it was an odd industrial sort of fan - small and heavy). But they sent someone up and he acted like we were dumb to think this fan wasn’t really working. When we asked for another option they didn’t have any. I even asked if there was somewhere I could buy a fan and the answer was basically-not anywhere close. We were told that “by law the AC cannot be turned on until end of April or early May”. However the next day we heard another guest complaining and they were being told AC would be on the next day (April 16). Had we had a normal fan (or AC) I’d rate this hotel better. We did open windows which helped at night but it was fairly buggy so we didn’t want to leave them wide open for long. I’d say location was fine - a bit of a walk to the more touristy area but that was fine for us. Also about a half mile from train and over 5 bridges. If you’ve got big suitcases I’d hire a porter at the station. Breakfast was wonderful and I was thrilled to be able to order soft boiled eggs.

Oh my goodness I don’t know where to start with our review! This hotel is absolutely top notch from the beautiful hotel itself to the incredible “largest” garden in Venice! The incredible staff made our stay exceptional and I want to give the biggest compliments to Fabio, Phillip, Hague, Edo, Bane and George! Super fun employees and we will definitely stay here again the next time we visit the beautiful city of Venice! Lynn and Micah

We absolutely LOVED our stay at this hotel. The garden, the breakfast, interior, and service was all fantastic. It’s away from the tourist hot spots, which is wonderful. There’s still great restaurants and shops within 5 minutes of walking. We enjoyed having some space after our tours and such. If we make it back to Venice, we will definitely try to stay here again!