Hotel In Venice, Italy?

[reflections]

Hey guys off to Venice Italy this summer with my family. I need a decent upscale affordable hotel centrally located. does anyone have any recommendations? just for one night. thanks

[harris11]

Went to Venice last September for first time , bloody expensive but unique and enchanting , so worth the cost.

Loads of hotels to choose from, I stayed in one in the heart of the city, very small rooms but perfectly ok, cost about 4000 baht for the night. Think I found it on the Easyjet site under hotels.

Half hour gondola trip is about 5000 baht! and a gin and tonic in a good hotel is about 750 baht.

One thing i did do which was fantastic was having dinner in the famous Hotel Cipriani on the terrace. This went straight to the top of best occasions I had last year.

Even better than a twosome with two superstar LB ! ! !

Its a must do.

[pacman]

You can pay a lot of money for a night in a half decent hotel in Venice.

After 4 visits, I can't recommend any one place but for a single night, one of the small private hotels will be fine. Just don't expect a large room.

As you arrive at Venice, look for the sign pointing to the Information Office. The sign is the letter "i" written in script & every town in Italy has one. In Venice, it is before the causeway & has a carpark alongside it.

Ask them what accommodation there is & they will give you the name & cost of every room available for that night.

They will ring through & book it for you, you just pay them at the counter & they give you a voucher. The service is excellent, they will show you exactly where the place is in relation to St Marcos Square & provide any other advice you need.

I always found it best to book after 11am which is checkout time in Italy. Before people check out, the room isn't on the system, once the hotel has a free room, it's as good as yours.

I have never missed getting somewhere reasonable (nothing is cheap in Venice), even on a weekend, which is to be avoided at all costs. The weekend is when the locals visit Venice & the place is heaving with people.

I have never been more than a block away from St Marcos, not bad when you see how far away some of the name hotels are.

If you are travelling by train or bus, I don't know how you can get them to stop at the Information Office, I always drive there, but there must be a few sites available.

[guydesavoy]

Good advice paccie  

Reflections, this is a nice family run hotel pretty close to the action. I haven't stayed there myself but it was recommended to me by friends.

http://www.alportico.com/ (around 135 euros for a family room end of july)

This one is a bit more 'Vegas' but also kid-friendly   :

http://www.luxorcairohotel.it/en/index.htm (around 100 euros)

Anyway plenty of options and availability looks ok at the minute. Have fun  

[reflections]

thanks guys
you all are great

[reflections]

harris is that the Cip Club restaurant or the Fortuny restaurant? which one? the hotel has three of them
thanks

[katoeylover]

The Cipriani.

http://www.hotelcipriani.com/web/ocip/hotel_cipriani.jsp