Savoia & Jolanda - Venice, Italy 

Great hotel if you have heavy luggage as the Blue Aeroporto bus drops you directly outside the hotel. Reception staff were excellet and very helpful guarding our suit cases and arranging a free trip to Murano whilst our room was made ready (probably got a kick back on anything bought). Other information about transport was spot on. The meals were mixed with breakfast very basic but OK. Evening meal with a 20% hotel guest discount was still exorbitant and although the food was good, you are paying for a view of the main canal; there is better value elsewhere but it is finding these off street places when you only have a short stay. Others have mentioned the dark rooms and there was noise in the morning but not too disturbing. On the whole a reasonable hotel and we enjoyed a pleasant short break and stop off for two days before returning home.

Venice was the first stop of our two week honeymoon and this hotel was the best. The staff was friendly and very helpful with both directions and food recommendations. The hotel is located directly across from the water bus that brings you from the airport so you only have to drag your luggage a few hundred feet. It is also located just around the corner from St. Mark's Square. The room was decorated beautifully. Full of lush fabrics and amazing Murano glass light fixtures. We were upgraded to a suite that overlooked the lagoon because our standard room wasn't ready when we got there. It was much larger than any other room we had in Italy. Our favorite thing was the coffee. I have no idea how they brew it or what kind it is but it was amazing. I would go back in a heartbeat!