Hotel Tintoretto - Venice, Italy 

Bien placé, bon prix
Posted: Thu, Jan 04 2007
Nous avons séjourné récemment dans cet hôtel, logeant dans le bâtiment qui se trouve dans l’allée de l’autre côté de la rue et je peux dire que pendant ces quatre jours cet endroit est demeuré propre, tranquille et sûr. Le personnel était gentil et nous a reçus tôt dans la journée, ce qui nous a permis, de déposer nos bagages, de nous rafraîchir et de partir tout de suite explorer la ville. Pour moi, l’avantage principal de cet hôtel c’est son emplacement fantastique et son prix (et on le trouve aussi facilement), même si les touristes qui viennent pour la première fois à Venise préféreraient peut-être loger plus près de la place Saint Marc – il faut marcher 20 minutes environ pour y arriver, mais le trajet est agréable.

Gute Lage und Preis-Leistungsverhältnis
Posted: Wed, Dec 27 2006
Wir waren vor Kurzem in dem separaten Teil des Hotels in der gegenüberliegenden Gasse und können bestätigen, dass es während der 4 Nächte, die wir hier verbrachten, stets sauber, ruhig und sicher war. Die Angestellten waren freundlich und ließen uns schon frühzeitig einchecken, wodurch wir uns ein wenig erfrischen und ohne Gepäck auf Erkundungstour gehen konnten. Für mich war die gute Lage des Hotels am wichtigsten sowie das gute Preis-Leistungsverhältnis (und auch, dass es so leicht zu finden ist); wenn Sie allerdings zum ersten Mal hier sind, würden Sie vielleicht lieber in einem Hotel übernachten, das näher an San Marco liegt, denn von diesem Hotel aus ist es ein ungefähr 20-minütiger, angenehmer Fußweg dorthin.

FAR FROM PERFECTO!!
Posted: Wed, Nov 29 2006
I am a travel consultant for a wholesale luxury Europeon tour operator in the states. Please avoid any photos posted by this hotel because they are VERY deceiving. I would have taken a picture but I was afraid my camera would melt. We had been booked two nights in Venice to do hotel inspections the end of this last October. I was shocked to find that this Exclusive Hotel was ever considered an option for any of our clients or our staff as well. We had a charming greeting from a very friendly manager behind the desk. He allowed us an early check in because our rooms were available early. Let me explain to you just why. He escorted us across the alley away from the main hotel to a narrow corridor to enter another part of the hotel. Not unusual. This was not the problem, it all happened as soon as he opened the door to this section of the hotel. GASP!!! It smelled as if someone had taken a dirty fragmented diaper and spread its containments all over the entry, halls, walls, curtains and EVEN our rooms!! It was HORRIBLE. My eyes were watering. As soon as the sweet, but abviously (smell) senses challenged manager left I opened every window in the entire building, and sprayed fruity body spray all over the room. I went on my busy way through Venice and returned exhausted to the dirty, stained and stinky entrance, halls and walls. As long as I continued to keep the windows open and spray the room I had no other option, it was to late to relocate on my study trip. There were two of us here and each room was equally as trecherous. The following morning we went down to a less than hopeful continetal breakfast where the only good thing about the hotel was found; a homemade croissant, but then were let down again by the disgusting instant coffee. Oh well. My advice to the hotel would be to strip the carpet and the halls and maybe fix the plumbing. It truly seemed that they had some flooding issue (not from the canals this building structure was on a second floor) from the sewer, and NEVER put people in here until its been done. They are going to make someone really sick. If not from the breakfast, definetly the musky moldy rotten hotel.

Great Location but not for the infirm!
Posted: Tue, Nov 21 2006
We booked through a call centre and got a reasonable price for the room. This hotel is in a great location with access to all areas of the main island on foot - we walked every street it seemed! Access to the hotel is normally via the vaporetto stops. They look close by on the maps but be prepared for a walk and to take your luggage up and over a few bridges to get there. Of course if you have lots of money you can take a water taxi right to the rear of the restaurant next to the hotel. We arrived earlier than planned and we were able to gain access to our room before the stated time- always a plus! The room was on the top floor of the annex and thanks to earlier reviews I knew that there was no lift. It wasn't a problem for us but if you have trouble with steps then you'll have trouble with Venice, never mind the hotel. I was surprised how few facilities there were for the disabled in the city. The location just off the Strada Nova was great. The continental breakfast in the restaurant attached was fine, cereal, dried fruits, toast, bread rolls, jam and a kettle for hot water for tea. The coffee from the urn wasn't up to much but it was no problem to get a cappuccino made together with an espresso for an extra zing! The room was large with a king bed and windows onto the canal. The decoration was a little tired but how many nights do you stay in Venice anyway? My only concern was security. The annex door was opened by request to the reception desk in the main building. That was the theory but many times we found the door wide open anyway during the day. Apart from that we had a very enjoyable stay and would consider using the hotel again. Many reveiws complain about the price and quality of food. We didn't find the prices too bad (it is a tourist city) and if you look for places where others are eating you can check out the food and the menu before you buy. The ice cream is great value at around 1 Euro a scoop. The best meal we had was at Ai Do Mati on the Gran Viale - Lido. The best pizza I ever tasted. There was so much topping it seemed like a deep dish. It was enormous and the price was less than 10 Euro. Unless you have a huge appetite order one for two people first.

great location
Posted: Tue, Oct 10 2006
Before arriving to Venice I was so worried about trailing our suitcases down small alleyways trying to find this hotel.. but suprisingly it was easy to find... just off one of the main street ,strada nova which is like a high street ... containing a supermarket which was very handy but always very busy, numerous banks and even a macdonalds for the fussy eaters.. the hotel was in a great position for all the must see sites.. 5 mins walk from the rialto, and 10 mins walk from the piazza san marco... depending how adventurous and how lost you get.....but dont worry there are clear signs. dont bother with maps just walk and enjoy the "adventure" you get to see the quiet parts of venice where the locals live, but dont bother asking the locals.. the local venetians are not as friendly as i originally thought they would be but dont let that spoil your holiday. we arrived at marco polo at midnight so we didnt want to wait for a bus so just took a water taxi... coming into venice at night was amazing... the taxi cost about 80 euros, which was expensive but at that time of night I would have paid anything..it dropped us right by the hotel which was great... arriving at the hotel the first impression was that it was sweet and quaint... the gentleman behind the reception wasnt as hepful as I'd hoped...he just give us the key and a remote control.. didnt even tell us which room we were in... 3 young girls, and three suitcase and 3 flights of stairs later we found our room... it was clean but nothing special...breakfast was ok... normal continental breakfast.. nothing special but it was enough... we went in august and we were so glad there was air con in the hotel as the weather was so hot... be prepared with insect repellant because our room looked onto the canal behind the hotel which meant unwanted visitors... ontop of that i suspected there was a small case of bed bugs as one of us came out in a mysterious rash on our leg which didnt look like a mosquito bite. I wouldnt stay here again but..all in all... we loved Venice but I do warn you.. get your credit card ready because everything is so expensive..if you go to piazza san marco dont sit down in the cafes in the square as they charge you 10 euros for a coke which is about £6/7.. watch out for the street traders who have handbags, belts and sunglasses laid infornt of you on a bed sheet... you can get a bargain but they are very aggressive sellers so they will follow you down the street so my advice is to be careful... and gondola rides are expensive but a must do.. we paid 100 euros outside the rialto hotel, but other places we more expenisve.