Locanda Gaffaro - Venice, Italy 

BG
Posted: Sat, Dec 27 2008
Wir waren das 2. mal in diesem Hotel, weil das Preis-Leistungsverh?ltnis stimmt. Das Personal ist sehr freundlich. Die Lage des Hotels ist sehr g?nstig.Mann kann den Piazzale Roma und den Bahnhof in 5 Minuten zu Fu? erreichen.

BG
Posted: Fri, Dec 05 2008
Wir waren das 2. mal in diesem Hotel, weil das Preis-Leistungsverhältnis stimmt. Das Personal ist sehr freundlich. Die Lage des Hotels ist sehr günstig.Mann kann den Piazzale Roma und den Bahnhof in 5 Minuten zu Fuß erreichen.

SS
Posted: Sat, Jun 28 2008
Fantastic little gem. Since there were 3 of us, we had the biggest room in the hotel. Mind you there is only like 7 or 8 rooms total (from what I could see). We had a balcony that just peeked through to a small little canal, which was nice. The service was great, the breakfast was given to you in your room in the morning, and the staff was very friendly. Only about a 10 minute walk from the train station (Had a little trouble finding it at first, but friendly locals helped us out). I recommend this hotel to any couple or small family.

DR
Posted: Tue, Jun 10 2008
I had room number 107 right behind the reception. You cannot imagine how surprised I was to find that this is actually the quietest place I stayed in Venice for years. As it is in the Dorsoduro district, it is not far from Piazzale Roma where all the busses arrive. But those who would want to spend most of the day in the San Marco District, they need to be fit. If you are used to a "continental" breakfast, you will be disappointed, although the capuccino is just excellent. But then again I wouldn't go to Venice in order to have breakfast there. This hotel is luxury for its quietness and for its beautiful surroundings, which I am sure you will take advantage of especially in summer (a nice green Corte, where I guess breakfast is served in summer). O.k. the price was a bit on the expensive side (280 for 3 days). But for someone who would like to relax after a hard day, this is the right thing. I looked into VENERE before I went there and the "8"-rating is fully justified!

NL
Posted: Mon, Jun 02 2008
Although the room was clean and the hotel quiet, its low rating is due to two factors. Although I specifically emailed the hotel to verify that they accept credit cards (as one of your reviewers mentioned having to pay cash), once we got there, we were told the machine was broken and we would have to pay cash. It took 3/4 of the cash we brought with us to pay this bill and it was the first days of our vacation! Also, when we asked the night clerk to try the machine again as we would be happy to pay in advance if the machine worked, we got the cold shoulder from the owner the next day. In addition, although the weather was fine, we were told we could not take our breakfast down to the the outdoor tables even though that is part of their advertising and one reason for our decision to book this hotel. So we had to eat in our room (small). The coffee was good, the bread was bad (dry processed--not Italian bread) Although the owner eventually became friendly again, the money issue was a real negative and made our budgeting tight for the remainder of the trip. The "credit card machine is broken" is a scam as we suspected right away. Restaurants were also pulling this AFTER meals were finished. Evidently merchants don't want to pay the credit card fee, but want to draw customers in by posting the credit cards they supposedly take. Just a warning to those counting on paying by credit card rather than cash advances or debit cards....