Venice. We traveled here with our teenaged kids, and I had a nice conversation with my son, who commented, "At what point does something become 'rustic' rather than being considered 'blight'?" It was good to know he was being observant, and was also keeping things in perspective. It is apparently very difficult to renovate buildings in Venice, which means things are decidedly more "charming" and "quaint" than you would find in a more modern city. But that is part of the experience. The Palazzo Paruta has modern amenities, including AC (which was key during our hot visit) and the size of our room was fine. It overlooked a small canal, and we were treated to a gondolier singing -- I kid you not -- "O solo mio ..." as he passed by.
It took us a while to get our bearings, but once we did, we realized the location of the hotel was quite central. Since this is Venice and there are no cars, prepare to walk. A lot. My husband had this crazy idea that we would all travel with only a carry-on bag for a two week trip -- and we actually managed to do it! Even me, the quintessential over-packer! Well, in Venice, I was very glad we packed light. We were not too far from the vaporetto stop, but it was still a bit of a walk, including some stairs and small bridges. (When we checked out, we noticed a water taxi waiting for another hotel guest in the canal right outside the door of the hotel, so it is possible to get there without lugging your bags -- I would suggest contacting the hotel in advance to arrange, if you don't want to walk with your luggage.)
When we ventured out to explore the city, we found that the Piazza S. Marco was about a five minute walk, the Rialto Bridge was about a five minute walk, the Accademia Bridge was about a five minute walk, and the S. Angelo vaporetto stop was about a three minute walk away. Basically, very convenient. When we weren't walking around, we bought a 24 hour pass for the vaporetto and just rode it up and down the Grand Canal, using it like a hop-on-hop-off bus (we had just come from London, where we had used the hop-on/off tour bus to see the sights) at our own pace. We had a self-guided tour podcast that we listened to, so we were able to appreciate some of the sights along the way.
Back to the hotel -- the afternoon tea was nice, but not worth scheduling your day around. The breakfast buffet was good and the service staff was nice. Look around and see what other people are getting -- I figured out at some point that you could ask the staff for a waffle (made-to-order) and a cappuccino/espresso, which were both good. My son enjoyed the frozen coffee slushy frappuccino-like concoction that was available, too.
The one issue we had with our room was a noisy fan. The technician came to fix it, and did something to it that made the noise stop. Unfortunately, he didn't tell us what he did, and the default setting for the fan made the noise start up again after we had left and returned to the room. Fortunately, we figured out that the noise would stop if the fan was on a lower setting. It would have been nice if they would have just told us this, but this was not a big deal.
Overall: would recommend if you want a centrally located, quiet, charming hotel.