If you fly into the Marco Polo Venice airport, take a bus into Venice -- it is very cheap and much faster than taking a vaporetto. Then you can take a vaporetto to this hotel, take the one that lists the Tre Archi stop -- the hotel is right there when you get off the vaporetto. I would suggest getting a 24 hr vaporetto pass.
Upon walking in, you will notice that it is an older hotel (like most in Venice) and that you will be required to pay a VAT (city tax or value added tax) for each night you stay there. The room we stayed in was on the first floor, which mean it is actually on the second floor... We had a nice few from the back of the hotel and it was very quiet.
It was mentioned before that the breakfast was lacking any type of meat(s), but this is typical for Italy, bread with some cheese or butter spread is the norm.
Here are a couple of recommendations when traveling to this hotel:
1) Bring your own bar of soap as the soap provided is a packet of liquid.
2) Bring your own shampoo and/or conditioner, what the hotel provides is not enough.
3) Understand that this is an older hotel and it may or may not have a bath tub -- our room did, but it didn't have a shower curtain, but a clear and moveable pane of plastic that really didn't keep the water in the tub.
4) Bring water back with you at the end of the day as I didn't see or find a vending machine to purchase water.
5) There is wifi access in the lobby only and it is quite expensive, I would walk down a bit and goto MQ10 -- it is a cafe with free wifi.
I would recommend this hotel to anyone looking for a cheap, affordable hotel. It was easy to get to, the staff was friendly and it was relatively close to everything -- remember, you can walk just about anywhere on Venice in 30 minutes or less.
Lastly, I stayed there November 29th - 30th and the weather in Venice was very comfortable (cool at night) and it was not crowded at all...
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