Casa della Corte B&B is off a quiet courtyard between the Rialto Bridge and St Mark’s Square. There was an ATM and a small canal with gondoliers serenading passengers nearby.
The B&B is on the second floor of an apartment building. Our room was really small, but clean with a small TV but no phone. There was just enough room to walk around the bed and the wardrobe doors didn’t clear the bed. There were 2 shared bathrooms (with hairdryers but no soaps or shampoo) 10 feet down the hall. The fixtures looked new and clean although one of the bathrooms had a strong ammonia smell both days. Staff is only there for check in/out so you’ll be on your own.
The only problem we had was with breakfast. We usually don’t even bother to have breakfast at B&Bs because we’re gone before they serve it but since we slept on the plane the first night and the train the second, we figured we wouldn’t be waking up too early. When we checked in they asked to choose a breakfast time between 8 and 10. We said 8:00. No one even showed up until 8:45. We only had one night in Venice and had to catch a train at 11:23 so we wanted to get going. We waited a few minutes to see if they were bringing something to the room and then I went to the office and told her we needed to check out. To add insult to injury, when I got out my credit card, she called someone and then told us the machine was broken. We had cash but the info on the website said they took a credit card. Then I asked about breakfast and she rushed out a glass of (really good) juice and put a couple of good croissants in a paper bag for us and we hit the road.
We booked it through veniceby.com and the photos looked nothing like our room. We never received the promised email confirmation (although it did show up under their reservations online) and they did not respond to an email I sent a few days prior to our arrival. That made us a little nervous but they were ready for us when we arrived.
Saying all that, for 110EU in Venice, the place was a great deal for a convenient, clean, quiet place to sleep and bathe.
- Casa Della Corte Venice
