First off, this place is hard to find!! Near Santa Croce Piazza; but no one knows where it is; take a good google map and VERY Concise directions or you will be lost carrying your luggage for hours. There is a small brass sign next to a door, ring the door bell and they will buzz you in. Walk down a very creepy brick hallway, turn to your right and go up some really old stone steps to the second floor. You will get the impression you are going into someones home. Here you are. The absolute nicest guy will meet/greet you and help you to your room. The rooms are beautifully decorated and some are larger than your standard European hotel room. The rooms with a canal view were very romantic and helped give the full Venetian experience. Breakfast was sparse but there is a bakery a few doors down and a CO-OP grocery store facing the Piazza .
We absolutely loved this place. Centrally located between the train station and the Rialto so you don't feel like a tourist. Sit on a park bench in the Santa Croce Piazza in the afternoon as the day winds down and see what the local Venetian life is really all about. A wonderful and enlightening experience.
A word of caution, take a boat bus(if you are cheap) when you carry your luggage to & fro from the hotel. Dragging it UP & DOWN all those bridges over the canals will drive you insane.
