Good location. Walking distance from all mayor attractions. Close from drop-off point of the waterboat. Quiet area (we had an upstairs room). Very clean. Rooms are not too big, but that is the same in most hotels in Venice. Lovely decorated rooms. Matteo and Beata, the owners, run the guest house. They are lovely people, extremely helpful. They made excellent recommendation of places to eat. Breakfast included is good for a start of the day. We loved the stay. We would go back to this guest house if we come back to Venice.

What a lovely little place! We visited in peak August, so were somewhat apprehensive about the crowds and heat- let alone the noise we may experience staying in central Venice...but we needn't have worried. Yes, Venice is full of camera-clad crowds around the tourist sights- but step into a nearby side-street and they slowly melt away...in fact by the time you have walked the 15 minutes back to Piccolo Vecellio, the streets are peaceful and charming- the perfect retreat! And yes, August is HOT...but who can complain about stunning sunny weather when you have a great airconditioned room to return to after a hard day's exploring? The room was of course on the small side, but packed with charm, set in a beautiful old beamed building in a little side street just off the Fondamenta Nuove. Breakfast was more than adequate and Beata could not have been more attentive and helpful... We will return!

We stayed at Guest House Piccolo Vecellio two years ago and just loved it. So it was with great expectation that we arrived in Venice for my birthday celebration ready to stay there again this time for a whole week. We had booked months in advance and sent a confirmation email a few days before but on arrival we were told by the owner Mateo that he had overbooked and he would put us into another hotel. I was desolate. We had little choice –we were tired (we are in our sixties) and surprised as this was the first time in all our years of travelling something like this had happened. The room in another hotel we were shown was just so different from what we were expecting that I was distraught. Fortunately the owners of this hotel took pity on us and upgraded us for two days when we were finally moved into Piccolo Vecellio.
Then we had another problem as the room I had requested – the large room at the front – was not available and we were given a nice but very much smaller room at the back of the property. Again I was not happy. Mateo performed a grand but totally unbelievable apology act which I did not accept. I was then told by Mateo that he has “under the law” the ability to “put us wherever he wants” (Really?) And what was I so upset about anyway. About this time Mateo got tired of being nice and we got the arm movement and the expletive B---a! Nice one.
We stayed but it was not the comfortable experience we had dreamed it would be after our first stay. We thought Piccolo Vecellio was the place to come to come back to whenever we could get to Venice- but I can never recommend it again as I would hate for anyone else to get the treatment we got this time. It was truly awful. I just don’t trust them now. I am so, so disappointed. But, there are plenty of other places to stay in Venice – I recommend you look around.

Our room was a lovely retreat from the madness of Venice - tastefully decorated and clean. The bathroom was small but the shower was excellent. The owner was friendly and helpful. The only problem was that we were in room one which is on the ground floor. The large window is right on the little [and very busy] alley way that leads to the front door and so groups of people are constantly walking past only a few centimetres away. Avoid room one and you should be OK!