Star Hotel Venice

... tour through Venice, blending historic and modern-day stories of this one-of-a-kind treasure, and giving us a local's perspective on Venice's fascinating past...and its uncertain future. The rest of your day is free to visit St. Mark's Basilica, the Doge ...

... Hotel.  Positioned in the quaint and central sestiere of Dorsoduro, the American Dinesen Hotel is a superior three star hotel located in an antique XVII palace in the historic center of Venice.  Yes, Dorothy there is some place better than ...

... we were headed to a little scummy hostel just outside the downtown area of Venice. It was what you can expect for a cheap, one star hotel. Not the finest of Accom but defianlly a roof over our heads and it was cheap. My research had me coming to the ...

... at 3:45pm (we have been making a competition out of picking the arrival time...thats why I remember it) We are staying in a 4 star hotel that is focused around a huge glass pyramid. Its really nice and wish we could stay here longer. We ended up checking ...

... arrived at our "station") was a pain, but thank goodness there are ramps that go over all the canals.  The Danieli is a famous 5 star hotel right next to Piazza San Marco.  Our room was small but the bed was big and comfortable. It's an old 14th ...

... sand, nice cabana, but hard to walk around without sandals, too bad, it could have been one of the best beaches in the nord of Italy. * 1/2 Star    Hotel, needs to be restored, nice entrance but old rooms. *** ...

... . Even for an old Venice hand it was a difficult task, though without her help we may never have found Locanda Silva. Our one-star hotel was the most expensive of our entire holiday but rated at the very bottom. No TV, a quirky bathroom and a very limited ...

... . The driver dropped us off down a small canal within 2 minutes walk of our hotel, Hotel Canaletto.  It's a small family run 3 star hotel in a perfect location.  Only 5 minutes walk to either the Rialto Bridge or St Mark's Square (and St Mark's ...

... away, and pretty easy to find. So no big win. *sigh* I was pretty leary about staing at a best western, but it was rated a 4 star hotel, and is actually pretty nice. Just like the hotel in crete, you have to use your key to turn on the electricity in the ...

... ride through the canals of Venice.  It was a little shaky or maybe Kaye was a little shaky in it. Checked into our four star hotel. Italy has a different view of what 4 star is. Of course you go everywhere by boat. We took an evening trip to St. ...

... Italy and loving it!        Sonnet and I have checked into the Hotel Caprera (a very fancy 4 star hotel) and just keep taking pictures. I'm so glad we chose the city of water to begin our tour of Italy. And they aren't lying when ...

... WATER. I am absolutely happiest when I am on the water, so this rocks. We get to the hotel and it is off the chain. 4 star hotel, absolutely georgeous. So Adam and Helen check into the hotel and I wait outside. Helen then comes out and tells me there is a ...

... but we ended up finding a really cute hotel room run by a really cute lady who didn't speak a word of English. It was a 2 star hotel but compared to the hostels we've been staying in it seemed like a palace!! We tried lasagna, gnocci, gelati.. mmmm ...

... voice telling you that you are docking or that the onboard resturant is open. It feels like you are sleeping in the lobby of a 4 star hotel while the staff are all out taking an extended smoke break.  We arrived in Venice on the morning of ...

8:00 am (midnight PDT) - October 31 - Our first "real" day in Venice.  We had breakfast in the hotel, then met up with the group for our walking tour of Venice.  Our guide was Anna, she was about 4'9" and fairly soft spoken, but she was ...

... folk and they go through the bridge before they go to prison and they sign as they go through it).  It is flood season in Venice and they have wood scaffolding's that are put up around the city to get over the rising water.  It is so amazing ...

          Venice We are supposed to spend the whole day in Venice today, but I don't feel well at all. I’ve got a stomach ache, and I cannot have anything to eat.  I am not sure if it is a good idea ...

... due to the rain overnight.  St. Mark's square and beyond, was under 1-2 feet of water.  They expect this in Venice in November and have elevated walkways to allow access across the square and into St. Mark's church and the Doge palace. The ...

... the air.  By the time we got our luggage and met our guide who took us to the water taxis, it was dark.  Since Venice is all islands, there are no cars, everything is done by boat, including the 25 minute water taxi ride ride that dropped us off ...

... 27th             Brandon and I decided to go to Venice Thursday through Saturday so that we could get a cheaper hotel.  We took a euro star train (the nice ones) to Venice and got there by ...