Best Venice Hotel Picks

Three Venice Choices

Author: The Traveling Professor/Monday, June 1, 2015/Categories: Italy

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Hotel American Dinesen: We stayed at this 3-star recently renovated family-run charmer last week on The Traveling Professor's small group tour to Venice.   I loved this hotel from the minute I saw it - the hotel staff was there greeting us at their private dock, in between the Guggenheim Collection and the Accademia.   Rooms were beautifully decorated in a modern but distinctively Venetian style.  I would not call my room large, but the amenities were great - nice hot warm shower, quiet rooms, great HDTV, perfect WiFi connection, and USB charging port.   I particularly loved being in the Dorsosuro section of Venice on a nice, quiet, street running along a side canal.  The Dinesen is now my favorite hotel in Venice!

Hotel al Piave:  This is a family-run hotel close to all the action near St. Mark's Square but just far enough away to give the peace and quiet needed for a good night's sleep.   There are less than 30 rooms and that does not take away from the elegance or comfort of this classic Venice hotel.   We often stay here on The Traveling Professor's small group tours.  Expect larger than normal rooms, classic marble floors, winding staircases, heavy drapery and full-size bathrooms.   Ilaria as well as the rest of her family takes good care of travelers who come to this gracious Venetian hotel.   There are also plenty of good restaurants in the vicinity.

Hotel Flora:  On the other side of St. Mark's Square is the family-owned and run Hotel Flora.  It too is a classic Venetian hotel with a limited number of rooms.   Although there is a splendid courtyard with a soothing fountain, I avoid getting a room adjoining it because the echo of chatter of travelers sharing their day's experience might interrupt your dreams of a day in Venice.  The breakfast room, with it's low ceiling, classic paintings, heavy drapery whisks you back to old Venice of years ago.  We also have use the Flora Hotel on our small group tours to Italy and Venice.

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