Ca' del Duca, Venice

Advantages: Well located and an excellent price
Disadvantages: Very hard to find and lack of facilities

...We've been enjoying taking advantage of some very cheap budget flights recently and my girlfriend found us a couple of cheap seats to Venice (okay, Treviso, but it's only a bus ride away!) Having never been to Venice and having no idea of where to stay I needed to find a cheap hotel and found this place on Hotels.com/Expedia for around £45 a night. That's a cheap price as far as I'm concerned so I went ahead and booked, using a voucher for the booking site brought the cost down to £40 a night, a price I was certainly happy with. Hotel Background The hotel was opened in late 2008 and is located in the area of Castello. The building is a former palace, dating from 1362, but you won't find a lot of ancient features. They like to point out that Casanova has stayed at the palace in the past. The name 'Bragadin' is from the man who... Read review

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Advantages: Lively, interesting and different.
Disadvantages: A bit expensive

...There is so much written about Venice so I thought I would write about the practical things which I thought about or affected me rather than an in depth history of any place or building I visited. If you are interested in visiting Venice I am sure you will have your favourite attractions. The guide books say there are about 400 bridges; they are not as tiring on the legs as you might imagine. There was a lack of children walking and in pushchairs and I had to resist the urge to help the workmen dragging, single handed, large boxes and allsorts on barrows up and down the stairs; that is part of their everyday life. In England it would be hard to imagine how people go about their daily life without cars, in Venice everything is moved by boat, the postal services, parcels, logs for building in fact all kinds of building materials... Read review

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Advantages: Great location, comfortable, quiet, secure
Disadvantages: Single bedroom a little basic

...del Vin 4647 (S.Zaccaria) Venezia (centro) Tel: +39 041 5205764 Fax: +39 041 5205798 Email: campiello@hcampiello.it ◄Web Links► Hotel Campiello: www.hcampiello.it Venere: www.venere.com Alilaguna: www.alilaguna.it ◄Caution: Wrong Hotel!► There is another hotel in Venice called “Al Campiello” so don’t find yourself ending up in the wrong place! ◄Final Words► Just to summarise, the Campiello is a cosy, quiet, 16 bedroom, family-run hotel in the heart of historic Venice, a few minutes stroll from St Mark’s Square. The staff are courteous and helpful, the location couldn’t be better and the prices are reasonable, at least in the low season. I’m almost reluctant to publicise on Ciao, as I don’t want to find it fully booked next time I want to stay there! I wouldn’t hesitate to stay... Read review

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