Hotel Orion, Venice

Advantages: Great hotel, great location?
Disadvantages: Perhaps too big!

...Last year in the Sunday supplements I read about the new Hilton Hotel that had just opened in Venice and they had comments on the wonderful views and the roof terrace. As we had booked to visit Venice in March of this year, and had been several times before this was an opportunity to see another view of Venice from a different area. I had read that it is a large hotel and thinking about Venice and the size it must be out of the main Venice tourist area, we had not seen any building work on that scale the year before. The Hilton hotel is in the Giudecca area of Venice away from St. Mark's Square. We had to catch a water bus from San Zaccaria, over to Zitelle and then just wondered along until we arrived at the Hilton which is the other end of Giudecca Island. They do say that Elton John has a house in this part of Venice... Read review

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Advantages: central, private
Disadvantages: no

...A well situated hotel in lido Venice, 5 minutes from the Boat station and 15 minutes to St.Mark´s Venice. Very close to the Beach and the Palazzo del Cinema, where the Film festival take place. The staff is very welcoming and pleasant, breakfast quite good, specially in summer in the private Garden. In summer days was quite amazing just take a bike given from the hotel and ride all the island long take a long drink on the way and coming back long the Venice lagoon in the light of the sunset, just heaven! In the evening there are many restaurants close to the hotel, all reacheble by feet, where we found good fish food in venetial style. Rate quite average, I´ve booked through [http://www.lidodivenezia.it Lido Venice Hotel]... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: location location
Disadvantages: the staff

...the hotel is famous for the artists and authors who have stayed there. The hotel is located just five minutes walk from St. Mark's Square. so a brilliant location only problem is finding it the first time as the directions to the hotel given by the hotel seem very complicated and not easy to follow. It is only 15 minutes from Rialto bridge and even closer to Acadamier so a perfect location. It is located in a quiet thoroughfare so no street noise . It is right by the famous opera house that was burnt down and has now been rebuilt in all its glory although to go for a tour is by special arrangement only. The hotel ambience was very much in keeping with Venice and has a quantness about it there is a little garden you can have your breakfast in and drinks in the evening although it is quite nice it is not beautiful.. The bedrooms were... Read review

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