Hotel Hesperia

a great hotel and friendly staff at a very convenient location

As a bonus , Carolina offered us a room with more privacy up on the rooftop for the same cost as a standard room - this I think was in part because we were staying for 5 nights and in part because in the course of chatting I revealed that a friend highly recommended the hotel from visits 20 years and 15 years prior- he recommended the friendly professionalism of 2 sisters who ran it back then , and the quiet neighbourhood. As walkers, and being reasonably fit, we did not mind the 15 min walk to the Rialto area- in fact we welcomed it. Like many if not most hotels in Venice there is no elevator, so of course I recommend considering this when choosing luggage . Sisters Martina and Carolina are still running the hotel. Breakfast is included, water is hot, service is daily to the room, beds are firm, there is very good air conditioning and a Vaporetto stop across the canal with a short walk to cross over and back to the hotel. I would return here again without hesitation. If you like being right in the hustle and bustle, with less time in the city , less keen on walking and a tight agenda , you might choose somewhere closer in to Rialto or St Marks. I certainly felt like I was returning home each evening, to a quiet oasis in the midst of a heavily touristed city.

The property was very clean, the people that work there are very friendly.Venice is small so everything is in walking distance anyway but its good that this hotel/property is in an area without lots of noice and that is clean. There are a lot of restaurants and stores nearby. We rented a property, not a room so I can talk only for that part. The property was very well maintained, nice decorated and the bed was very comfortable On the checkout date they offered even to store our luggage extra hours so we could enjoy more of the city until the evening that we had to flight

There was some smell at the time that we arrived, probably from the leaning liquid there is no microwave