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Recommended Romantic Hotels in Venice?

post #1 of 18
6/17/10 at 8:23pm
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Hello all,

As part of our honeymoon, my soon-to-be wife and I will spend four nights in Venice. I've done a fair amount of research on the hotels, but I thought I'd see if SFers had particular recommendations. We are looking for a romantic 4/5 star, most likely in San Marco but are open to other locations.

I've identified the following hotels as potentials (but feel free to suggest others!)

Hotel a La Commedia

Hotel Bucintoro

Hotel Saturnia & International

Hotel Concordia

San Clemente
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post #2 of 18
6/18/10 at 6:25pm
have you considered a house stay? the last two times we were in venice, my wife and i rented an apartment for less than a 3-star. first time it was just a room in a palazzo somewhere in cannareggio ... the second time a friend was with us and we rented an entire apartment that fronted on teh back of the cathedral (san marco). very cool place and came with a kitchen so we cooked one night. personally, i think i preferred staying in the cannareggio place because it was off the beaten path, in an area mostly venetian. the san marco place was right in the middle of the hub bub.
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post #3 of 18
6/18/10 at 6:31pm
We stayed at Palazzo Abadessa and loved it
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post #4 of 18
6/18/10 at 7:07pm
if you're going to be travelling in italy, there's a very good book called italy for the gourmet traveller by fred plotkin. his recommendations are usually spot-on, though i'm afraid the book isn't updated as rigorously as it should be ... but still a great place to start.
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post #5 of 18
6/18/10 at 11:21pm
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We stayed at Palazzo Abadessa and loved it

Great recommendation! Do you remember what type of room you stayed in? If so, how was the space and decor, etc.?

Thanks.
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post #6 of 18
6/19/10 at 12:09am
My dad usually stays at Gritti Palace in Venice and requests a room overlooking the Grand Canal. I tend to trust his hotel picks.
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post #7 of 18
6/19/10 at 10:11am
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Great recommendation! Do you remember what type of room you stayed in? If so, how was the space and decor, etc.?
I think we reserved a superior room but asked for one with views on the canal (the garden is lovely but I like the idea of waking up and walking out on the balcony over the canal). When we arrived, the room they actually gave us was ridiculously large - a suite with a mezzanine, very high ceilings, huge window doors on the canal, a round dining table and chairs, a sofa...

Decor was very charming but not extremely studied or designed - I think most of the stuff there is fairly old, but the bathroom was modern and worked well.

We really like this place - out of the way of the tourist flow so very quiet and walking around behind the palazzo amid the smaller canals and onto the jewish ghetto, you see where and how the local venetians live.
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post #8 of 18
6/19/10 at 11:27am
I've stayed at San Clemente and wouldn't recommend it. It's on a private island which sounds charming but is a real pain in the ass because everytime you want to go to Venice you need to get a shuttle from the hotel to Venice.

The food is just average at best and it's quite boring since you're at a (very small) island without anything to do.
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post #9 of 18
6/19/10 at 3:31pm
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I've stayed at San Clemente and wouldn't recommend it. It's on a private island which sounds charming but is a real pain in the ass because everytime you want to go to Venice you need to get a shuttle from the hotel to Venice.

The food is just average at best and it's quite boring since you're at a (very small) island without anything to do.

Thanks for the info. After reading about it for a while, we came to the same conclusion. It looks beautiful, but there are many beautiful places actually in Venice.
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post #10 of 18
6/19/10 at 3:33pm
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Currently, our top thee are:

(1) Ca' Vendramin. http://www.hotelcavendramin.it/en/rooms.htm

(2) Palozza Abedessa http://www.abadessa.com/en/rooms.htm

(3) Hotel Becher http://www.hotelbecher.com/rooms.htm

One nice thing about staying at one of these three hotels is that we can get either their best suit or at least one of their best suites for the same price as a lower end room at many other hotels. And, I think these suites look and sound far better than the mid and lower range rooms at some of the 5 star hotels.
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post #11 of 18
6/19/10 at 4:21pm
On my quick stopover in Venice I stayed in a little private hostel/apartment, overlooked a little canal and bridge in the San Polo district. Something about the windows open to the air; the frilly, if ineffective, curtains wafting in the breeze; and the venetian "street" noise coming from below really made the simple, rustic vibe. All pretty cheap at something like ~$120 a night.

Highly recommend Il Ridotto for dinner. It's basically the chef's private playground you get to join for a few hours. Risotto may be milanese, but I'm still trying to find something to match that sin on a plate.
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post #12 of 18
6/20/10 at 2:43pm
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Highly recommend Il Ridotto for dinner. It's basically the chef's private playground you get to join for a few hours. Risotto may be milanese, but I'm still trying to find something to match that sin on a plate.

That sounds fun. I'll look into it.
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post #13 of 18
6/20/10 at 2:44pm
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We ended up choosing the Vendramin. Thanks for the help everyone.
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post #14 of 18
6/20/10 at 4:10pm
To get in the mood for Venice you could always watch 'Pane e Tulipani' (Bread and Tulips).
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post #15 of 18
6/28/10 at 1:20pm
bump because i remembered a couple of favorite things in venice: MUST EAT: do mori -- venice isn't a great restaurant town (compared to great restaurant towns), but the real treat there are snacks, cichetti. do mori is the king of them. it's basically a wine bar with really terrific small bites. probably the best full meal i've had in venice was at a place just off teh rialto called fiaschetteria toscana. but caution: i had one truly memorable meal there, one average meal, and then once when i was with someone I really wanted to impress, a really pedestrian meal. it all depends on the waiter and if you can get someone who will understand that y ou don't want white truffles and tourist food, you will eat amazingly well.
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