Just wondering if anyone has recommendations for places to stay in Venice. I’ll be on a food tour, October 10-17 and will be at the former monastery for that! I’m looking for a place for 3 days before and possibly 2 days after.
I previously stayed a couple of times in the San Polo neighborhood at Locanda Arco Antico, but it does not see to have rooms available on the dates I’d like.
Thanks!
We stayed across the canal at the hotel Stucky Molino and really enjoyed it. They have their own water taxi to get back and forth.
In 2015, we liked this place recommended by Rick Steves. Great location near St Mark’s square
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Found the link - https://www.hcampiello.it/
Thanks — I hope there are more recommendations. I need to share with a friend and then we need to decide whether we will share a room!
At the Campiello, we got upgraded from small apartment to larger one. One nice bedroom, kids had to sleep on pullout couch. But oh my, TWO splendid full bathrooms.
Hotel Canal Grande. Loved it. Have recommended it to others and they loved it too
Stay in the Dordoduro. Pensione Academia is wonderful and Ca del Brochi is special IF you can get the apartment. Don’t miss chicetti at Schiavi!
Thanks for the ideas. It’s just surprising that we can’t get the dates we need in October! We’ll find a way.
We are looking for Wednesday - Saturday (Oct 7-10) and Oct 17-19.
We stayed at the Hotel Flora! Just lovely, 5 minute walk to St. Marks Square.
It looks great, but I can’t get a room!
For each of the hotels I’ve looked at, I can’t get three nights in a row. I wonder what’s happening?
The Biennale Musica starts that first weekend and concurrently it is Venice Design week.
No hotel suggestions, but for a gondola, go to a quieter back street and stay well away from the San Marco area.
No personal experience but an influencer I followed just returned from Venice and stayed somewhere where you can take one of the boats to the airport! 
Yes, we took a boat to the airport when we stayed in Venice right from our hotel’s dock. It was very cool. The hotel was called Hotel Canal Grande. We came in by train from Florence, and the hotel was a short walk from the train station, right on the water. We had a multi-story suite that slept our family of 5, but I think they have a variety of rooms. It is on the opposite side of Venice from St Mark’s Square, which we kind of liked (it was quieter and less touristy). We took water taxis or walked without a problem. We had dinner one night at Ristorante Antica Besseta, and highly recommend stopping by the Rialto Fish Market.
We stayed here too. Also took a boat from the airport
Oh my, this was the info I needed!! I won’t delay booking something cancellable so my friend and I have a place to stay.
Looks lovely but it is sold out two of the three nights we need.
We stayed at the Hotel American-Dinesen in the Dorsoduro area. We enjoyed the location. We were also there in October and it was packed. We had been before so didn’t stress that we couldn’t get tickets to many places.
We did a bike trip in the Dolomites with a pre-trip to Venice. We stayed in Duodo Palace. It was fine, and the location was great. ETA we also took a boat to get there from the airport. I know you didn’t ask about things to do in Venice, but two fun and really inexpensive/free things we did are just get on a ferry that goes around the island/up the Grand Canal, and walk all of the bridges over the Grand Canal.
We had a heck of a time finding a place in Venice on the main island. We ended up here – and it wasn’t bad: Hotel Agli Artisti. It’s 50 feet from a delightful restaurant, Trattoria Il Vagone.
