Sorry for the double post - I forgot to tag Venice. . .

Ok - it is a good problem to have! I am agonizing over several hotels in Venice and am looking for some help. We are a family of 4 (2 are "adult" children). After hours of research on this board we have narrowed it down to these (I know they are not all in the same area or category, but they all have pluses - and minuses). They are listed in order of price high to low.

A Ponte Antico - quad room no view, most expensive (can't afford 2 rooms)
Palazzo Schiavoni - 2 br apt with view
Ca Angeli - 2 interconnecting rooms w/1 bath (close to same price as Orseolo)
Locanda Orseolo - quad room with view , same great owners, still not cheap
Hotel al Piave - family suite w/2 rooms
Hotel Fontana - 2 double rooms

Please help us choose. We want to have a great experience in Venice at a wonderful hotel, but don't want to break the bank. In other words, I would love to stay at a really fancy place, but am trying for the same experience on a lower scale. Don't want to stay really low end for our first visit.

Thanks!

I am also looking for a place and found one on Murano called Villa Lina? Has anyone ever stayed there - rate is good and boat to Venice comes right to the villa.

dd, probably better if you start your own thread as you have a totally different query

sorry, linda, no knowledge here of those particular hotels...good luck with your "good problem"

hi linda,

If you add url's to a link for each place we could see them, then comment.

If Locanda Orseolo is available, count your lucky blessings, and book it now! Read tripadvisor if you don't believe me. I believe it was their hotel of the year one year. No other hotel I've ever read about has such consistent 5 star reviews. We stayed there years ago and loved, loved, loved it. It is still the standard that I hold all hotels to, which they of course all fail.

Now I don't know about the new one by the same owners, but Orseolo is in a fabulous location and it just cute as a button. The rooms are wonderful. Book now!!!

Oh, and ddandbob, the absolute beauty of venice is just getting lost and meandering through the place. I wouldn't stay out on Murano. Pick something in Venice proper.

with 4 adults, I'd lean towards the options with separate bedrooms. 1 big room for 4 people is tough. We've done it in Europe (including Venice) with our kids who were tweens at the time. We managed, but now that they are both college age, we've moved on to apartment and condo rental type setups. An extra bathroom is a plus too.

Thank you all so much for your suggestions. I think we have decided to stay at Locanda Orseolo in TWO rooms. We are using their fantastic promo where you stay 4 nights and pay for 3! I think from all the rave reviews about the place it is a smokin' deal (especially considering the state of the US ecomony. . .)

Now I can move on to stressing about other portions of our trip! Not really - I sincerely love doing all the research. Venice was the last place that I needed to find accommodations. Now on to "planes, trains, and automobiles."

Thank you!

Sounds great!

Won't regret it. It sounds perfect.