going to Venice with a friend in April and having a hard time finding a room with TWO beds ( 3 star hotel).
Almost all hotels I have looked at on Venere have only one double bed.
Is Venice for lovers only?

A lot of European hotels seem to have double beds that are just two twins pushed together. I would consider emailing a few of the hotels and seeing if they will make up the room with the two twins instead of a a single double bed - it may be routine for them. Venere may simply not have a way to book the hotel that way. Try booking the hotels directly at their websites and see if there's any difference.

Let me toss out www.cross-pollinate.com as a place to look for apartments and B&Bs in Venice. I was happy with the apartment I got in Venice through them.

In many trips to Italy, i have found more often than not that a double is actualy two twins pushed togheter or made up as one bed as Andrew says. I know for a fact that i is true of my new favorite in Venice:

http://www.alpontemocenigo.com/en/index.htm

This is a 3- or 4-star hotel masquerading as a 2-star hotel. Read the excellent reviews at Tripadvisor.com

I know La Forcola hotel (the only one I've stayed at in Venice and a 3* hotel) has twin rooms.

One thing you have to consider is that the beds might be closer together than you want (although I don't know how La Forcola is in this regard).

Would you consider it worthwhile to get a cheaper hotel but have separate single rooms? If cost is a concern, with some B&Bs (or maybe even hotels), you might even be able to set it up so you share the bathroom between your two rooms only.

thanks so much
My friend and I had the same problem in Paris - the beds were pushed apart to make it twins but ,like most European hotels, the room was so small there were a few inches between the beds.
Many people travel with friends, relatives,or just cannot share a bed with their partner for some reason.

The idea of 2 rooms may work but we
like to stay in hotels and sharing cost for a nice room would be ideal.
thanks again.

Danon-try a lovely little hotel right behind the Guggenheim in Dorsoduro-I they have twins:

CA DEL BROCCHI-on Rio Tera San Vio-it gets great reviews on TA, and is fully renovated. You can see the twin room on their website, and they go for around 155Euro/nt. in April:

http://www.cadelbrocchi.it/main_en.html?source=

thanks G., the hotel looks lovely and the price is right!

The Antico Panada, near P. San Marco, has twin rooms. The rooms are small and the beds are close together, but they are separate beds.

www.hotelpanada.com

hi cheryllj
thanks a lot . looks great. the 2 beds close together is what one finds ( if one CAN find it at all) in most 3 star European hotels.