Hotel Help for Venice & Rome
Jul 14th, 2006, 02:20 PM
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What's afordable?
$5000/night is affordable to some while there are others who cannot aford $10/night.
Here are a few hotels to consider in all price ranges.
ROME HOTELS:
budget: http://www.hotelnavona.com
moderate: http://www.albergosantachiara.com/
expensive: http://www.hotelpontesisto.it/web/
splurge: http://www.raphaelhotel.com/
VENICE HOTELS:
budget: http://www.venicelaresidenza.com/
moderate: http://www.sancassiano.it/ or http://www.casaverardo.it/site/index1.php
expensive: http://www.baglionihotels.com/
splurge: http://tinyurl.com/phh8m (Gritti Palace)
$5000/night is affordable to some while there are others who cannot aford $10/night.
Here are a few hotels to consider in all price ranges.
ROME HOTELS:
budget: http://www.hotelnavona.com
moderate: http://www.albergosantachiara.com/
expensive: http://www.hotelpontesisto.it/web/
splurge: http://www.raphaelhotel.com/
VENICE HOTELS:
budget: http://www.venicelaresidenza.com/
moderate: http://www.sancassiano.it/ or http://www.casaverardo.it/site/index1.php
expensive: http://www.baglionihotels.com/
splurge: http://tinyurl.com/phh8m (Gritti Palace)
Jul 14th, 2006, 02:50 PM
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I have two recommendations. By the way rooms are not cheap in Venice since it is a small island that accommodates millions of tourist every year.
The Locanda Orseolo is where we stayed it is listed as the top B&B in Europe in trip advisor. It is a wonderful, just wonderful place with a very helpful & friendly staff and a breakfast that they cook on order. It is just off St Marks Square on a private square next to a minor canal. Highly recommended. About $250 depending on the exchange rate.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev...ce_Veneto.html
The second hotel is La Calcina on the Dorsoduro (the closest island to St Mark Square, it is residential). The tourist don’t usually make it to this island so it is a bit more laid back. While we in Venice we investigated this hotel for future reference. The rooms were small BUT very well appointed. If we ever return to Venice this is where we will stay to avoid the crowds. It is residential with a lot of cafés & restaurants that are populated by locals.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev...ce_Veneto.html
Less than $200 depending on the exchange rate.
You can’t go wrong with either. If you want to avoid the crowds go with the La Calcina, and if you want to do the touristy thinks go with the Locanda Orseolo since it is in the middle of the tourist section.
The Locanda Orseolo is where we stayed it is listed as the top B&B in Europe in trip advisor. It is a wonderful, just wonderful place with a very helpful & friendly staff and a breakfast that they cook on order. It is just off St Marks Square on a private square next to a minor canal. Highly recommended. About $250 depending on the exchange rate.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev...ce_Veneto.html
The second hotel is La Calcina on the Dorsoduro (the closest island to St Mark Square, it is residential). The tourist don’t usually make it to this island so it is a bit more laid back. While we in Venice we investigated this hotel for future reference. The rooms were small BUT very well appointed. If we ever return to Venice this is where we will stay to avoid the crowds. It is residential with a lot of cafés & restaurants that are populated by locals.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev...ce_Veneto.html
Less than $200 depending on the exchange rate.
You can’t go wrong with either. If you want to avoid the crowds go with the La Calcina, and if you want to do the touristy thinks go with the Locanda Orseolo since it is in the middle of the tourist section.
Jul 14th, 2006, 03:37 PM
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I second Locanda Orseolo. We stayed there last year and it was one of the highlights of the trip. It might be a bit expensive for what you want to spend but when we went we spent the money there and then stayed in a less expensive B&B in Rome.
Jul 14th, 2006, 05:05 PM
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If Raz doesn't mind, I have a question...What about for a family of 4 (2 adults, 2 teenagers)? Do any of these offer 4-person rooms? If not, do any of you recommend other hotels in these 2 cities that do? How do these prices generally run? Thanks.
Jul 15th, 2006, 08:04 AM
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http://sleepinitaly.com
http://www.venere.com
And here are several threads discussing Rome Hotels which may fall within your budget --- of course, as already mentioned, it's better to specify a price range, rather than use general terms such as affordable or budget or inexpensive.
Help! Albergo Santa Chiara or Hotel Portoghesi?
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34822872
Rome Hotel
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34810328
Help with Rome Hotels !
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34780233
Rome: Modest Hotels, Convents or B&Bs
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34712671
Jul 15th, 2006, 11:05 AM
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www.locandafiorita.com
from 140e double 95e single 10 min walk from St. Marks check it out
from 140e double 95e single 10 min walk from St. Marks check it out
Jul 15th, 2006, 11:29 AM
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Just returned from Venice with our two kids (9 and 10) and stayed in a quad (double bed, single bed and a rollaway) for $160 euros/night at Ziguri. Highly recommend, although the breakfast wasn't much (the usual bread and coffee/tea/chocolate). Great location a short walk from St. Marco Sq.
http://zaguri.hotelinvenice.com/
http://zaguri.hotelinvenice.com/
Jul 15th, 2006, 01:04 PM
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Check out the Hotel Paganelli. It's steps from the San Zaccharia vaporetto stop. It's small, family owned and the location is terrific.
www.hotelpaganelli.com
www.hotelpaganelli.com
Jul 18th, 2006, 01:42 PM
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Razmitazzy-now that you've provided a price range, what time of the year are you going? It makes all the difference in what types of accomodation you can get, particularly in Venice, (but also in Rome) as low season rates can vary sometimes 50-80US less for a double than in high season, which is, generally speaking, Sept.-Oct., NYEve, Carnevale, (Feb.) and then again April-June.
July-Aug., Nov.-Jan. Feb.-March will get you low season rates at most hotels/B & B's in Venice/Rome.
As to the Venice hotels mentioned, i.e., Locanda Orseolo, La Calcina and Hotel Paginelli, is that they are all very popular, for good reason, so everyone wants to stay there, and it makes it very difficult to get reservations except way in advance-I think with Locanda Orseolo it could be up to even a year in advance at this point. (L.O. is currently #1 on the Venice hotels hit parade on tripadvisor.com).
If I were you, I'd use the search engine www.venere.com for starters-putting in your dates and seeing what you can come up with that is within your price range-the good thing about venere.com is that it shows the specific location of hotels in the city-what zone they are in, so if you want to find a hotel in Rome in the Piazza Navona/Pantheon area, for example, you can plug that in, and it will come up with the availability of hotels there during your time period. Same for Venice.
If there are a few hotels that seem to meet your criteria, you could re-post and ask for opinions on the board.
July-Aug., Nov.-Jan. Feb.-March will get you low season rates at most hotels/B & B's in Venice/Rome.
As to the Venice hotels mentioned, i.e., Locanda Orseolo, La Calcina and Hotel Paginelli, is that they are all very popular, for good reason, so everyone wants to stay there, and it makes it very difficult to get reservations except way in advance-I think with Locanda Orseolo it could be up to even a year in advance at this point. (L.O. is currently #1 on the Venice hotels hit parade on tripadvisor.com).
If I were you, I'd use the search engine www.venere.com for starters-putting in your dates and seeing what you can come up with that is within your price range-the good thing about venere.com is that it shows the specific location of hotels in the city-what zone they are in, so if you want to find a hotel in Rome in the Piazza Navona/Pantheon area, for example, you can plug that in, and it will come up with the availability of hotels there during your time period. Same for Venice.
If there are a few hotels that seem to meet your criteria, you could re-post and ask for opinions on the board.
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