Hotel Venice
 

My fiance and I will be in Venice on April 9th tru the 12th of 2005. We are looking for a modest cute hotel with the essential "room with canal view". Our budget is anything Under 275 Euro.

We've stayed at the Hotel American in Dorosoduro twice. The rooms are small but well appointed and some have small balconies with a lovely view of Rio San Vio. The bathrooms were modern with all amenities. We love the area, residential but a short walk to the Accademia vaporetto stop. You should be able to get a canal view room in your price range. There are several posts on fodors rants and raves. www.hotelamerican.com
Dianne

We stayed at La Calcina and if you put the name in the search box, you will find a lot of info on this hotel. Our corner canal view room was 182 euros in July (breakfast included). We passed by the Hotel American and it looked cute, too.

Hotel Colombina
hotelcolombina.com

On a canal near the Bridge of Sighs. Some rooms have views of it. Gets good reviews here and on trip advisor, but some rooms are small. Ask about square meters, anything under 20 is very small, and between 20-25 is small but a bit more liveable.

Ca' Dei Conti
Fondamenta del Remedio Castello, 4429
Castello 4429
30122 Venice
http://www.cadeiconti.com/
http://www.smallandeleganthotels.com/nyc/index.htm

Very charming, good size rooms. On a little canal. Some rooms have canal view, but not as wide open view as the Colombina would be.

Monaco and Grand Hotel
San Marco 1325 Venice
Venice, Italy 30124
Tel 39 041 5200 211
Fax 39 041 520 0501
www.summithotels.com

May be a bit above your price range, but take a look. Fully renovated in Spring 2004.
It's right on the Grand Canal and just a few minutes walk to San Marco, and quite near to Harry's Bar.

Locanda Orseolo
Corte Zorzi, San Marco 1083 - 30124 Venice, Italy
Ph. +39 041.5204827 - Fax: +39 041.5235586
http://www.locandaorseolo.com/uk/location.htm

3 Star B&B. which gets an amazing amount of compliments on trip advisor. Not sure they have canal views, check the website. I have not stayed here but would like to try it some time.

bari -- besides the canal-view rooms at La Calcina, they do have ONE canal-view room with a terrace.