La Calcina, Venice
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La Calcina, Venice
I sent an inquiry today for September of next year. I am very upset, the hotel is already sold out for the tome frame I needed. I heard so many great things about this hotel from many of you on this site. Can anyone reccommend another place for Venice? Thank you.
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Three of my email requests regarding places for next summer came back with "sorry, already booked". When I emailed them again making sure they realized I was talking about 2006, all three came back "oh, yes, that's fine."
Are you sure they are aware?
Are you sure they are aware?
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Some hotels do better over the telephone than with email reservations. That said, I do not believe they are entirely booked up a year ahead. And sure if it *is* true, we can come up with some other good suggestions for hotels, not to worry.
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ask at locanda Art Deco, a small charming hotel near campo Santo Stefano, I was this hotel on my internet search the last year.
the website is www.locandaartdeco.com.
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the website is www.locandaartdeco.com.
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We stayed at Locanda Art Deco in 2003 and were very disappointed. Part of the problem was that we were on our honeymoon and had stayed in a castle and in a fabulous room in Positano prior to our arrival in Venice...so it was a bit of a let down. But much of the disappointment was due to the hotel itself.
The room was *tiny* as was the bathroom (so tiny it was hard to turn around), and everything inside was very dated and seemed dirty. The hotel made a mistake about what room we were in upon checkout and overcharged us by nearly 200Euro. They could not reverse the charge and finally agreed to pay me back in cash for their mistake (after a pretty heated argument). The hotel locks up at night and the night guy sleeps during his shift without his pants on (we actually had to wait for him to put on his pants when we arrived one night). And finally...we requested a wake up call for our early a.m. departure and I had a bad feeling about it and set our own alarm. We never got a call and we were so thankful we had a backup plan otherwise we would have missed our flight!
We went back to Venice for our 2nd trip last year and stayed at Locanda Orseolo...talk about polar opposites! We loved it so much we're going back for another visit again this year.
The room was *tiny* as was the bathroom (so tiny it was hard to turn around), and everything inside was very dated and seemed dirty. The hotel made a mistake about what room we were in upon checkout and overcharged us by nearly 200Euro. They could not reverse the charge and finally agreed to pay me back in cash for their mistake (after a pretty heated argument). The hotel locks up at night and the night guy sleeps during his shift without his pants on (we actually had to wait for him to put on his pants when we arrived one night). And finally...we requested a wake up call for our early a.m. departure and I had a bad feeling about it and set our own alarm. We never got a call and we were so thankful we had a backup plan otherwise we would have missed our flight!
We went back to Venice for our 2nd trip last year and stayed at Locanda Orseolo...talk about polar opposites! We loved it so much we're going back for another visit again this year.
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One reason why this hotel is already sold out with a year in advance might be that at the beginning of September in Venice there is the International Film Festival (which is taking place right on these days). Of course the actors stay in the most beautiful hotels, but think of all the people from the press and photographers from around the world, and not only tourists.
Hotel I can suggest: La Forcola
Hotel I can suggest: La Forcola
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