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I would avoid the San Clemente Kampinski. It is located on a small island in the lagoon, and so means that you are a bit constrained, in that you can’t just step out the door. You have to take water transport wherever you go. |
So, it sounds like a hotel with an elevator and booking a water taxi is in order. We don't know when you're traveling or what your budget is but booking.com might be a good place for you to start. If you have any hotel points to use, that might be a consideration, too.
Perhaps you can pace yourselves when walking and avoid walking across Academia bridge... I don't know if Rialto would be too taxing... but you will figure it out and have a glorious time, I'm sure! |
I love Hotel al Ponte Mocenigo and it is very popular with others on Fodors:
https://www.alpontemocenigo.com It is a one-minute walk from the San Stae vaporetto--no bridges. It is in a quiet area but close to many things. No elevator, but there are rooms on the ground floor or just one flight up. I love that it is a smaller hotel, charming but not fancy. And it is at 120 cm above sea level so avoids the majority of acqua alta. |
A tip for choosing the location of a hotel in Venice - use Google Earth to follow the route (and check out those little bridges. They are the challenge.) and also check YouTube videos. We arrived by train (highly recommend) and couldn't decide whether to cross the bridge in front of the station (Ponti degli Scalzi) which was a shorter walk to the hotel or take the vaporetto one stop and walk a little more. After watching several YouTube videos of people struggling with their luggage up the (many) steps, we opted for the vaporetto. We also bought a transportation card for the 3 days we were there and hopped on and off the vaporettos.
In Venice it's worth doing the due diligence. By the way we travelled with one 24 inch and one 20 inch. Make sure the wheels are in good shape! I don't know what the situation is in Venice now because of the flooding but we loved every minute there! |
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After watching several YouTube videos of people struggling with their luggage up the (many) steps, we opted for the vaporetto. We also bought a transportation card for the 3 days we were there and hopped on and off the vaporettos.
In Venice it's worth doing the due diligence. By the way we travelled with one 24 inch and one 20 inch. Make sure the wheels are in good shape! ! The vaporetto stops were just outside the hotel door (going in one direction) and a short walk for the other direction. VERY easy. Flat surfaces. Easy to get on and off. Perfect for transportation from the train station, to San Marco, etc. My friend found a fabulous water taxi tour with appetizers and prosecco and we took that tour on our first night. It was the perfect way to see the city from the water. Too true about the rolling suitcases. For some stupid reason, I struggled with a suitcase whose wheels were being stubborn. I should have bought a new suitcase before the trip instead of watiing until after. Easy rolling suitcases make a HUGE difference. |
To recap, the OP posted a question that asked for some general information.
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I think it is time for this horse to be taken to the knackers. |
It is an important point but if the OP doesn't mention access for mobility issues I don't know how anyone can be expected to address it. It also would be helpful to reference it in the title so anyone doing a search could be alerted there was helpful information.
Many of us don't keep track of all the threads a poster has participated in. For example, some people here seem to know where the OP has lodging but others of us have no indication of it. We are not clairvoyant. If we don't have all the pertinent information, our answers won't be as helpful as they might otherwise be. I hope the OP is able to access the services they need and have a great trip. |
@ Trophywife: The point is that people might not wish to acknowledge limitations, and there's no reason why they should! *** WE . DO . NOT . NEED . TO . KNOW *** !!! We can be sensitive to the needs of those with limitations by simply presenting honest, reasonable answers to generic questions. Instead of saying, "no problem," say what might or might not be a problem. greg and others did it. Easy peasy.
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There is a well known saying in Australian politics, “the dogs keep barking, but the caravan moves on”. Or this from Paolo Sarpi, Venetian philosopher, “I never, ever, tell a lie. But the truth, not to everyone”. |
Some other worthy lines:
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And some people have WAY too much time on their hands...
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I wold suggest picking a hotel near a dock with a water taxi as transportation. That is what we did and it worked out great.
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Arriving in Venice, per a 2010 trip report. We Emirated our way across the globe, fetching up at about 45deg 15m N, 12deg 19m E, in Venice, arriving in real style per taxi, threading our way through the Rio di Santa Giustina (sound horn at the intersection with the Rio di San Francesco), the Rio di San Lorenzo which gives a good view of crumbling foundations, and the Rio dei Greci. And then that complete knock out sight, as we entered the Grand Canal, Ducal Palace and the Campanile to starboard, and the Chiesa di Santa Maria della Salute to port. There’s a line in “Wind in the Willows” – “There’s nothing so worthwhile as simply messing about in boats”, and Venice has taken this to heart. The Grand Canal is full of people simply messing about in boats. Gondolas, police boats, workboats, ambulances, waterbuses, water taxis, the lot. Upstream under the temporary bridge with traffic lights erected across the Grand Canal to the Salute for the 21st November festival, and disembark at the Ca’ Rezzonico. I can’t really claim to have returned like Marco Polo, if for no other reason that we lacked his cargo of silks and spices, but it did feel pretty special. Stroll down Calle Lunga with no bridges to cross, nice as we are travelling pretty heavy, and we’ve arrived. Same place as last time, up a tight spiral staircase, and we’re here. We (that’s Lou and I) came here for eight weeks in late December 2008 , so we sort of know Venice, or we like to think that we know Venice about as well as non-Venetians can. We’ve brought Lou’s mother with us, a sprightly lass, of eighty or so, and it’s her first real visit to Venice. |
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