We are travelling to Venice in September and can stay in either of these two hotels. Both have had good reviews on this board, but the Barbarigo is about 30 Euros a night cheaper than Campiello. The room offered at the Barbarigo is "Columbina" which is an internal room (no view).<BR><BR>Which should we choose? Any views appreciated.

We stayed at Locanda Barbarigo recently and it was great. Now, we had a really big room (we were a family of two adults and two teens), the Rosaura, which had a canal view and it was beautiful. The location is great --a short walk to St. Mark's Square and lots of places to eat and shop nearby. I didn't see inside the other rooms, so can't tell you about the Columbina, but we loved this hotel. The owner, Cristina, is very nice, too.<BR>One caveat: We had to pay in cash, not credit cards. When we checked out, I had to run to the nearest ATM to get enough money to pay.<BR>Pam<BR>

Thanks Pam - we have a one year old son so a big room would be handy.

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We also stayed in the Rosaurio room. it has a bath with a shower and it is very nice. We could not see the canal from our window but we heard o solo mio a few times. It did not keep us up at night.<BR><BR>We also stayed in the Guilito (I think )room. It is actually 2 rooms. 1 room with a small bed and another room with a king. It was internal and had no view. It was also up more stairs.<BR><BR>I must warn you, there are a lot of stairs and no one was able to handle our luggage. We were fine. Travel light. Other than that the room was great!<BR><BR>Debby<BR><BR>