Castello hotels

I have travelled all over the world but our 4 night stay this July at The Metropole in the unique city of Venice takes the award! To appreciate The Metropole you have to understand that Venice is unique in it's waterways (no traffic!), beauty of landscape and buildings and that nothing has really changed since the 17th century.. The Metropole reflects this in the lushness of the interior..the Oriental bar and main lounge was a wonder to the senses in it's antiques, quirky ornaments, different shades of red..our room had the most ornamental l Italian furniture and both my husband and I gasped when we entered the room...on each floor of the hotel there are historical objects that are very interesting and the display of antique purses and card holders downstairs caused a few oohs and aahs! This is the hotel where Vivaldi taught his music lessons and Freud and Proust stayed! The Met restaurant for it's michelin starred menu (5 course taster meal with wines for my birthday)..the best meal we have ever had..Stefano Dorz the Maitre is a man with an ethos that the guests need to leave the restaurant happy..He certainly achieved that.. The location is right on the water by all the bridges and water taxi landings and St Mark's is 5 minutes away.

Fantastic hotel. Helpful staff proud of their hotel got upgrade-- that helped but excellent hotel in good location.

A lovely hotel, a short stroll from the madness of St Marks Square, but with terrific views. The hotel is charming with tasteful (yacht style) décor, and right on the harbour side affording it clear views across the lagoon into Venice and the Grand Canal. The rooms are very clean the bathrooms are well lit. The staff are very courteous, attentive and happy to help. We celebrated our wedding anniversary there and we had a wonderful time in Venice, in no small part to the relaxing environment at the hotel.

Excellent hotel! A short pleasant safe walk to centre of venice! Very convenient to waterbus if don't want to walk! Breakfast brilliant and hotel staff very helpful! Maps provided and restaurant suggestions no problems! Area itself where hotel is is residential but very safe! Would highly recommend.

We were in Venice from the 10th to 12th March 2014. I found this hotel online and the rooms looked really nice from the photos. I've not been to Venice before and I was pleasantly surprised how lovely they were. The staff were very helpful and the main hotel where you had your breakfast was clean and inviting. These rooms are separate to the main hotel and are literally 30 seconds away. There is a small supermarket opposite, so keep your windows shut at night unless you want to get woken up early with the deliveries, although this isn't really a problem. I would definitely come back to this hotel and recommend it for a short city break. The breakfast had the normal cold ham, cheese, fresh fruit, coffees and juice, lots of croissants and various cakes, as well as hot scrambled eggs, sausages and bubble and squeak fritters which was a great way to set you up for the day.

The Londra Palace Hotel is perfectly situated only a short walk past the Danieli and the Bridge of Sighs to St Marks Square. Breakfast on the street level terrace is a people watching treat. The front facing rooms give a wonderful view of traffic on the Grand Canal.

When looking at hotel options in Venice, we didn't think we would get anything too great unless we paid a hefty price tag. Lucky for us Hotel Da Bruno exceeded all our expectations, were very reasonably priced and I would recommend them without hesitation. The room itself was spacious, very clean and quiet. Breakfast was good, and the staff really nice and helpful. Location wise, the hotel was easy to find - and a short walk (5 mins) in one direction to the Rialto Bridge area or a short walk (5-10 mins) in the other direction to San Marco square. This actually worked out really well as we felt we got to immerse ourselves in Venice, it's smaller canals and alleyways, passing by so many shops and restaurants as we walked to those main tourist centres.

We loved the location, had a big apt/room that held all four of us comfortably. The furnishings are sparse but beautiful and very clean. The hotel was only 10 min from St. Mark's on a nice quiet "side canal" and the staff was super friendly and helpful. Loved this hotel and would go back!

Comfortable and enjoyed stay. Everything was at a walking distance. Good to take small breaks.

From the moment we arrived staff were courtesy and extremely helpful - being able to leave our luggage until an upgrade room was available (not requested by us) to giving us a map and resume of where to go. Breakfast was simple but more than adequate and the girls couldn't do enough for you to make sure that your appetite was satisfied. Check in and out were simple. At the time of our leaving we had booked a private water taxi to the airport and one of the reception staff took us to the water taxi pickup point literally at the back of the Hotel. We had a wonderful time at the Hotel.