Castello hotels

Great breakfast, comfortable room, hard beds, great bathroom, updated room

We loved it! The hotel was perfect, on a small square with a beautiful church and a quaint little fountain. It was joint to another hotel which faced the see front. This is where we had breakfast during our stay in Venice. Several times we had breakfast out on the terrace whilst watching people go by. The food and service were excellent. The only thing missing in our hotel was tea making facilities, but otherwise excellent - room was cleaned every day and towels and bedding changed every day too. The room and the bed were huge, the bathroom was large and the over bath shower worked well. The hotel also has a roof top terrace (1st floor) where we soaked the sun several times in the afternoons. There was a complimentary trip to Murano, which was a great bonus! We would highly recommend a trip on the Grand Canal. That was fantastic and our guide gave us a lot of interesting information about the buildings. Another must: a trip to the top of the Campanile, for amazing views of the roof tops of Venice - on a clear day, you can see the Alps in the distance. The weather was superb - mid twenties every day, bright blue sky - made it feel like a summer holiday. We walked a lot and the camera was on most of the time. So glad we had this fantastic experience. Only snag: coming back to England! I wish we could have stayed there forever!

What a delightful hotel. The staff could not have been more friendly. Our room, in its glorious position just off the garden, was cleaned daily. Breakfast was very good. Nights were quiet and peaceful - only slightly disturbed by the courting pigeons! We will be back!

Room view looking down the Grand Canal and towards Piazza St Marco, everything happening in front you, on the water and along the paved promenade. It is right by the Arsenale boat stop with the airport Aligunna boat stopping there, one hour 10 minutes straight from airport to water stop, over a bridge and 50 yards to the hotel, could not be more straightforward for Venice and you get the water views all the way in. Lots of good restaurants and friendly Trattorias in the side streets off the front less than a 10 minute walk from Hotel. Room facilities good and the view just makes it all the better morning and evening with silhouette of the buildings and moon light on the water, superb. We were not allowed to use the air conditioning, Venice law until late April but it was very warm and we wanted to shut the window at night after bitten by mossies. Also be aware at night as the vaporetto boats are moored up together and 'clunk' in the night with the boat waves. Breakfast was fine, buffet style mostly same everyday but we looked forward more to sampling the bars and eating places during the day. Great hotel to base yourself , so convenient and just on edge of main sightseeing area, just the right spot as far as we were concerned. As we walked around we recognised all number of Hotels we looked at and they were not as good a location as the Bucintoro, notwithstanding the merits of the facilities and of course price.

Beautiful small, boutique hotel on the lagoon, only a five-minute walk from St. Mark's. The staff was so helpful with information, mapping out directions, and making reservations for us non-Italian speakers! The continental breakfast was excellent, and served in a lovely small dining room. Our room, although small like many in Europe, was very comfortable. Highly recommend Venice off-season (we went in early December). There are so many fewer tourists, and temperatures are still in the high 40's. Beautiful early winter light in an unforgettable city!

This is probably the best four star hotel we have stayed at in all our worldwide travels. Pleasant and attentive staff for which nothing was too much trouble. The facilities and room were pleasant and comfortable.

I really enjoyed my experience in aqua palace. The hotel is gorgeous and the rooms are very comfortable, very clean with a large gorgeous bathroom and good size rooms. The staff was nice and helpful except I emailed them before getting there to let them know I needed a bottle of prosecco because of our anniversary they told me they would have it ready upon our arrival and that never happened. Anyways other than that no complains. The hotel offers free reliable internet has at least international cnn to watch, offers a great breakfast buffet (included with the stay). The location is great as it is walking distance just 2 blocks from the rialto bridge and therefore the vaporetto station and is also super close to St marks square. Theres a beautiful smaller canal outside where the gondolas pass and is beautiful to watch. Highly recommended and I would stay again as well.

We had a lovely 4 nights stay at Ruzzini Palace, on arrival by private transfer we were told we had been upgraded to a deluxe room overlooking the square, from then on in we couldn't have been happier with the hotel, from the modern and clean facilities to the lovely staff. The breakfast buffet lacked a wide choice and that is my only criticism, but the food was nice. I would definitely recommend