Dorsoduro hotels

Hotel Pausania was clean, convenient and had character - a nice way to spend our last night in Venice.

The Hotel Tiziano is adorable. It has 14 rooms and there is also an apartment down the street, perfect for families, that can also access the breakfast. The hotel is charming and close to everything, but just enough off the beaten path that you avoid the cruise ship crowds (and there are lots of them). It took a little bit of getting lost to find it, but it's worth it. Either by walking or using the close vaporetto stops, you can get anywhere you need to go in the city. The breakfast (included) is nice, including the coffee lattes. The rooms are charming, comfortable, and the walls are done in Venetian plaster, an effect that looks and feels like marble. It was very hot when we were there and they got us a fan to supplement the air conditioning. Note -- Venetian air conditioning is not like in the States. It isn't cold. It works but the fan helped us out a lot. My husband and I were there for a conference that we extended into a vacation.

Welcome was amazing. Staff have friendly recommendations for dinner. Room was very comfortable and would have loved to stay and extra day

The hotel is very conveniently located, nicely furnished and the staff is kind and accommodating. No complaints!

The hotel is in a lovely place in a lovely area - basic, but that's what we were expecting. It was convenient, with friendly staff and a reasonable breakfast.

I thoroughly enjoyed my stay at Hotel Messner. The hotel staff was extremely helpful and pleasant. We arrived early before our room was ready and were offered free breakfast while we waited. And, the breakfast was extensive and delicious. The desk attendant also put together a very nice tray of tea for us when we came in at night. The location of the hotel was convenient to a vaporetto line, which made getting around very easy. I would stay here again in a heartbeat.

I chose this place because of the name and its location. The staff were so friendly; breakfast was excellent. I was in the annexe section - a strange set-up away from the main hotel. It is a quiet part of Venice and right next to the Peggy Guggenheim. I loved it.

This is our third visit to this hotel and we love it. The setting is lovely, by the side of a small canal and there is a peaceful garden with shady trees and a fountain out the back. It is very close to the centre of things -walking distance across the Academia bridge- and yet you can find peaceful spots on the island. Despite the fact that there are a number of special places to visit on Dorsodoro (the Academia and the Peggy Guggenheim galleries; the Santa Maria Gloriosa church and the Scuola with its series of Veronese paintings), it has a real local flavour. We also found some very reasonably priced -and very good- places to eat. We sat in a small square and were entertained by a wonderful tenor, performing requests of famous arias. Venice is a beautiful place and the waterbus makes transport easy.There's no doubt that some areas get very busy indeed but we felt we were in the best possible place.

This is a small but very modern hotel whose accommodations and location (very near both the Academia and Zattare vaporetto stops) are excellent. Very good breakfasts, great staff, and away from the maddening crowds of "boat people" near Plaza San Marco, yet just a stop or two away by vaporetto or a modest walk over the Academia Bridge.

A quiet and restful five day stay for painting in May. Wonderful scenery eveywhere, and huge assortment of places to eat within a few minutes walk from Cici. Excellent and plentiful breakfast in the hotel each morning. Five minute walk to the Academia gallery with a magnificent collection of art.