Venice Hotels

We are cruising out of Venice in July. Going a couple days early to enjoy the city. What hotels are near the cruise ship you would recommend? There are 6 of us and 2 are 70. Like nice but close.

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Many, many discussions on Venice hotels.

I’m just going to say good luck.

As you know, Venice is an ancient city. Many streets are uneven cobblestone. The bridges have many steps. Venice is not friendly for people who have difficulties getting around. If you’re the slight bit on the clumsy side, you will meet the steps or cobblestones on a personal basis.

People with strollers or luggage have a difficult time. I couldn’t even imagine needing other devices to assist.

With 6 people pick a hotel with a water taxi dock. The cost between 6 is good value from airport and then to port.

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I’m just going to say good luck.

 

As you know, Venice is an ancient city. Many streets are uneven cobblestone. The bridges have many steps. Venice is not friendly for people who have difficulties getting around. If you’re the slight bit on the clumsy side, you will meet the steps or cobblestones on a personal basis.

People with strollers or luggage have a difficult time. I couldn’t even imagine needing other devices to assist.

My visit to Venice was a very surprising experience in relation to getting around. Shocked was my reaction when I saw that the bridges had steps. Just recovering from an injured knee in Egypt, my ability to cover as much territory as I had hoped was greatly diminished. At the Doge's Palace tour, the ship's escort was a RN who had been caring for me on the ship. She told me in no uncertain terms that I needed to sit in the courtyard and wait for the tour to return. No way would I have been able to manage that tour, she said.

We are cruising out of Venice in July. Going a couple days early to enjoy the city. What hotels are near the cruise ship you would recommend? There are 6 of us and 2 are 70. Like nice but close.

Use a good booking site like TripAdvisor, booking.com , or hotels.com. You can add filters for location, price, and amenities. Specifically, look for a hotel near Piazzale Roma, which is very close to the cruise terminal. Cross check the location on Google Maps. If the route crosses a canal, you know you're dealing with a bridge. In my experience, though, the steps on bridges are generally shallow and wide. Venetians manage with strollers and shopping carts every day. 50 pound 30 " suitcases WI'LL be a problem, though. Or, as someone else mentioned, look for one with its own private dock (pricey), or one very close to an Allilaguna or vaporetto dock.

The other thing is to check that your hotel has air conditioning and an elevator (not all do).

Somewhere on this site is a hotel breakdown by the number of footbridges needed to cross to get to Piazzale Roma, where you can access the People Mover.

https://europeforvisitors.com/venice/mobile/articles/venice-cruise-terminal-hotels.htm

We stayed at Hotel Canal & Walter. Not the most luxurious accommodations, but reasonably close, and most importantly for us, they let five of us in a room. I got the impression we could have added another. We originally booked for four, and they charged an additional 10 Euro per night for the other person.

Again, if high-end/5-star is important, might want to keep looking. But, my 70-something MIL was with us, and she was fine with the place and walk to PR.

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At the Doge's Palace tour, the ship's escort was a RN who had been caring for me on the ship. She told me in no uncertain terms that I needed to sit in the courtyard and wait for the tour to return. No way would I have been able to manage that tour, she said.

Your escort gave you bad advice and caused you to miss a beautiful palace. There is an elevator for guests with disabilities that would have allowed you to see most of the public rooms in the Doges Palace. You only would have had to miss the dungeons /prison. Research is everything.

Stay at a hotel that has its own water taxi dock, and don't worry where it is, unless you are trying to go very inexpensively. Just use the water taxis.

If I could put the pricey water taxi price into context, less than 20€ per person for the most amazing approach to Venice as you head across the lagoon and the city comes into view, right to your hotel doorstep.

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(that is with 6 people as the OP has)

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Your escort gave you bad advice and caused you to miss a beautiful palace. There is an elevator for guests with disabilities that would have allowed you to see most of the public rooms in the Doges Palace. You only would have had to miss the dungeons /prison. Research is everything.

I appreciate your comment. I don't agree with the advice I received. I was on very strong pain medicine at the time and had a very difficult time keeping up with the group, with the RN accompanying me at the very--and I mean very--back of the group.

I stayed at the Hotel Olympia, which is very close to the Piazzale Roma (where the buses from the airport drop off passengers and also where the People Mover from the Piazzale to the port departs from). It's situated on a small canal.To get to this hotel the only required crossing one bridge, which was very helpful, considering that we were all pulling 2 suitcases apiece. Unless one has mobility issues of some sort, the bridges are not as bad as some make them sound. The steps at each end of each bridge are shallow, so less difficult to maneuver than one might imagine.

The hotel is part of the Best Western chain, and was very pleasant. The décor was rather old fashioned European style, but the rooms were very clean, the bathrooms very modern, the beds comfortable, and the linens and towels of nice quality. The hotel staff was very helpful, and their included breakfast buffet was quite good. Another important feature is that this hotel has an elevator ….. some of the smaller and older ones do not.

I can only say that is I were going to need a hotel in Venice again, I'd happily return to the Olimpia.

I stayed at the Hotel Olympia, which is very close to the Piazzale Roma (where the buses from the airport drop off passengers and also where the People Mover from the Piazzale to the port departs from). It's situated on a small canal.To get to this hotel the only required crossing one bridge, which was very helpful, considering that we were all pulling 2 suitcases apiece. Unless one has mobility issues of some sort, the bridges are not as bad as some make them sound. The steps at each end of each bridge are shallow, so less difficult to maneuver than one might imagine.

The hotel is part of the Best Western chain, and was very pleasant. The décor was rather old fashioned European style, but the rooms were very clean, the bathrooms very modern, the beds comfortable, and the linens and towels of nice quality. The hotel staff was very helpful, and their included breakfast buffet was quite good. Another important feature is that this hotel has an elevator ….. some of the smaller and older ones do not.

 

I can only say that is I were going to need a hotel in Venice again, I'd happily return to the Olimpia.

Be very careful when recommending that a hotel has an elevator. Many hotels in Europe/Venice are composed of several attached buildings, and not all parts have elevators. We also stayed at the Olimpia, and our portion did NOT have an elevatoe, and our room was on the third floor. Fortunately, the porters carried our luggage up the stairs. We also stayed at the Hotel Benvecchiati and not all parts of it were reached by elevators.

Incidentally, the 'little' bridge across the canal to the Olimpia was the deal breaker for us. We each had a 25" suitcase as well as backpack and rollaboard. That trip revealed to us that henceforth we would only travel with carryon luggage. If it doesn't fit in that, it doesn't go. (By the time we got there, we had already been on train, plane & sea for a month). Although the Olimpia may be one of the closest to the terminal, getting to it convinced us that we would not enjoy dragging our bags back across Piazzale Roma to the People Mover, and from there the long trek to the terminal. We took a water taxi. EM

Be very careful when recommending that a hotel has an elevator. Many hotels in Europe/Venice are composed of several attached buildings, and not all parts have elevators. We also stayed at the Olimpia, and our portion did NOT have an elevatoe, and our room was on the third floor. Fortunately, the porters carried our luggage up the stairs. We also stayed at the Hotel Benvecchiati and not all parts of it were reached by elevators.

 

Incidentally, the 'little' bridge across the canal to the Olimpia was the deal breaker for us. We each had a 25" suitcase as well as backpack and rollaboard. That trip revealed to us that henceforth we would only travel with carryon luggage. If it doesn't fit in that, it doesn't go. (By the time we got there, we had already been on train, plane & sea for a month). Although the Olimpia may be one of the closest to the terminal, getting to it convinced us that we would not enjoy dragging our bags back across Piazzale Roma to the People Mover, and from there the long trek to the terminal. We took a water taxi. EM

Hi, we are going next week. After several trips to Venice and lugging my case over the bridge by Piazzale Roma I was delighted to find the AC Venezia hotel which is part of the Marriott chain. It has been renovated and has elevators. It is also located within the Piazzale Roma and is easily located by water taxi from the airport. Upon my return in a month or so, I will do a review. I am reasonably hopeful of the conveniences since I have emailed the hotel manager several times.

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We just returned and stayed at the Santa Chiara and would highly recommend it. Flying into Marco Polo, there's a direct bus to Piazzale Roma which is the square the hotels sits on. Bus cost 7.50 Euro. Great hotel, renovated and clean. Steps away from a bridge taking you onto the main island. Taxi to cruise port is 5 mins away, costs approx 10 Euro.

We are cruising out of Venice in July. Going a couple days early to enjoy the city. What hotels are near the cruise ship you would recommend? There are 6 of us and 2 are 70. Like nice but close.

Hotel Torino very near water tax stop.

My favorite hotel in Venice.

https://www.hotelantichefigure.it/

We are cruising out of Venice in July. Going a couple days early to enjoy the city. What hotels are near the cruise ship you would recommend? There are 6 of us and 2 are 70. Like nice but close.

Good to get there in advance - I cannot understand flying all the way to Venice to just get on a ship. My suggestion is to not focus on being near the cruise terminal, but near what you want to see in Venice.

First: Venice should be approached on the water - Take Alilaguna (Blue Line) from the Airport to San Zaccaria, very near San Marco. Consider Hotel Savoia & Jolanda (also other hotels) right at that boat stop. When it is time to embark, Blue Line route continues to cruise terminal. Vaporettos to various stops also stop there.