I was glad to see that when we arrived in Venice, our hotel for this trip was in the area that I stayed in on past trips. Nice area (Cannaregio), lots of amenities, not as crowded as some of the other places, easy to find, and quiet. The hotel looked super small, but as we were checking in, we learned that we had to go outside of the lobby and across to another building where you use the card to get in.
Check in isn't until 2 p.m., so plan accordingly. They do have a luggage storage room, although it does not have a locked door. They do have a sign that says if you have something valuable, you can leave it at the desk and they will make sure it doesn't get stolen. They sell maps for 0.50 euro, when I tried to buy 17 (for my students), they just charged me 3 euro and said they gave me a group rate. There is free wifi, the username and password is at the front desk. Check out is at 10 a.m. and they have a curfew at 1 a.m. While they do not offer breakfast, they do offer a ticket that allows you to go to the café/bar right next door to the lobby and get 50% off of breakfast or 20% off of everything else.
I was in room 306, it was a snug room, not nearly as small as some of the ones I had in Rome, but I could see how two people might feel a bit claustrophobic. The room was bright and the windows faced the tops of other building... no street noise! It was quiet (the street our apartment is on in Florence is quite loud with drunk American students yelling at all hours). My room was an en-suite but I know that some of my students had shared bathrooms.
Bed was pretty firm, pillows a bit flat... I doubled them up and did think about using one of the towels under them. No t.v., not that you need one in Venice! However, the wifi works great in the rooms... at least it did in my room, so you could probably watch some things on your laptop or iPad. You do need to insert the card into the holder inside the room in order to turn on lights (pretty standard about Europe... pretty genius too). When you leave to go exploring, you leave your key at the desk, don't take it with you. The shower was hot and the water pressure was great! Overall I would say it is a great place to stay! read more