Duodo Palace Hotel

Nice, unless you have an early flight Pros: The location made it fairly easy to get to St. Mark’s Square. The staff were fantastic, and the room we were given was larger than expected. There’s an excellent restaurant around the corner near the theater with super fresh pastries—we ended up eating there every morning and even had lunch there a few times. Cons: I had some reservations about the location since I was traveling with two suitcases after spending over two months in Verona during the winter. Although I wanted to stay close to St. Mark’s Square, dragging heavy luggage over multiple bridges from the public water taxi stop in Rialto was definitely a workout. For our departure, the earliest public water taxi didn’t leave until around 3:50–4:00 a.m., which would have gotten us to the airport too late for a 6:00 a.m. flight. We had to book a private water taxi directly from the hotel to the airport at a cost of 180 euros. The staff said the ride would take 45 minutes to an hour, but it actually only took 22 minutes.

It was nice of the hotel to let us check in earlier when we went to drop off our bags and also to provide us with a breakfast box since we had an early check out. The hotel also booked us the water taxi to pick us up early morning, which was great, although we ended up paying more than it was agreed with the hotel. Breakfast was generally very good and the staff was very nice, always ready to help.

The reception staff were always very polite and helpful, the bell boy who brought my partner and I to our room was very friendly, the room (an upgrade given to us by the hotel - a very pleasant surprise we were not expecting) was clean, spacious, and had a gorgeous view of the city rooftops. Overall, I would definitely recommend choosing this hotel, and I'd stay here again!

Lovely very atmospheric hotel right in the heart of San Marco/ Rialto area of venice. Its set in a lovely quiet little courtyard with little walled outside seating area It felt like living in a movie! Very close to all the attractions and all the big designer stores right beside it. We just looked in the windows 😀😀😀Very helpful friendly staff. We had a very large comfortable room on the top floor room with huge bathroom, smart tv and a fridge. We also had their lovely continental breakfast which was very fresh and had good options to choose from. The gondolas sail past the dining room window! You can even get a gondola up to the hotel door! We spent 5 days here and really did not want to leave.

Breakfast was very good and decent selection. Location was great! A stone's throw away from many busy areas of the city. The hotel is very regal and luxurious.