Hotel for one night in Venice

Will you be arriving all the way from Seattle or from another location? How much will jet lag figure in and what is your budget?

There are so many options in Venice. It helps if you know how you are getting to Venice from the airport. Will it be water taxi? Alilaguna? Bus? Each choice might impact the area that you want to stay in. A water taxi basically means any area will work. (most expensive) Alilaguna means it is nice if the hotel is near one of the stops , and a bus(quickest) means you might want to be nearer the Pizzale Roma for ease in arriving and departing. Any hotel gives you the option of exploring Venice by vaparetto or foot.

For quiet, try to be a bit away from San Marco.

Thank you for all of the questions, Carol. We'll be arriving from Seattle. Jet lag? I'm sure that will be the case. The goal is to enjoy the city and dinner and then try to sleep, so a quiet, comfortable hotel is what we are seeking. Because we are just (hopefully) wandering, eating, sleeping, and then leaving, we don't need five star. Three would be fine. We don't usually care about breakfast. We'll travel to and from the airport in the most direct and easiest (not least expensive) method. Sorry, I haven't researched that yet.

What a shame to have so little time in Venice! But good for you for making the most of it. I suggest you look for a hotel in the Santa Croce neighborhood, which is closest to Piazzale Roma, where the buses come from the airport and elsewhere. Booking.com has a "neighborhood" filter you can use, as well as others for price range, amenities, and such. I don't know about hotels in Santa Croce, but other posters will certainly have recommendations. It's not the most charming part of the city, but certainly has pleasant streets and small canals, and all you're really looking for in a hotel is a convenient place to sleep with a quiet room, which shouldn't be hard to find.

From Piazzale Roma, the vaporetto will take you down the Grand Canal to anywhere you want to go to enjoy your evening. The Rialto and San Marco areas are a short ride away, mobbed in the daytime but quieter (relatively) in the evening, with the iconic sights you don't want to miss and lots of options for a nice dinner along the canal or whatever. There are endless other possibilities, which is why it's too bad you won't have more time there.

Two bus services run frequently between VCE and Piazzale Roma: ACTV and another one whose name I forget but should be easy to look up. The trip takes about 20-25 minutes and costs under $10. That's certainly your easiest, fastest and cheapest way to get to the city and back to the airport the next morning. Look for a hotel close enough to P. Roma that you won't have to haul your bags over too many bridges or on and off the vaporetto. Then enjoy Venice unencumbered till you drop off, tired but happy! ;-)

For a quiet hotel, I would look at the island of Giudecca. Maybe the Hilton Molino Stucky. Easy ride from P. Roma with luggage. You can get off at the Zaterre stop and take the hotel shuttle across, or get off at the Palanca stop and walk along the water about 10 minutes. Drop the bags at the hotel, then a quick ride over to the Dorsoduro neighborhood. Wander a while. Grab a gelato. Ride the vaporetto down the grand canal at sunset. Find a great place for dinner away from the crowds, then return to St. Marks square after dark. It’s magical. Listen to the dueling orchestras and dance a little. Then a nice ride back to the hotel.

Can you rent the car from Piazzale Roma instead of the airport? It’s closer to Venice.

Thank you both for the very helpful neighborhood and transportation recommendations! You’ve given me a lot to think about and research.

It seems to me a pain in the neck to have to get all the way to the airport to gat a car. If you will be near Piazzale Roma for easy access to transportation to the airport you will also be right at the Piazzale Roma rental car places. So much easier.

Just be careful not to exceed the speed limit on the causeway.

I hope that all is peaceful for you in Slovenia.

Thank you, Nigel! I'm not sure where I got the idea that we had to return to the airport to rent a car, but I appreciate your disabusing me of that notion!

I was about to suggest you pick up the car at Piazzale Roma, but Nigel beat me to it. We paid a small surcharge to return our rental car there, but it was less than the cost of transport for two of us between Venice and the airport rental car office.

There are some hotels right close to Piazzale Roma—there is a recent thread discussing those here someplace. Hotel Olimpia and the Marriott AC ( useful if you have Marriott points) were two that I recall.

Boarding the vaporetto for your exploration of Venice, if you choose to do that, is easier at Piazzale Roma than the ever-crowded train station dock on the other side of the Grand Canal.

re comment from travel4fun: we stayed at the Stucky Hilton in Oct 2019, but wish we had been told (asked?) which stop to get off at...we arrived about 7 pm or later (dark), were told on the vaporetto which stop was closest ( it was not) but were lucky enough to start trekking with our luggage over steps/bridges on the way, and met a local woman who spoke a little English and a priest who said to follow him...which we did to the hotel...finally! Thankful for the kindness of strangers! Good luck on your trip.....have any of your plans changed because of the war in Ukraine? what a mess for those poor people who have had nothing to do with what Putin wants...sorry, no politics...

oops I meant that comment for the original questioner, Sharon, I think...?

Hi Cissyboca. I think the question of how the horrible event in Ukraine are affecting people’s European travel plans would be a great post for the general forum. Now I feel like I’m being cavalier! But my thinking is the same as it’s been these last couple years—make flexible plans and be prepared to change them.