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Review or Rialto 1082 in Venice

I recently visited Italy and Spani with some friends. I have never been to Venice and decided to rely on Rick Steves' recommendations for hotels and wanted to give some feedback on one of the places I stayed at, specifically a bed & breakfast in the Rialto neighborhood called Rialto 1082.

First off, Nico and Damiano are great hosts, very friendly and always willing to help. I even used their computer as I only brought my iPad which didn't receive great service (sadly) in any part of the hotel. The wifi was basically non-existent, which is understandable given the age of the building, but as such it should be advertised as not having wifi.

Our group had 2 rooms - mine was on the 2nd floor next to the breakfast room. It was spacious with 2 large beds and a nice windows which allowed me to bring in air on those nights that it wasn't too hot or noisy. There is a wine bar across the street and on some nights the noise from the outside would continue into 1-2am. I know I was on vacation, but felt this was excessive given our itinerary. Although there was an air conditioner in the room, it didn't work very well - also not sure if something was off about it, or if many guests were using theirs at the same time.

I'm not a breakfast person although did enjoy the cappuccino that Nico made every morning for his guests. Overall a decent place, but I'd update your review of this bed & breakfast in saying there is no wifi.

Posted by
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I don't know what happened to the last thread from someone reviewing this place. Maybe they deleted it. But it started out the same as you, crediting this recommendation to Rick Steves. However, I find no such listing in our current guidebooks.

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The Rick Steves recommendation is from the internet. Also, this Bed & Breakfast is recommended in some of the older Rick Steves Venice tour books.

Posted by
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"from the Internet"----if you saw it recommended on this website, that is not a recommendation from Rick, but from one of the general public who post here. Not the same thing. Or if you are actually quoting one of Rick's blogs, can you post a link?

Or which older RS book? It is not in my 2002 Venice book. ( Yes Instill have that as well as a newer one).

I think Laura's concern is that you may be promoting this place as a RS recommendation when it's not.

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The only place I have found any reference to this place on the entire Rick Steves website collection is one quick question over a year ago which got zero responses - no endorsement by Rick, no reference in any blogs, or anywhere else.

It would be nice if the original poster were to post where these endorsements are or were.

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Only the current guidebook contains our hotel recommendations. If it was in an older version and then cut, there was probably a reason for that, such as prices went up, quality went down, management changed, people complained, we found a place we preferred more, or the hotel actually asked to be taken out.