2008-10-15
From JS - United Kingdom

Really liked the hotel. The location was great and it felt as if we were staying in a private house. This was our first visit out of season and we would go back again. We found some great places to eat. We concentrated mainly in the Dorsoduro area

2008-10-14
From DD - United Kingdom

It is more of a bed and Breakfast rather than a full-featured hotel. There is no bar or lounge as in a hotel but an excellent place to spend the night. The property provides a complementary water-taxi ride to Murano - but you have to ask for it!

2008-10-13
From Charles S. Gardner - USA

Room was excellent for the price in a first rate location. I was not in the main hotel, and the public spaces in the adjunct building are nill. Check-in clerk failed to tell management I would leave a day early, but there was no quibbling on checkout. Stairs could be a problem for some.

2008-10-08
From Daniel OANA - Romania

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2008-10-04
From GH - United Kingdom

We enjoyed our stay and the Palazzo Guardi was perfectly placed for us. The room was spacious and comfortable and the breakfast good. We would have liked the oppportunity of a hot drink when we returned late afternoon. We relied on previous reviews to find the hotel. We enjoyed being in a 'residential' area of Venice rather than just a tourist centre.

2008-09-29
From JW - USA

A little difficult to find at first, but turned out to be a great location. A great value.

2008-09-22
From GG - USA

Please note the directions from previous posts below - the hotel directions are not helpful at all and the maps do not do justice to the potentially confusing layout of Venice streets. Calle Pistor is less than my arms' breadth wide, so it is easy to miss. They had us stay in a building separate from where the front desk is at on Calle Pistor, so it was a little strange to get to finally get to the hotel and then have to walk to another location. Unfortunately, this building did not have an elevator, so it was a bit of a pain to take our bags up and then down the couple of flights of stairs. I would say that the location of the hotel was great - a short walk to the vaporetto and fairly close to Piazza di San Marco. The photos that they post are pretty accurate, just make sure that if you are looking to book a double, you are not looking at the suite pics. The room was pretty small, but fairly well represented in most of the pics. Overall, this was a nice place to stay.

2008-09-18
From AA - USA

We had no problem finding the hotel - we arrived by ship which docked at San Basilio and we walked to the hotel from the Zattere - down the Fondamenta Nani to Calle dei Pistor, and there it was. Calle dei Pistor is very narrow, and so could be missed -- look for the street sign high on the wall. We went up to the reception area, and were then directed to our room (# 20 -"Arsenale") in the annex. We were very happy to be in the annex as it is very quiet and very private, with virtually your own private entrance. In the main hotel, many of the rooms open directly into the common area, which we would not have liked. Our room was a double junior suite, and was very large, probably 20 by 24 feet in size, with beautiful furnishings and a beautiful marble bathroom. Our two large windows overlooked the San Travaso Canal with a classic Venetian bridge and gondola traffic right out of our window. Just next door was the San Travaso Taverna which was an excellent place to eat (good to reserve ahead). Dorsoduro is a beautiful quiet area aithin easy walking distance of all of the sites that you will want to see. Breakfast was very adequate and available right outside of our door. If we can ever return to Venice, we hope to return to The Hotel Palazzo Guardi and will request the same room again!

2008-09-12
From JV - Spain

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2008-09-10
From EG - USA

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2008-09-09
From Helen Lee - Canada

This place is excellent for the value of money. Our room is spacious. However, the location of the air conditioning unit in the room does not make sense. It is installed where the cool air can't travel to where the beds are. What we also don't understand is the absence of a shower curtain around the bathtub, although the bathroom is huge, which I like. By the time when all 3 of us showered, the bathroom floor was completed flooded. Another wrinkle is that the Venere website mentions elevator is available. However, our room is located in another building where there is no elevator. We are a bunch of girls to drag our suitcases up the stairs! Also the front desk staff who received us when we arrived, who also served breakfast the folowing morning, was strange. He never had any expressions on his face, which was a bit scary. However, the breakfast room is just outside the front door of our hotel room. It is convenient yet quite. All in all, I will stay there again for the rate we paid (130 euros a night triple), and will recommend this to the others staying in Venice.

2008-08-23
From JK - United Kingdom

We stayed in the main hotel a couple of year ago without our children, and recalled that the hotel was well located, clean and adequate for the price. This time we took our 3 children and were placed in a separate annexe round the corner by a small canal. The rooms were clean, but only one of the rooms was of a good size. It looked as thought the annexe had only just been refurbished. It felt that we were somewhat isolated from the main hotel as there was no reception. Breakfast was served here ( contrary to some reviews - maybe this is a new service they have started offering ). Also the window to our room looked out on a very small and high light well with no views. Our childrens' room had windows overlooking a narrow passageway which was sometimes noisy. Their room was also over a bar which was opposite a night club. If we stayed here again, we would want more specific information about the rooms we were offered.

2008-07-30
From Peter Donaldson - USA

Well we got a shock when we finally found the hotel, as the picture on the web site was actually the archways from St Marks Square - not the hotel front as we assumed. The real hotel entrance is down a very narrow, dark and dingy alley and you can easily miss the "Palazzo Guardi" sign. To be fair, this is probably not the only hotel in Venice with such a questionable-looking entrance, but we were not expecting it because of the web site picture. Despite the appearance from the entrance, it was very nice and well-kept inside, although there was a 3 floor walk up the stairs to get to the reception. Our family room was actually a few doors down the alley, but very spacious and nicely decorated with a great air-conditioner which I especially appreciated. We had booked an apartment with 2 bedrooms and large bathroom which was ideal for family of 4 with 2 older children (17 and 19). Location was pretty good (other than being down a narrow alley) - very close to a couple of different Vaporetto stops and easy walking distance to St Marks Square. Breakfast selection was good although a walk back up the 3 flights of stairs was necessary each time. Staff very friendly and polite, a good place if traveling with a family and you are trying to avoid paying for multiple rooms per night. I would certainly stay here again.

2008-07-27
From Nina Nemcek - Bermuda

We chose this hotel mainly because the junior suite we booked offered a "canal view". We expected a view onto a dingy side canal but were amazed at what we got! A beautiful church opposite our window and a large wide canal in a quiet residential district. The regular rooms in this hotel are probably adequate but the suite was amazing, with original Venetian decor, two large windows with a sitting area overlooking the canal from which you can enjoy your morning coffe and definitely worth the extra 30 euros. Very clean hotel, competent English speaking staff, good breakfast and conventiently located to 2 vaporetto stops. Easy to find on the map as long as you know to get off at the Academic or Zatteri vaporetto stops. Best deal in Venice for the money! Visit the vinoteca downstairs for a true locals experience.

2008-07-25
From ELENI SLAFTSOU - Greece

Palazzo Guardi was not the Palazzo we expected.It was lokated on the third floor of a buldind near Academia.Although we made a resarvation for the jounior suit with canal view, the only view was over the roofs of the nearby houses. The breakfast was very poor for the money we paied and for the two nights we staied they didn't clean the room, which was in fact very spacious and atmospheric. The location of the hotel was very convenient to the vaporeto and the whole area of Dosurdoro.We expected more when we werw making the reservation.Anyway, Venice was so great that we didn't mind the negarives of the hotel.