Albergo Marin

The staff bent over backwards to be helpful and accommodating. The breakfast (18 euros each) was pretty amazing and included cooked-to-order bacon & eggs, made-to-order cappuccino, amazing pastries, and fresh, delicious juices. This was a bigger breakfast than we've seen anywhere else in our 2 wks in Italy. The facilities (lounge, dining area) were also a bit more roomier than other places we've stayed.

Very cozy, loved walking through the ally to the hotel. Felt like you were in a history book.

Exceptionally friendly staff, it was a pleasure to interact with everyone at the hotel, from front desk to breakfast room staff — we felt comfortable and very welcome at every step. The room was on the small side, but comfortable enough and perfectly clean. Perfect location, convenient to reach from the train and bus stations, with restaurants and shops within a couple minutes’ walk, and very close to several vaporetto stops. St Mark’s Basilica around a 20–30 minute walk away. And the breakfasts were excellent, not a huge choice of products but everything clearly high quality, with something for everyone — including vegetarian and vegan options, and scrambled eggs and coffee made to order. 10/10 recommend, we’d definitely stay there again.

The Albergo Marin is located very close to the S. Lucia train station although it is on the other side of the Grand Canal so you will have to negotiate a large bridge. Porters can be hired to take your bags to the hotel for 15 Euro if needed. It is a walkable distance with luggage. The Hotel is very close to the Grand Canal and a main ferry (vaporetto) station is nearby. The best feature of this hotel is its staff - they were exceptional - very friendly, helped us map out an walking schedule to see mush of the city and understand the best ways to get around. Gave good recommendations for sight-seeing and for local restaurants. Breakfast was the best we had our whole trip. Food was lovingly presented in its own jars and the hot food was made to order. The hotel has no lift so you will need to carry luggage up small stairs. Rooms are cosy - we had to rearrange furniture to make it workable and stack items on top of the wardrobe. The rooms do not have a fridge or air conditioning. Our room was heated through a radiator. Our room had its own bathroom which was very small - one personal at a time small - which your head on the basin when you use the toilet. We arrived at night and didn't realise there were shutters on the windows. We closed the shutters the next night.

The location was very close to Piazzale Roma, which is where the bus station is and from where the bus from the airport terminates. Next day we needed to catch the People Mover from Piazzale Roma to Tronchetto for a transfer to our cruise, so the hotel was in an ideal location for us. The room was very comfortable and clean. Breakfast was very generous and tasty. Great recommendations from hotel staff for dinner nearby.