"After an 8th flight or in our case, an exhausting 8 hrs in a small town waiting for a ride from the cruise port to then the train station and then a 3 hrs train ride - it’s great to find an emasculate hotel, a simple key card system and a big plentiful American style breakfast buffet every morning. The drawback - it’s out there with a 18 euro water bus ride from train station to the hotel, or a 10 euro ride from the hotel to San Marco or pay the 1.50 euro to ride to piazzale roma and then walk 30-40 minutes through town to get to San Marco. And as everything in Venice shuts down by 10 pm that water bus ends at 9 pm. So for the price and standards there’s always some drawback but every evening i appreciated being back at the hotel away from the heat, noise and crowds. But no texting for key locations or codes or watching videos on how to get into your Airbnb!
Having spent the first part of the trip in Rome in a typical classic old style Italian apartment - walk up, high ceilings, inner courtyard with laundry hanging) and only steps from the Colosseum, it was peaceful at the Hampton in Venice . The only thing it lacked- a swimming pool would’ve been perfect!"