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Hotels from Piazzale Roma/Railroad Station to Rialto BridgeFrom: Hotels on the Grand Canal In the listings below, we've included photos, hotel descriptions, transportation information, and booking links. For convenience, we've listed the hotels in two subgroups, one for each side of the Grand Canal. Please note:
Piazzale Roma to Rialto Bridge
ABOVE: The numbers on this map correspond to numbers in the descriptions below.
1 Hotel Santa Chiara (4 stars)
The Santa Chiara has two wings: a 500-year deconsecrated monastery and a modern section that opened several years ago. An annex, the Residenza Parisi, provides an additional 12 rooms. Tip: If you're in a mood to splurge, book the rooftop junior suite with private terrace. (But reserve early--it's in high demand.) Arrival and departure: Airport bus or land taxi. Nearest vaporetto stop: Piazzale Roma.
2 Hotel Canal & Walter (3 stars)
Although the hotel lacks an elevator, it does have a bar and a private garden. Arrival and departure: Airport bus, land taxi, or train Nearest vaporetto stop: Piazzale Roma
3 Hotel Carlton on the Grand Canal (4 stars)
The Carlton on the Grand Canal is more accessible than many of Venice's hotels, with three elevators and three wheelchair-friendly rooms on the ground floor that have roll-in showers. Arrival and departure: Train, airport bus, or land taxi. Nearest vaporetto stop: Ferrovia (railroad station).
4 Hotel Antiche Figure (3 stars)
Next door to the hotel, alongside the church, is a pleasant little waterside square where you can have a drink at an outside table in good weather. Arrival and departure: Train, airport bus, or land taxi. Nearest vaporetto stop: Ferrovia (railroad station).
5 Ca' Nigra Lagoon Resort (4 stars)
Ca' Nigra offers a variety of well-appointed rooms and suites, some with balconies or terraces and views of the Canal Grande.
Arrival and departure: Train, airport bus, or land taxi. Nearest vaporetto stop: Ferrovia (railroad station).
6 Hotel Ai Due Fanali (3 stars)
In good weather, you can go even higher to the altana or rooftop deck (left inset photo) and eat breakfast or relax after a day of sightseeing. Arrival and departure: Train, airport bus, land taxi, or water taxi. Nearest vaporetto stop: Ferrovia (railroad station).
7 Hotel Canal Grande (4 stars)
The hotel, which bills itself as "the boutique hotel of the Venetian 1700s," has a selection of rooms and suites with a decor that celebrates La Serenissima's history, art, and culture. Like its neighbors, the Canal Grande is within easy walking distance of the railroad station, airport buses, taxis, and the People Mover from the Marittima cruise port and the Tronchetto parking island. Arrival and departure: Train, airport bus, land taxi, or water taxi. Nearest vaporetto stop: Ferrovia (railroad station).
8 Residenza Ca' Corner (B&B)
Note: There's no sign on the outside of the building, so look for the address (1302) and the brass nameplate over the doorbell. Arrival and departure: Vaporetto, train (10- to 15-minute walk), or water taxi. Nearest vaporetto stop: Riva di Biasio.
9 L'Imbarcadero (hostel)
L'Imbarcadero's accommodations include four-bed women's dorms
and four- or five-bed mixed dorms, with no bunk beds. Guests enjoy perks such as
free coffee and tea throughout the day, plus access to a shared kitchen with
storage space for food and drinks. Note: Although the hostel faces the Grand Canal, its entrance is around the corner in the Calle Zen. Arrival and departure: Vaporetto, train (10- to 15-minute walk), or water taxi (very expensive). Nearest vaporetto stop: Riva di Biasio.
The Vista sul Canal Grande even has an elevator that will lift you and your luggage to the reception area on the third floor (or fourth floor, if you use American numbering).
Arrival and departure: Vaporetto, train (10- to 15-minute walk), or water taxi. Nearest vaporetto stop: Riva di Biasio. For more photos, rates, and reviews by paying guests, see B&B Vista sul Canal Grande at Booking.com.
11 Palazzo Venart Luxury Hotel (5 stars)
The San Stae vaporetto and airport-boat stop is just around the corner from the hotel's land entrance on the Calle Tron, with no bridges to cross. (See inset photo, which shows the San Stae Church with an Alilaguna boat at the pier.) Arrival and departure: Alilaguna Orange Line airport boat, water taxi, or vaporetto. Nearest airport-boat and vaporetto stop: San Stae.
12 Hotel Palazzo Giovanelli e Gran Canal (4 stars)
The Palazzo Giovanelli offers 41 rooms and suites, many with canal views. A café-snack bar is on the premises. Arrival and departure: Alilaguna Orange Line airport boat, water taxi, or vaporetto. Nearest airport-boat and vaporetto stop: San Stae.
13 Hotel San Cassiano Ca' Favretto (4 stars)
Other attractions include a handsome interior with plenty of antiques, a private courtyard on the land side, and traditionally-furnished rooms that range from singles to a family quad. (No elevator, so pick another hotel if you can't handle stairs.) Arrival and departure: Alilaguna Orange Line airport boat, water taxi, or vaporetto. Nearest airport-boat and vaporetto stop: San Stae.
14 Hotel L'Orologio (4 stars)
The Hotel L'Orologio also has a remarkably wide variety of accommodations that range from double rooms to two-bedroom apartments (the latter in an annex nearby). Note: If you're using the Alilaguna Linea Arancio airport boat, be aware that you'll need to cross the steep Rialto Bridge to reach the Hotel L'Orologio. Arrival and departure: Alilaguna Orange Line airport boat, water taxi, or vaporetto. Nearest vaporetto stop: Rialto Mercato.
15 Residenza Rialto (B&B)
The B&B is quite tiny--it has only three rooms--so book early if you want to stay here. Note: If you're using the Alilaguna Linea Arancio airport boat, be aware that you'll need to cross the steep Rialto Bridge to reach the Residenza Rialto. Arrival and departure: Alilaguna Orange Line airport boat, water taxi, or vaporetto. Nearest vaporetto stop: Rialto Mercato.
Railroad Station to Rialto Bridge
ABOVE: The numbers on this map correspond to numbers in the descriptions below.
1 Hotel Bellini (4 stars)
The upscale hotel has 105 rooms, all decorated in a traditional Venetian style. It also has a garden, a lounge bar, and a rooftop terrace. If you're arriving or departing by train and have heavy luggage, the Hotel Bellini is hard to beat. Arrival and departure: Train, airport bus, or land taxi. Nearest vaporetto stop: Ferrovia (railroad station).
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Hotel Principe (4 stars)
The Principe has 139 guest rooms (making it one of Venice's larger hotels), and some of the rooms are large enough to accommodate three guests. The best rooms have canal views, and they're well worth the extra cost. Arrival and departure: Train, airport bus, or land taxi. Nearest vaporetto stop: Ferrovia (railroad station).
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Hotel Continental (4 stars) The BW Premier Collection CHC Continental Hotel (to use its full name) is just beyond the Hotel Principe as you walk east from the train station. Like the Bellini and the Principe, it can be reached on foot without crossing any bridges. The Continental has 104 rooms and junior suites. Some face the Grand Canal or the Lista di Spagna (the street from the station), while others overlook a pretty little campo or square alongside the hotel. A restaurant and bar, including a waterside terrace, are on the premises. Arrival and departure: Train, airport bus, or land taxi. Nearest vaporetto stop: Ferrovia (railroad station).
4 Pesaro Palace Hotel (4 stars)
Arrival and departure: Water taxi or vaporetto. Nearest vaporetto stop: Ca' d'Oro.
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Ca' Sagredo Hotel (5 stars)
Arrival and departure: Water taxi or vaporetto. Nearest vaporetto stop: Ca' d'Oro.
6 Foscari Palace Hotel (4 stars)
Arrival and departure: Water taxi or vaporetto. Nearest vaporetto stop: Ca' d'Oro.
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Leon Bianco on the Grand Canal (inn)
In addition to the usual buffet breakfast, the Leon Bianco has afternoon tea with drinks (hot and cold) and snacks at no charge. Note: Like many small Venetian hotels and inns, the Leon Bianco lacks an elevator, so you'll need to climb three flights of stairs to the reception area. Arrival and departure: Alilaguna Orange Line airport boat, water taxi, or vaporetto. Nearest airport-boat and vaporetto stop: Rialto.
8 Scalon del Doge (B&B)
The guesthouse has single, double, and triple rooms, including deluxe rooms with canal views. All are decorated in a rich Venetian style, with plenty of brocades, plaster cherubs, Murano glass chandeliers, stained-glass windows, and other features that evoke an earlier (and less aesthetically restrained) era. Arrival and departure: Alilaguna Orange Line airport boat, water taxi, or vaporetto. Nearest airport-boat and vaporetto stop: Rialto.
9 Hotel Al Ponte Antico (4 stars)
The Al Ponte Antico has a variety of rooms and suites, some overlooking the Grand Canal. A bar is on the premises, and a shaded terrace with tables faces the water, the Rialto Food Markets, and the Rialto Bridge. Arrival and departure: Alilaguna Orange Line airport boat, water taxi, or vaporetto. Nearest airport-boat and vaporetto stop: Rialto.
Next page: Rialto Bridge to Piazza San Marco (19 hotels)
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Thanks
to its location alongside Piazzale Roma (at the top of the Grand Canal), the Santa Chiara is a favorite
of cruise
passengers and airline travelers with early flights. Airport buses, land
taxis, and the People Mover to the Marittima cruise port are only a few
meters from the hotel.
This hotel consists of two wings,
shown in the photo above: a pink 14th Century
structure on the left (where you'll find the lobby) and the larger yellow
building on the right, which faces both the Grand Canal and a very pretty side
canal. 
The Carlton has 145 air-conditioned rooms with an 18th
Century Venetian decor. Its nicest feature may be the "Sky Lounge" bar, which
offers 360-degree views of the Grand Canal and the city's skyline. A restaurant,
La Cupola, is also on the rooftop.
The
Antiche Figure has extremely high guest ratings, and its location is convenient: The hotel is directly across the Grand Canal from the Santa Lucia
Railroad Station and within a few minutes of aiport buses and taxis in the
Piazzale Roma. (In the photo above, it's the second building to the right of the
San Simeon Piccolo Church.)
This
hotel is set back from the Grand Canal. It has two gardens: a Jasmine Garden
with palm trees and magnolias, and a Rose Garden alongside the Grand Canal where
breakfast and drinks are served in good weather.
Although
the hotel's location on a tiny campo facing the water may
seem isolated (it's certainly quiet), Ca' Nigra is less than 10 minutes from the
railroad station or the Piazzale Roma on foot. We think you'll love the setting,
and the walk is easy unless you have heavy luggage.
The
Ai Due Fanali is a bargain, in our opinion: Although it isn't directly on the
water like its pricier neighbors, the Ca' Nigra Lagoon Resort and Hotel Canal
Grande, many of its rooms look directly across the same quiet little campo
to the Grand Canal. (See inset photo at right.)
The
cozy 16-room hotel also has views from the large windows of its top-floor
breakfast room, which is reached by elevator. 
Like
the Ca' Nigra Lagoon Resort and the Hotel Ai Due Fanali, the Canal Grande is on
a small tree-lined square that faces the Grand Canal.
The
Ca' Corner is a highly-regarded guesthouse that occupies two floors of a building next
to a waterbus stop on 
If
you're looking for budget accomodation in a spectacular setting, L'Imbarcadero
will be right up your calle. It's a privately-run hostel on the Riva di
Biasio, alongside the Grand Canal where another busy waterway, the Cannaregio
Canal, attracts a constant stream of boat traffic during the daylight hours.
(It's in the building on the right-hand side of the photo above, which also
houses the B&B Vista sul Grand Canal.)
Booking.com's
guests rate this bed-and-breakfast as "exceptional," and who are we to argue?
The location (shared with L'Imbarcadero) is wonderful, especially if you enjoy
watching boat traffic during the day and the peaceful lapping waters of the
Grand Canal at night. 
The
Pelazzo Venart, which opened in 2016, is in a palazzo with a private garden on
the Grand Canal, where you can arrive or depart by taxi acqueo at the
hotel's water entrance. It's an intimate boutique hotel that has only 18 rooms
and suites--some with terraces overlooking the city's rooftops, and others
facing the Canal Grande. A Michelin-starred restaurant and bar offer
indoor and outdoor dining.
This upmarket
full-service hotel is next door to the San Stae Church and the
San Stae waterbus stop, which is served by Alilaguna Orange Line boats from
Venice's Marco Polo Airport. (San Stae is also a stop on
This
elegant hotel has multiple personalities, with the "Hotel San Cassiano" name
featured on a sign by the street entrance and a "Ca' Favretto" banner on the
Grand Canal. Whichever name you use, its billed as a "residenza d'epoca,"
which means "historic residence." (The 14th Century mansion was once the home of
Giacomo Favretto, a famous Venetian artist.)
To
our way of thinking, the hotel's niftiest feature is a wooden platform directly
over the Grand Canal where you can enjoy the views and hear the water lapping
below your feet in good weather. The hotel also has a lovely breakfast room on
the Piano Nobile with a stone terrace overlooking the canal.
The Orologio (the tan building in the photo above) is close to
the 
The
Residenza Rialto is just a short distance from the
The Bellini isn't literally on the Grand Canal, but it
faces the canal from the Rio Terà Lista di Spagna, just to the east of
From
its land entrance on the main thoroughfare from the railroad station toward the
Piazza San Marco, the Hotel Principe appears to be just one of many hotels
(although its hanging sign is prettier than most). From the water, it's a
different story: The Principe occupies several buildings alongside the Grand
Canal, with a long waterside terrace where you can eat or drink outdoors in nice
weather.
The
Pesaro Palace, located immediately east of the Ca' d'Oro vaporetto station, is a
15th-Century palazzo in Venetian Gothic style.
Its rooms and suites are decorated in a traditional motif, but they feature
plenty of modern amenities, such as walk-in showers and Jacuzzis (depending on
the class of room).
In
addition to canal views, the Pesaro Palace offers a private walled garden
alongside. It's convenient not only to public transportation, but also to the
shops and restaurants of Strada Nova, the main shopping street of Venice's
Cannaregio district.
Art
is a mainstay of the Ca' Sagredo, which got worldwide attention in 2017 for a
giant sculpture of two hands that reached out of the Grand Canal uring Venice's
Biennale exhibition. But there's a lot more than that to the elegant 5-star
luxury hotel, which is housed in a 14th Century palazzo slightly east of
the Ca' d'Oro waterbus stop.
Ca'
Sagredo has a museum-quality decor in its public rooms (including an art
collection), plus 42 opulent rooms and suites. Other amenities include two
restaurants, a rooftop terrace bar, and a fitness center. Just outside the
entrance is the Santa Sofia 
The
Foscari Palace is a boutique hotel in a palazzo
that dates back to 1520. Its 23 rooms and suites are decorated in a modernized
Venetian style with 21st Century amenities such as hydromassage showers or
bathtubs. Deluxe rooms and suites have canal views.
Other
services include a lobby bar, a rooftop terrace with bar, and room service. A 
The
"White Lion" is a locanda, or inn, which is comparable to an upscale
guesthouse or B&B. Some of the rooms and suites have canal views, and a few are
large enough for three guests.
The Scalon del Doge is a family-owned guesthouse on a tiny
square that looks out onto the Grand Canal. To reach it from the square, you
climb an outside staircase that dates back to the 13th Century. Just open the
wrought-iron gate and go up to the landing, where you'll find the entrance.
This
small, richly-appointed hotel is in a great location: It's close enough to the
Ponte di Rialto that you can see the bridge, yet it's away from the
tourist crowds. (The hotel is separated from the bridge by the
