Albergo AI Tolentini

I’m not one for writing reviews, but guests beware! This place has bed bugs! When we first walked in, both rooms had lingering smells of smoke, but appeared clean. We left our belongings and decided to check out the town. Came back to our rooms a few hours later and found bed bugs crawling on our pillows! Not only that, their mattress is hard and uncomfortable. After a certain time (past 730pm) there’s no one at the front desk to call and ask questions or voice any concerns. So we were pretty much stuck with a bed bug infested room. Good thing we only booked here for one night…

This is the hotel I stayed at during my time in little Venezia. It’s pretty close to the train station Santa Lucia, so my friend and I were able to walk there. Little did we know, there is a far less complicated way to get there than what Google maps told us to take. Sadly, we didn’t figure it out until the time we were leaving, but it was fun lugging our baggage around the maze that is Venice. Instead of navigating through endless backstreets and over canal bridges, you can simply exit the train station, make a right, walk until you see buses, then take a left over that bridge. If you keep walking straight, the hotel will be on your left.
A small place, but it is really nice inside. Besides the lingering stench of smoke in our room, everything was clean and modern. It was definitely the nicest place I’ve stayed at during my little 2 week excursion in Europe. There is Free WiFi and breakfast was also included at a little café down the ways. It’s about a 20 minute walk to Rialto (if you know where you’re going) and maybe a 40 minute walk to Piazza San Marco. There are signs everywhere so you should be able to navigate yourself there pretty well.
Ahhhh, Venice… such a beautiful city!