Boscolo Venezia, Autograph Collection

I have tried to remember all the great things about Italy and this hotel was one of them. Its off the beaten path but its a great hotel! It is right on one of the canals so you can take a water taxi right out front to anywhere in Venice. The garden in the back of the hotel is beautiful which was a peaceful and beautiful place for meals. The décor is beautiful and the staff was very helpful.

One of my favorite hotels! I travel A LOT, and this is truly one of the best in the world. Service is outstanding, building is amazing, and the gardens are one of a kind.
I will not stay anywhere in Venice except here.

Zero stars because of the cleanliness. Overall it is very beautiful inside, the lobby, the grounds and the rooms are nice having that antique feel. However, is not a 5-​star or luxury hotel — not sure people who say it is have ever actually stayed in a 5-​star.
The problem is the mold infestation that was overtaking the bathroom. The shower was completely overtaken with dark, black mold and the mold was growing on the window curtains and all around — and on — the big mirror. I could only imagine what was behind that mirror! Ugh!
We are loyal Marriott customers which is why we chose this place — thankfully for only 2 nights but at almost $ 600 for a Saturday night, mold was the last thing I expected to see.
I am not going to post the mold photos because that is for Marriott to deal with and I know they will. Hopefully the Boscolo literally cleans things up because it is a nice hotel.
Also, do not take the tour to the Murano glass factory that the hotel offers. Yes, it’s a complimentary boat ride to Murano but just take the ferry. The boat is provided by the glass factory and the 15 minute demonstration is cool when you get there but then you spend the next 40 minutes walking through endless showcase rooms full of merchandise they are hoping to sell — all the time accompanied by someone explaining everything. The people were all very very nice but it just took too much time. If you’re interested in paying $ 1,000 for one glass or $ 40,000 on a chandelier I would skip it and just wander Murano on your own.

Great hotel in Venice. I would definitely recommend this place again.
Location — very easy to get to from the airport. We took the Alilaguna water taxi which drops you off about a block away from the Boscolor for about 12 Euros. also it is an extremely quiet area. really remarkable feeling to walk home here at night.
Hotel Staff — extremely helpful and accommodating. All spoke great English if needed. They were very attentative to our needs. Even ended up switching our room to a larger room after our first night. I just mentioned to them that the first room was quite small and they were so nice and helpful to accommodate us and move us to another room.
Breakfast — great breakfast and wait staff at breakfast.
Other benefits — they have a free water taxi to take you into St. Mark’s square. Also have a free taxi to take you back and forth to the island of Murano. This was very easy to coordinate with the hotel staff and very useful during our stay.
All in all — great place to stay in Venice. Highly recommended.

This hotel is in a great location. Located in a quiet section of town but easy to navigate to all the popular places. About a 10 minute walk from the train station and three bridges to cross. Always something to consider depending on the amount of luggage.
You do have a choice of a water taxi or water bus. The water bus is cheaper and purchasing a ticket is confusing with little help from the people running the water bus.
The rooms are large and well appointed. We enjoyed having drinks in the small bar and talking with the friendly staff who waited on us. The hotel has an outdoor restaurant that provided excellent service and good food.
Good price/​value upper end property in Venice. No surprises at this hotel.

Unlike the Boscolo in Rome, this staff is Top Notch! Phillip recommended a great little family restaurant upon arrival. Everyone in the hotel was so friendly from start to finish. Unfortunately, the lack of quality air conditioning and the paper thin walls make it hard for me to give the hotel more than 3 stars. I was there to sleep after all, not just converse with the staff. We were put in an upgraded room on the 1^st floor where the floorplan was spacious but, as mentioned before, the air conditioning just wasn’t able to handle the outdoor temperatures (around 34c). On our first night we sweated profusely even though the thermostat was set to 16 and AUTO (it never got below 23). On the second night I asked for the technician to help me and his solution was to lower the thermostat to 6 and put the fan on high. That didn’t help at all… the weak fan just blew all night and never lowered the temperature.
The other problem with this hotel is noise. It’s off the beaten track so you don’t have to deal with the crush of cruise ship tourists but the walls are so, so thin. Starting at around 5:30AM the staff show up to prepare the breakfast buffet which begins at 7 and, as a result, we were awoken by the sounds of waiters talking, dishes, pots and pans, etc. By 7:30AM the lobby is full of people (and so many little kids… who brings kids to Venice?). You also get the sounds of water running through the pipes in the walls very often from toilets flushing. I think we actually got used to it because it was so frequent.
Another note: The wifi didn’t really work at all while we were there. Frustrating.
I don’t know that there are many better options in Venice, we opted for this one because the other reviews were so different based on the website you went to and we thought that a converted embassy had a cool flair (and it was backed by Marriott and I’m a Platinum member). The scenery was beautiful, the back yard is gorgeous (the only place we saw grass on the whole island). The breakfast was generous and the pastries were buttery and flaky. They even had a small bowl of chocolate on the buffet (gotta love Europe).

This review is for the spa:
It wasn’t like a high-​end american spa, in which they lead you to a locker room where you change into a robe, then a waiting room with champagne or tea. They just threw me straight into the room and I got undressed. Maria did my wax and she was very fast and very precise. Afterwards, I had a massage but then I was just left in there. I didn’t know what I was supposed to do next. It was also kind of strange to get a wax and a massage from the same person so I wondered if she was certified in both but didn’t ask. All in all, a positive experience but it wasn’t like the Marriott spas I’ve visited in the United States. I was expecting something more.

The service at this hotel is top notch. The hotel is absolutely beautiful inside and gives you the ambiance of a true, 5 star hotel!
The concierge, Ivan (a true Venetian), was already making recommendations to my husband before we arrived about local events that would be fun for us, The recommendations resulted in a great stay, including finding our way around, and also the most AMAZING night in Venice!
We also enjoyed the spa, which was included in our stay, and involved access to the Turkish bath, dry sauna, and jacuzzi tub. The massage therapist, Maria, was incredible — I had time for a 25 minute massage (this was an extra service I paid for) that was just what I needed after roaming Venice streets all day!
Make sure you take advantage of the hotel shuttle that will take you to/​from Piazza San Marco (remember to note the scheduled arrival/​departure times), it’s much nicer than the public water «bus» and saves you the expense of a water taxi.

My husband and I recently stayed at this wonderful hotel for my Birthday celebration weekend. From the moment we arrived we were treated as VIP’s. The staff was warm and gracious. They catered to our every request and exhibited great patience with our questions and at times confusion. The staff presented me with not only one but two chocolate cake treats for my birthday and the front desk staff (can’t remember his name) translated my husband’s birthday greeting for me in Italian… bravo! Ivan, the Concierge was very helpful, knowledgeable and provided some great insight and tips in moving around the city. This will always be our go to place when visiting Venice. Thank you for such a wonderful and memorable experience.
The Papageorge’s

It Venice, this is my favorite place to stay. On the canal and far away from the masses. It is quiet and serene. The gardens are beautiful and peaceful. It is a great location. And being able to get a water taxi back to the tourist area comes in handy. The hotel has a schedule to take guests for free several times. Day.
The concierge, Ivan, and the front desk manager, Barbara, are very helpful. I appreciate their assistance and advice each day.
Each day, we reserve the spa for an hour and we get run of the house. It is a wonderful way to unwind after a day on foot around the city.
In one word — Magnificent!
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The Boscolo Venezia is hands down one of the BEST hotels I’ve ever had the pleasure to stay at. Imagine a 400-​year old property that’s been everything from a villa to a monastery with incredible attention to historical detail (the Murano glass chandeliers, hand-​stenciled beams and stained glass are living art). It is well off the main tourist track, but the northern neighborhood is very convenient and comfortable. Very convenient access to the water taxis (the island of Murano is the next stop.) It’s pricey, but that comes with beautiful rooms in which everything worked perfectly. The property was incredibly well maintained; the gardens were inviting and peaceful. The service was very, very good with extremely high marks for the breakfast team and Maria in the spa! There is a very nice, small bar in the lobby: perfect martinis! The restaurant serves very high quality, beautiful dishes… worth at least one «dine in» evening! We’ll be back!

Typical. Rude, pretentious staff. No free shuttle to the hotel so of course you’re extorted for 60 euro to take a water taxi driven by yet another local who would be penniless without us, and yet loathe us without even the thinnest attempt to conceal their sentiment. The only reason it gets two stars is because our suite was very large. We spent most of our time in the room avoiding the locals during the day, and there were some very nice places to walk to and dine in the evening. Room service was awful however, and I would not recommend it. I would recommend staying somewhere else altogether, and seeing Venice for one day just to see why it’s inhabitants are the worst Italy has to offer. The people at the desk are incompetent. The breakfast staff will bring you whatever’s available regardless of what you order as if we were all just pigs at a trough. The question so many people ask about whether Venice is sinking is the wrong question. The better one is how can we help it sink faster???
And on one final note if you do decide to stay here, ask about staying in the back residence which they tell no one about, because it sits next to a beautiful garden, and is also on the water. This is one of several things they will not inform you of, and I’m convinced the staff also gives the wrong directions intentionally. We tested this theory out several times, and they never once marked the correct place on the map.

Great hotel away from the tourist traps. Service was exceptional. The concierge recommended excellent restaurants that weren’t too touristy and the front desk was quick to respond to all requests. There is an amazing garden in the back that actually runs all the way to a dock on the water. Highly recommend.

There is only one way to truly experience Venezia: to be enveloped in luxury, period architecture and furnishings, right on a Canal and in a more peaceful, but no-​less historic neighborhood. I was first nervous about paying such a premium for our stay but my concerns we’re quickly allayed once I arrived. The pictures don’t do justice to this locale. The enclosed courtyard is incredibly lush with a warren of different trails and tunnels to enjoy. The incredible surprise was when we exited the far end of the garden and the lagoon opened up to us, with a period Italian mahogany motorboat beckoning us. The general manager clearly has a keen eye for detail and service, from the clean bathrooms to the well-​appointed suite, to the refined, discreet, delicate staff, to the bed sheets, to the sparklingly clean glass in the windows, to the impeccably-​maintained grounds, to the meticulous seafood cioppino. We will ONLY stay in Boscolo the next time we come. This place transported us to another time. True suspension of disbelief.

I stayed here for 5 nights in August and heart this place. The hotel was built in the 1700’s and was a former palace. The hotel has two art galleries and the light fixtures and chandeliers were produced from the island of Murano
The Boscolo is part of the Autograph Collection of Marriott. Service was incredible and accommodating. The hotel houses a spa and large garden in back which was beautifully manicured. My suite overlooked the canal and contained classic furniture with 3 large windows and was perfect for observing the canal, rain and lighting during several nights.
My stay included breakfast each morning and included top quality baked breads and pastries along with the freshest fruits, top shelve sliced meats and cheeses. In addition, I was able to select an entrée each morning such as crepes, pancakes, chicken & grilled veggies and traditional American entrees — bacon or sausage with cooked to order eggs. Lastly the fresh squeezed juice station & champagne and cappuccinos were a delightful way to start each morning.
Boscolo has a water taxi that shuttles guest to and from St Mark’s square and Murano Island which was convenient and handy. The hotel also has a business center which has several computers and printers so I could book reservations and purchase train tickets with ease.
The Boscolo is about a 15 minute walk from the train station and around a 25 minute ride from the airport by water taxi. The public taxi station is minutes from the hotel which is located in Cannaregio which is quaint and has some excellent local restaurants.
I highly recommend the Boscolo in Venezia.