Both rooms looked great and the hotel was beautifully decorated; breakfast was lovely and the staff was attentive and happy to give budget friendly tips; bathrooms were thoroughly modern; staff was willing to hold our luggage for quite some time after check-out. All of these things would have made our trip entirely if we had been traveling by ourselves...however, we were with my retired parents. Like many places in Venice, there is no really good way to get there without walking. It is close to a canal, so I suppose one could take a very expensive water taxi to the nearest piazza. The hotel is at the top of steep flight of stairs with no elevator that we knew of, and these things would be a problem for those with mobility issues. Also, the air conditioning never got icy cold, which didn't bother us, but very much bothered my parents (in fact, they were extremely uncomfortable the entire stay because my dad thought it was way too warm in the room, even after the staff set the thermostat to what they said were optimal settings. Honestly, I was happy to sleep with the windows open, so this is entirely personal, and I definitely thought the AC was sufficient. Overall I thought it was a great stay and a good central location from which to explore a lot of the city.