Best Western Premier Hotel Sant'Elena  

This Hotel is great if you want peace and quiet in the evenings, but still be ten minutes away by waterbus from the Historic Town. There is a great local cafe for authentic Pizza and beer; and a deli if you want to rustle up a lunchtime sandwich, run by a friendly dear lady. There is also a fresh fruit and veg shop around the corner if you want a snack apple or suchlike. The Hotel is a hundred meters from the Sant 'Elena waterbus stop; a walk in the park, literally. You can reach Venice San Marco in a twenty minute walk along the fondamenta overlooking the lagoon, with a view of the Doge's Place and the Campanile all the way there. Feet hurt?? get the waterbus back to the Hotel, the bar will still be open. Breakfast is varied & plentiful.

Some people might - perhaps mistakenly in my view, - want to be somewhere more super-duper and up-market in surroundings. This location is for normal, everyday, regular, nice folks, not Posh and Becks. You want to WASTE money?? - try booking in somewhere on the Grand Canal. The Hotel used to be a Convent or similar so its got the high ceilings etc. I would NOT wish to stay anywhere else in Venice for the same or more money. Its as clean as a whistle, light, bright, airy and with staff ALWAYS on the ball. Just do it.

This is an excellent hotel! Location is perfect, since it is just 20 minutes away from the Venice noise and crowd, and therefore, after a long day of sightseeing you can have a perfect sleep and rest in very comfortable, clean and nicely furnished rooms. The beds are very comfortable, rooms are spacious and nicly designed. Breakfast is absolutelly great, everything is available until 11h, so you can have a longer sleep before breakfast. Hotel staff are very helpful and kind, so we would gladly recommend the hotel to our friends! Also, comparing this hotel to other hotels in Venice, this was a perfect value for money, and we are very happy we chose this hotel!

We really liked everything, this is a great hotel!

Great location away from city bustle, but 2 blocks from water taxi. 20 minutes to St. marks Square. Couldn't have picked a nicer hotel at 100 Euro more. Breakfast was excellent.

Pillows could be better

We traveled in other places in Italy and this was our favorite hotel! The staff spoke very good English and were very friendly and helpful. Breakfast was great!

The room was spacious and very clean. Beds were extremely comfortable. Bathroom products were top end. Room service excellent. Fresh towels daily and regular bedding changes. Breakfast was varied, freshly prepared and there was pleanty of it. Staff were extremely helpful from room service to reception. The evening meal was good value and well presented. Although the hotel is futher away from the centre, the good value amd quality more than made up fro this. Transport links were excellent to the centre and main attractions.

Can't think of anything I would change about this hotel.

Very good value for money. An excellent breakfast was provided every day. The hotel was very quiet and peaceful.

It was perfect in all respects except the coffee was sub standard at breakfast. Otherwise well done

Amazing junior suite with high ceilings. Staff lovely. Brilliant breakfast and location

Quiet location and a nice walk into the city. Great breakfast!

Breakfast was top. Room was very nice.

The shower was a bit poor (in comparison to the rest) and a pool would be fantastic...

It's a resedentioal area, so nothing to do near the hotel. However, it's modern hotel and clean but you need to take the public transportation for every time you want to go to where most people gather.

Enjoyed the breakfast buffet. Front desk staff were helpful.

Had trouble with the shower - not use to having a partial shower closure only. The seating area in the jr. Suite was not as it looked on the web site.

Quiet location near a Boat Stop. Enjoyable walk, approx 25 mins into the centre of Venice by the side of the water. The bedroom and bathroom were furnished in a very tasteful manner, very clean, modern in design, the bed very comfortable, well insulated sound-wise from other rooms and well thought out, everything working perfectly. I liked the feeling of space due to high ceilings. Staff were very pleasant and helpful. There was a good choice of food for breakfast in a relaxed atmosphere. At least 2 small local cheap restaurants to be found nearby, but you need to arrive by about 7.30pm.