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In the Venice (on the water) hotels stand very expensive, at least 200 - 300 euros and they must be ordered in advance, because. they are all busy.

translators Italian stop on the mainland, in the areas of Mestre (Mestre) or Marghera ( Marghera).

There prices are more approached to reality.

Among the large number of tourists, it is believed that staying in Venice is not too cheap. It is much more profitable to stay in the neighboring city of Mestre, where the cost of living will be cheaper, but if you stay too long in Venice, you will have to return by taxi, and these are additional financial costs. Prices in Venetian hotels are high, for example, the cost of a daily stay in a five-star hotel starts from 350 euros. A room in a four-star hotel in the San Marco area will cost from 250 euros. If you go further from the center, you can find accommodation in hotels for 100-200 euros per room. The lowest price in the high season is 60 euros, and this is on the condition that all amenities are on the floor. The cheapest place to live is Giudecca, which can be reached by small boat. Here you can stay in a hostel for 20 euros per person. If you are going to Venice in a big company, then you can rent an apartment for a few days, which is quite a good option.

From there, from any hotel you can get to the bus station Piazzale Roma in Venice.

There is an opinion that renting a hotel in Venice itself is prohibitively expensive, and therefore it is worth living in the neighboring city of Mestre, and traveling to Venetian sights by bus or train.

Such judgments bring to mind the old anecdote that Venice, as many tourists think, is a "Disneyland" that is closed to visitors at night.

In fact, Venice is a full-fledged city where, strange as it may seem, people live, schools, hospitals, and a university work. And in this city you can find absolutely any housing - from luxurious to the cheapest.

Mestre, so beloved by travel agencies, refers to Venice only formally. Venice is an island in a lagoon. And Mestre is on the mainland. Hotels here are really cheaper. And the amount for which a modest one-star accommodation will be offered in Venice, in Mestre will allow you to remove three stars. True, for this, tourists will have to get to the bus stop every day, and then drive 20 minutes to the island. Staying late in Venice is not going to work. Only the routes of the Venetian vaporetto boats operate around the clock. And only taxi drivers carry to the mainland at night. (If you settled in Mestre to save money, a taxi ride will likely ruin your plans.)

Tourists from Mestre will escort the guests of Venetian hotels with a sad look. The lucky ones, because they can feel what it means to live on this amazing island. They can walk as much as they want along the dark streets, look at the windows of long-closed shops, listen to violins in the square, and then rush to the room to fall on the bed, because their legs are very tired - after all, in Venice they move only on foot or on water.

If you want to stay away from the sights to save money, it is better to choose Giudecca Island. This is a thin strip of land, just 200 meters from Venice, where several vaporetto lines stop. The cheapest way to spend the night here is for more than 20 euros in a youth hostel. Or rent a room with amenities in a student residence for about 50 euros. For the same amount, you can find a 1 star hotel in Venice itself, but the room most likely will not have amenities. For 100 euros you can rent a room in two stars. Most likely, it will be a very decent accommodation, but with very modest furnishings, such as the Serenissima Hotel. Three stars cost an average of about 200 euros per day. In such hotels, as a rule, there is an elevator, which is a rarity in Venice, because most of the buildings were built in the Middle Ages.

Prices in five-star hotels start at 350 euros and tend to infinity. Especially when the letter L is added to 5 stars - luxury. In such hotels, usually, luxurious furnishings, antique furniture and a rich pedigree of guests - from Hemingway to crowned heads and Hollywood stars. World-famous luxury is Danieli, Gritti, Luna Baglioni, Bauer, located on the shores of the lagoon and Canal Grande. The richest hotel is located on the island of Giudecca (in the same place as the poorest). The famous Hotel Cipriani has its own outdoor pool, park, picnic area, in a word, excesses that are impossible even for five-star travelers in close Venice.

Star grading should be treated with skepticism if possible. The commission assigns this rating to hotels based on the presence or absence of services - an elevator, internet, furniture, safe, laundry, own bar, restaurant, and more. And how cozy, clean and comfortable it is to live in a hotel can only be learned from experience. For example, between 4-star Rialto and 2-star Mocenigo, it is definitely worth choosing the latter.

Another housing option in Venice is rented apartments for a week or more. Such apartments are not cheap, but if you go on a trip with a large company and divide the rent among several people, it turns out to be quite profitable. Websites that offer apartments for rent always indicate the number of bedrooms and how many people this housing is designed for. When choosing an apartment, specify on which floor it is located. On the first floor, most likely, there will be a slight smell of dampness, and you will have to walk up the stairs every day to the higher floors.

Prices in hotels and rented apartments change several times a year, depending on the season. In winter, when it is cold and dank, prices are lower. And in the high season - during the carnival and on warm summer days - they go wild.

Guidebooks advise you to book a hotel in Venice in advance, especially during Carnival. But even if you arrived without planning anything, you will not be left without housing. In the hall of the Santa Lucia railway station, there is a 365 service - this is a reference, where information about all available rooms in the city flows.

Travel time takes from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the distance and route.

The bus service is well developed.

Find a place during high seasonwhere to stay in Venicenot easy, especially considering the fact that Venice is one of the most expensive cities in Europe. However, there are many hotels here: large and small, cozy and not very comfortable. Hostels are represented quite widely.

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Traveled around Venice and shares his impressions

I abandoned hotelsa few years ago.

With the help of the airbnb website, I rent rooms in apartments. It is not always necessary to rent an entire apartment. Of course, living with the owners in the same apartment does not seem very convenient, but it only seems. Sometimes the hosts are so hospitable that then you think if he is a relative of yours: he will cook breakfast, and tell you where he is, and talk heart to heart.

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I know for sure from my own experience that all the time that you will spend in Venice is constant walking around the city, walking and visiting museums, sothe place where you stay is only needed for sleep.

The option that I will talk about is based on my personal experience. This optiongood for a young couple, for a solo traveler, for a small group of young people.

The best hostel

It's about a hostel.

There are a lot of them in Venice, as I said, but I recommend one:Ostello Domus Civica . I have stayed there twice. Found it by accident on the Internet. I was surprised by the prices. For this city20 thousand per week in a single room(it was in 2016) - almost for nothing. Two years in a row I stayed at Domus Civica.

Of course, the choice and decision is yours. But I think the option of living in Venice in the summer season, which I proposed, deserves attention.

Of the minuses: Domus Civica - initiallystudent hostel.

All hostels in Venice (there is a map).

That's why spartan decor: rooms are just rooms with only beds, a table and a wardrobe-rack. No frills in the form of stylish furniture, canopies over the beds and paintings on the walls. Single rooms have a sink. Showers and toilets in the hallway. But there are a couple of them in each wing, I didn’t see queues there. Smoking is not allowed in the rooms.There is a TV, but one for the whole hostel in the guest room next to the reception desk. Hostelcloses at 12:00 sharp, and if you didn’t have time from somewhere, then until seven in the morning you will have to wander somewhere or wait out the night.

This hostel has many more positive aspects.

The main thing is the price.

You will save your budget a lot, you will have more money left for getting to know the city itself. Sitting in a hotel room, no matter how comfortable it is, is pointless in Venice, you will only come here for the night.

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Communication with the world will be provided to you, throughout the hostelfree wifi. The staff is friendly and helpful and will help you in any way they can. On the first floor, right behind the reception,there is a kitchen, there you can cook.

There are supermarkets nearby.

In the lobby there are vending machines with drinks and snacks. But what kind of vending machines can there be if there are so many options from restaurants, cafes, eateries around? Right at the exit from the hostel there is an excellent cafe, where you will be cheaply and tasty fed, you will be treated like the dearest guest. I just became friends with these people, had breakfast and dinner all the time with them. Now I come just like that, out of old friendship.

Bedroom in Domus Civica

R the hostel is located very conveniently: a few minutes walk from Piazzale Roma, ten minutes walk from the train station. It is located in the area, from the hostel it is very easy to get to the most famous places and sights of Venice: you will go straight, you will get to Rialto, turn right, you will go to Dorsoduro, and in Dorsoduro you will find the church of San Pantalon, and Campo Santa Margherita, and Scuola dei Carmini , and San Barnaba, and access to the Academy Gallery ... And there are a lot of pearls next to the hostel itself: two hundred meters in a straight line, and you are already at Scuola Grande di San Rocco, and around the corner - Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, then the church of San Polo, and a little aside the House of Carlo Goldoni. And this is only a third of the way to Rialto.

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If you turn left from the hostel, walk a little past the brick wall, turn right and go straight into the archway (“sottoportego”), you will find yourself in the courtyard of the church and Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista.

How to find a hostel

It is impossible to pass by the hostel from Piazzale Roma.

Considering the concentration of all the objects I mentioned on this particular path, the guests of the city go exactly this way right from the bus stop. Standing strictly with your back to the entrance to Piazzale Roma from the mainland, you will see how people, bypassing the souvenir stalls, go up to the bridge. Go and you across the bridge, then through a small park, again a bridge, take a little left from the bridge: on the right you will see a church building with white columns, you don’t go there, namely a little to the left - go through a small square with several cafes, it will be straight ahead sottoportego, dive with the crowd there, straight ahead, again the bridge, but now be more careful: on your right hand is the building of the Domus Civica hostel you are looking for.

From autumn to spring, students studying in Venice live there, but in summer the hostel opens its doors to guests of the “pearl of the Adriatic”.

Book in advance, pay upon arrival at the hostel. Just don't forget to add to the costtourist tax, which is paid throughout Italy and in hotels, and in hostels, and even in rented apartments.

Tourist tax is different everywhere: from one to five euros per day.

In Domus Civica, as far as I remember, 1.5-2 euros. You can check the amount in the hostel itself.

Alternative places

I will add that Domus Civica is quite popular among visitors to Venice, and there may not be places there. Alternatively: try Hostel We Crociferi.

I did not stay there, but I know this place, I drank coffee in their coffee shop and was interested in prices. Booking page:We Crociferi…

The best hotel

From hotelsI can recommend a three starLa Fenice et des Artistes(booking page). It is located in the very center, behind the theaterLa Phoenix, near Piazza San Marco. The rooms are decorated in a classic style: fabric-covered walls, antique furniture,canopy over the bed. The windows overlook the roofs of the surrounding houses. But still, this is a hotel, and accommodation here will cost much more.

Room at La Fenice et des Artistes

Choose. Enjoy your stay in Venice, now you know where to stay.

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Although Venice is not cheap, you can still find a decent hotel or hostel at low cost. It will be cheaper to stay in a hostel in a common room, if you don’t really care where to spend the night. Both men and women can sleep in the general rooms. The more people in the room, the cheaper the overnight stay will cost you. For example, in the Generator Venic hostel (at Fondamenta della Croce, 86), a bed in a 16-bed mixed dormitory room will cost only 775 rubles per person. This is perhaps the cheapest option. And at Youth Venice Hostelers Home (Sestiere Castello 3368/A), a single bed in a 4-bed dormitory for men and women costs 910 rubles. You can also take a separate room in hostels, for example, with two beds, it will come out a little cheaper than in hotels. For example, in the hostel "Ai Boteri" (Calle Dei Boteri San Polo, 1699) a double room with one large bed and a shared bathroom costs 1,880 rubles per night.

A good cheap option is guest houses. In fact, the same hotel, but more domesticated, or something ... And often the owner himself and his family live in the same house or nearby, and they clean everything and even sometimes prepare breakfast. In general, these options are very suitable if you have a child. For example, a triple room with a shared bathroom in Ca Diamond, a 5-minute walk from the Rialto Bridge in Cannaregio, costs only 1,265 rubles! Excellent and cheap rooms within one and a half thousand are also in B&B Exclusive guest houses in San Polo, Sweet Home in Cannaregio, Alloggi Al Gallo in Santa Croce.

You can choose to stay in apartments. Apartments or rooms for rent are actually rented apartments or rooms from private owners or agencies that clean and administer the rooms themselves. For example, apartments, i.e. double room with 1 large bed and shared bathroom "Albergo Marin" at Santa Croce, 670/b (a couple of minutes walk from the train station Santa Lucia and close to the Grand Canal) cost 2,280 rubles, moreover breakfast included. Pay attention also to the inexpensive apartments "Appartamento Biennale" and "Residenza Rialto". You can also choose country houses, in areas close to Venice, the cost is almost the same as guest houses.

Well, hotels. 1 star hotels will cost you very cheap, almost like a hostel. Plus, for an additional 200-300 rubles, you can order breakfast. A hotel where a night in a double room will cost you less than one and a half thousand rubles is the Hotel Caneva (Ramo Licini, 5515, between the Rialto Bridge and Piazza San Marco). Hotels are slightly more expensive, but still very cheap, "Hotel Casa Linger 1 *" (Salizzada Sant "Antonin, 3541, 5 minutes walk from St. Mark's Square), "Hotel Airone 2 *" (Santa Croce, 557), "Hotel Ariel Silva 2 * "(Calle de la Masena. Cannaregio 1391 / a). The only thing in such cheap rooms is a shared bathroom for several rooms. Rooms with a private bathroom cost 300-600 rubles more.

Since I often visit the Italian region of Veneto as a technical translator for groups of Russian specialists for whom I translate training courses, I also manage to visit Venice.
This city causes tourists either delight, or the feeling ".. fuu .. it smells ..".
As for me, of all the cities in Italy, this is my favorite city, nothing smells there, and every time I visit Venice with pleasure, although I have been there more than a dozen times.

How to get to Venice

Venice is on an island. It is connected to the mainland by an embankment built by Benito Mussolini. This dam rests on a small area called Piazzale Roma(translated from Italian as Roma Square). There are buses and taxis.
Before that, it was possible to get there only by water.

By car:

At the entrance to Venice, you can park your car in the area Piazzale Roma or in a huge parking lot " Tronchetto", which is on the outskirts. To be honest, I have never gone there by car, because even the Italians themselves say that it is difficult to find a parking place and it is very expensive.

Covered parking" Garage San Marco", which is located on Piazzale Roma, where you get by driving along the dam from the mainland, costs 32€ (30€ when ordering on-line).

Multi-storey car park Tronchetto", which is located on an artificial island Tronchetto:
- Number of parking spaces: 3957
- Price:
1 hour -3€
2 hours - 6€
3 hours - 11€
4 hours - 16€
5 hours or more - daily rate -21€ per day
From Tronchetto Piazzale Roma 1 km on foot or by PeopleMoover cable car for another 1.5 euros.

When the interpreter came to Venice with local Italians from Vicenza, they drove by car to the railway station" Castelfranco Veneto", parked there, and then drove 50 minutes by train.

By bus:

From almost any hotel on the mainland from nearby towns Mestre and Marghera can be reached by bus. Travel time is from 10 to 30 minutes. Ticket price 1.30€. Buses come to Piazzale Roma. They run from early morning until about 23.00. There are also night buses, but only on certain routes. Note: Tickets are on sale at Tabaccheria(translated from Italian: tobacco shop) or at Giornalaio(in Russian: newsstand), which are closed on Sundays. Therefore, buy tickets in advance, on Saturday. Sometimes there are controllers.

By train (Ferrovia in Italian):

From Milan, Verona, Vicenza, Brescia, Bergamo, Padua, Mestre, you can take a train that comes directly to the island of Venice at the central station Santa Lucia. This is the final station, further - water. The paths are laid along the dam connecting Venice with the mainland.

On water:

On the mainland, for example from Venice Airport Marco Polo you can call a water taxi and get anywhere (but it's not cheap, 150-200 euros, though 10 people fit into such a taxi). There are ferries to Venice Italian Vaporetto) from the resort Jesolo.