Located on the most fashionable street in Venice (kind of like Promenade des Anglais in Nice), this hotel used to be a Palace and became a hotel in 1822. It is located 2 minuters away from San Marco square. The building has a prominent red color and right in front of it is the vaporetto station "San Zaccharia". The hotel still has antique furniture in the lobby and on the floors, antique carpets and wall coverings. It has a really beautiful staircase and the view from the restaurant terrace on the roof is really great.
Now for the rooms.
The rooms are rather small and the bathrooms are very small. The bathtub is so narrow that it seems it was built for a child. In the beginning of May the radiators couldn’t be turned on and there was no place to dry our wet clothes and shoes after it was raining all day. The noise from the street at night could be heard very well with all the shutters shut. I was very disappointed with the accomodations. I could hardly call it the luxury collection, which is what Starwood calls it. The mattresses on the beds were very hard and I could feel the springs sticking out.
Overall, the location is obviously great but the hotel wasn’t worth the money it’s asking.