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Hotel Mercurio

  • February 18, 2007
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Liam Hetherington from Manchester, United Kingdom
I hesitate to recommend this hotel. Not that it is bad - far from it. It's just that I want this to remain my hidden secret. An en suite room, less than three minutes walk from St Mark's Square, and about six from the Rialto, for under £40 a night? I have to be joking right?

Not at all. Just off the square fronting La Fenice a doorway leads to red-carpetted stairs. My room featured a big double bed, wardrobe, TV, and an ensuite complete with sink, toilet, shower and bidet. The furniture was styled to resemble 18th-century stylings with curlicues. The reception staff/owners are friendly and helpful. There is a full complimentary breakfast - cereal, juice, hot drinks, pastries, yogurts, fruit - which I believe can be a rarity in Venice. Best of all is the location, right in the heart of the action, and the rock-bottom price.

So are there any negatives? Yes, two complaints with my room which is why I am not giving a five-star rating. Firstly my window overlooked a grimy interior courtyard - not that I could see anything of it, as scaffolding prevented me from opening my shutters. Secondly, my room was right next door to the reception desk (which is staffed 24 hours). On one occassion I was woken at 4am by a very loud American woman shouting about her flight to London. And it takes a lot to wake me. I suppose I should have asked to move rooms, but frankly I couldn't be bothered, and the place was still nice enough.

Details of the place can be seen on www.hotelmercurio.com. I usually book hotels in Italy via www.venere.com, but the prices on the hotel's own website were identical, so I booked direct with Mercurio.

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Hotel Mercurio

  • May 9, 2004
  • Rated 3 of 5 by denise_baxter from Washington, District of Columbia
Hotel Mercurio

Our room was big, beautiful, very clean, and only a five-minute walk to San Marco Square. We didn't have a view of the canal, but we didn't travel all the way to Italy to sit in our hotel room!

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