Hotel Al Sole in Venice

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The common rooms are distributed amongst reception, hall, dining room and the delightful indoor garden (a real privilege for a hotel in Venice) where breakfast is served during the mild season and where guests may spend their free time. Breakfast is a buffet and proposes a wide selection of sweet and savory foods, homemade cakes, fresh fruit ect.. There is lift for our 3 floors.

A precious gem of Venice: Palazzo Marcello. Situated in the heart of the ancient Venice, Al Sole Hotel is a high quality hotel located in a marvelous fifteenth-century Palazzo, property of the homonymous noble Venetian family that still owns and manages it.In the Al Sole Hotel elegance and glamour of the XV century are mingled with modern services and comforts. The Hotel has an elevator to all floors, a spacious breakfast room, a fascinating inner garden and a characteristic Venetian Bar. Also available for our guests is a WI-FI system and an internet corner. Most of our guest rooms have been recently entirely renovated and refurbished with functional and modern furniture, while maintaining the different personalities to which they historically belong. They either face the charming Tolentini Canal, the charming inside garden, or the characteristic red roofs and bell towers. All rooms are very quiet and offer directly controlled air conditioning, satellite TV, direct telephone, minibar, safe deposit, and hairdryer. Some rooms are equipped with teacoffee making facilities. The hotels magnificent private courtyard represents an ideal open-air space where to enjoy breakfast, relax, read, or taste an evening aperitif served by its own antique Venetian Bar La Colonna. Hotel Al Sole is situated in a very peaceful area of the historic and artistic center of Venice. A few steps from Rialto and Piazza San Marco, the hotel is strategically located less than 5 minutes walking distance from Piazzale Romas airport bus terminals and car parking, less than 10 minutes walking distance from the Railway Station, and about 30 minutes from Venice Airport Marco Polo and Treviso Airport. The familiar and warm environment offered by Hotel Al Sole, combined with its rich history and the marvelous Venetian treasures, will make your stay unforgettable and will trigger your desire to return to visit us.

This grand 15th-century palace pointed-arch windows stands on a canal-lined street. Glass doors open to a marble-floored lobby with Oriental rugs, antique columns, and exposed-beam ceiling. Guests are largely European couples, along with some international tour groups.

Housed in a truly marvellous 15th century Palazzo, the Al Sole was once the residence of the dynastic Marcello family, who still own and run the hotel to this day.

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How to reach us:Hotel Al Sole is strategically located less than 5 minutes walking distance from Piazzale Roma?s () airport bus terminals and car parking. Less that 10 minutes walking distance from the Railway Station. About 30 minutes from Venice Airport ?Marco Polo? and Treviso Airport.Arriving by plane, from Venice Airport ?Marco Polo?:Once outside the terminal, you may choose between a coach service (blue or orange buses), or a taxi that will both take you to Piazzale Roma () in about 20 minutes. The price is about 3 euro per person for the blue buses (with luggage rack and seats for all passengers), about 2 euro for the orange buses (with no luggage racks and either seats or standing room), and about 20 euro for the taxi.Arriving by plane, from Treviso Airport:Once outside the terminal you may take the blue bus to Venice, Piazzale Roma (). The ride is about 20 minutes long and costs about 4 euro.Arriving by car:We advise you to park your car in one of Piazzale Roma?s () garages: the Comunale (the first you encounter after crossing the Libery Bridge) or the San Marco (turning right after having passed the Comunale). They charge about 20-26 euro per day. At the San Marco garage you can enjoy a 10-20% off (depending on the season of arrival) the price by a special agreement with our Hotel. Remember to ask for the coupon at the Reception. () Once in Piazzale RomaOnce in Piazzale Roma, the hotel is less than 5 minutes walking distance! Walk towards the easily recognizable gardens (Giardini Papadopoli) and cross the first bridge. Keep walking straight and you will cross a second, smaller bridge, after which you will make an immediate right on the ?Fondamenta dei Tolentini? (the street along the canal, with the canal on your right). Without crossing other bridges, make a left on ?Fondamenta Minotto? (another street along the canal, with the canal on your right). Keep walking straight and you will find the hotel on your left, facing the Marcello bridgeArriving by train:From the Railway Station, the hotel is less than 10 minutes walking distance!Once outside the Station you will see the Scalzi Bridge on your left (one of the three bridges crossing the Grand Canal). Right after crossing the bridge, turn on your right and follow the road always keeping the Grand Canal on your right. You will then find another bridge that you will only partially cross by turning left after the first few steps. You will then be in Fondamenta dei Tolentini (the street along the canal, with the canal on your right). Keep following the street, always following the canal (both will make a natural right turn). At the end of the street, right before the bridge, you will turn left into ?Fondamenta Minotto? (another street along the canal, with the canal on your right). Keep walking straight and you will find the hotel on your left, facing the Marcello bridge. (Venetian tip: after having crossed the first bridge in front of the Station, you will have no more bridges to cross and, if you walk always keeping the canals on your right, you can?t miss us!).