| From: MM, USA |
| Date of Stay: September, 2008 |
| I have stayed in Venice many times, and the Rio was exactly what I expected. Wonderful staff, clean and in a terrific location for proximity to St. Mark's. The rate I paid was great for high season in Venice. I had been warned the breakfast offered next door wasn't stellar, but I have had worse. Overall I would recommend the Rio to anyone looking for a nice, clean place to stay at a great price. I am a mid 40's man who tends to travel alone, so the fact there isn't a lift in the hotel is OK. You really can't beat the location for the price. |
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| From: BB, Ireland |
| Date of Stay: September, 2008 |
| We had a lovely stay here. Originally we booked a room for 3 people but were told that we were being moved to an apartment just a short walk away. We were initially sceptical of the idea but were very pleasantly surprised with the apartment which was spacious, clean and air conditioned. It had 2 bedrooms containing 1 double bed and 3 single beds. The apartment was serviced every day and was located on a quiet street just a minute's walk from the hotel and 3 min's walk from San Marco Square. We didn't avail of the free breakfast but we did have a lovely dinner in the hotel's adjoining restaurant where guests receive a 10% discount. Staff were friendly and helpful. My only complaint would be the fact that the website seems to contain no info about the apartment to which we were transferred and the first we heard of the change was after we had booked on the venere website. As it happens we were very happy with the accomodation but it would be nice to know what you're getting at the time of booking. |
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| From: DM, USA |
| Date of Stay: September, 2008 |
| It appeared they may have been doing some remodeling, as the reception area was just a desk in a hallway. The room was fine, but walking to it through an alley behind a restaurant was a little sketchy. Clean and fine for the price, plus, close to San Marco square. |
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| From: Ian Clement, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: September, 2008 |
| After booking a triple room we were offered an apartment 2 minutes from the hotel. This was in a typical quite narrow venice alley next to a canal. Apartment was clean, comfortable, secure, with use of kitchen and gave us plenty of space for 3. Hotel is ideally placed, 2 minutes walk from Basilica San Marco, vaporetto and at least a dozen restaurants. We had a great stay and would definately recommend Venice, the Hotel Rio and Apartment B to anyone - except those with problems with stairs or wrongly expecting great luxury at 2* prices. |
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| From: AB, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: September, 2008 |
| excellent location close to St Mark's; easiest to find walking up from San Zaccaria vaporetto stop. |
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| From: MW, Germany |
| Date of Stay: September, 2008 |
| TV had functioned badly, but it was no problem. My visit was great because of tourist attractions. For my room nb.: "10" the appropriate price would be 50 EUROS, not 70 as I paid |
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| From: RS, USA |
| Date of Stay: September, 2008 |
| AC is not great. Great location. Good Bathroom. Good room for the money. I would stay here again. |
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| From: Cong Lin, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: August, 2008 |
| Very good location, really close to st.Marco, 3 minutes walk from water bus stop. Room was just enough for use. Clean and quiet. Ari-conditioned. Very helpful staff, thanks. |
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| From: AN, Sweden |
| Date of Stay: August, 2008 |
| Perfect Location couple of minutes from St Mark's & very short walk from the Vaporetti, very easy to find!Staff friendly & helpful when around.. Breakfast served at the next door café was ok. Room very basic,(looked nothing like the photo.) but clean-& the bathroom-very fresh! Room quite noicy at times,and they could use some new beds.. But I would def stay there again! |
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| From: Clementine Dehaynin, France |
| Date of Stay: July, 2008 |
| Le personnel est plutôt agréable. L'un des batiments de l'hotel est situé dans une courée, à l'arrière d'un restaurant, et c'est assez bruyant le matin, mais aussi plutôt agréable et vivant. Les chambres sont très propres, mais il y avait du moisi dans les buffets du petit déjeuner, et ce à plusieurs reprises. L'hotel est à moins de 5 minutes de la place st marc etdu vaporetto, ce qui est très appréciable |
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| From: WS, Thailand |
| Date of Stay: July, 2008 |
| My friend and I visit Venice the first time.Rio is very close to place of attractions and easy to transport which is the best for this hotel but the room is quite small.We have no problem in bed because we are small.The other thing we like is we found Chinese restaurant closed to this hotel. |
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| From: RD, New Zealand |
| Date of Stay: July, 2008 |
| Hotel is well situated near St. Marks square on a small campo. The hotel is very close to an internet cafe and several good restaurants. Although the hoteliers gave me excellent directions to the hotel i still managed to get lost so i would reccomend buying a detailed map of venice before anything else and sorting out exactly how to get there. Room was tidy and the bathroom was clean. Helpful, friendly staff. Two thumbs up. |
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| From: JC, Argentina |
| Date of Stay: July, 2008 |
| Muy bien ubicado. Excelente precio calidad. Para acceder al cuarto que nos tocó había que pasar una calle muy fea. La primera impresion es mala, aunque después mejora. |
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| From: Carla Vitti, USA |
| Date of Stay: July, 2008 |
| Was pleasantly impressed with the hotel and our triple room, as I was travelling with my two boys ages 14 and 10. The room was just right, very clean with room service, air conditioning, private bathroom with a good size tub for relaxing hot baths in evening after walking around Venice all day. My only slight comment is that with the breakfast provided I wish freshly made cappuccini were included instead of coffee vendor machine type cappuccino. Other than that my boys and I had a great stay. The hotel is 5 minutes from Piazza San Marco and surrounded by restaurants one of whom I highly recommend - Trattoria Righetta. |
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| From: CG, Italy |
| Date of Stay: July, 2008 |
| Hotel Rio is ideally situated and I would definately stay there again. The four person apartment we were given was great! |
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| From: FB, Spain |
| Date of Stay: July, 2008 |
| El hotel me gustó mucho. Esperaba menos por el precio que pagué. El aire acondicionado no funcionaba, pero tampoco lo neesitabamos demaciado. Las toallas parecen que fueran un mantel. |
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| From: GS, USA |
| Date of Stay: June, 2008 |
| Nice location, hotel okay; my opinion is not based on other stays in Venice. Hotel is probably better value than my rating indicates. Employees very nice. |
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| From: Gianluca Galassi, Italy |
| Date of Stay: May, 2008 |
| I have been staying at Rio for three nights together with my wife. The hotel is absolutely convenient with regard to nearest vaporetto's stop (S. Zaccaria) and San Marco (5 minutes' walk each), and easy to find. The room was clean and quiet despite the fact that the Campo is usually busy and crowdy until late night. Consider that rooms are quite small and there is no lift available though. The breakfast could improve but it's fresh and plentiful. The staff was friendly and available. I would not recommend restaurant Aciugheta: too expensive for the quality of the food provided. Instead, the nearby restaurant Ridotto is very expensive but the food and service are of absolutely excellent quality. The price of the room is high, but consider you are in Venice. Finally, I would recommend Rio as a good hotel to stay in Venice. |
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| From: MU, United Kingdom |
| Date of Stay: May, 2008 |
| Hotel rooms were on small size (can't expect much else in Venice) but clean and full facilities. Staff welcoming and willing to help. Breakfast was next door but plentiful and simple continental fare. Packed breakfast provided on leaving day as we left before 8.00am. Hotel in ideal location (2 minutes walk from St Marks Square and 2 minutes from waterfront). Highly recommeded. |
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| From: Birgitte Husmark, Denmark |
| Date of Stay: March, 2008 |
| EVERYTHING was PERFECT except for my (first)single room (nr. 10)with very heavy motor noise from the heating system of the hotel. |
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