ANTICA LOCANDA AL GAMBERO, Venice

Hotel Antica Locanda Al Gambero, located in San Marco, offers 30 rooms with damask or striped wallpaper, bedspreads that match the drapery, ornate chandeliers, wood or tile floors, and gilded mirrors. The non-smoking rooms include single, double, matrimoniale (one double bed), triple, and quadruple options. Rooms have premium bedding, air conditioning, satellite TV, telephone, minibar, safe, and coffee/tea maker. Most rooms face a Venetian canal. En suite rooms have free Wi-Fi. Bathrooms include free toiletries. Rooms are spacious.

Le Bistrot de Venise serves Venetian dishes, classic Italian recipes, and international fare. Guests can have a satisfying meal. Many DOC wines with prestigious labels accompany courses in pairings suggested by the sommelier. The dining room opens seasonally onto the campiello at the foot of the bridge. A free breakfast buffet is served daily. It features sweet and savoury food, including local pastries and classic Italian coffee and cappuccino in a cozy space with a checkerboard tile floor, striped damask wallpaper, white tablecloths, booth and table seating, and Venetian art on the walls.

Hotel Locanda al Gambero offers a relaxing roof terrace, plus a lobby with a checkerboard floor and antique chairs and seats. Guests can use the internet corner (free internet access), major daily newspapers, sitting room and television for relaxation and socializing, and the breakfast room, with lead glass windows. The hotel offers free Wi-Fi, a handsome lounge for guests with a piano.

Located on Calle dei Fabbri, 3 minutes by foot from Piazza San Marco and 5 minutes from the Ponte di Rialto, Antica Locanda Al Gambero is near museums, history, and romance. It is set at the foot of the Ponte de le Pignate, near stores, artisanal shops, showrooms, boutiques, bacari (traditional inns) and historic cafés. At the end of Calle dei Fabbri, past the Sottoportego del Dai, the path opens up to Piazza San Marco. The pale pink mass of the Palazzo Ducale stretches toward the Bacino San Marco.

Hotel Antica Locanda al Gambero offers a cordial and typically Venetian atmosphere. The hotel includes a 24-hour reception. Guests can park in the Tronchetto garage or at the garage of Piazzale Roma, the auto terminal. To reach the hotel from there, guests can take Actv vaporetto line 1 or 2 for Rialto. Other services include: tour and restaurant bookings, luggage deposit, daily cleaning, babysitting, and wake-up alarms.