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Venice Cruise Terminal Hotels
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ABOVE: The three-star
Hotel San Moisé
is a five-minute walk from the Vallaresso boat pier. (This photo was taken from
the window of room 107.)
Hotels near the Piazza San Marco
If your cruise ship is mooring at the
Marittima basin, a hotel near
the
Piazza San Marco is worth considering. Rates tend to be considerably higher in
San Marco than in other districts of Venice, but the major sights and shops are
close by, and the
Alilaguna airport boat's Blue Line offers
service from Arsenale, San Zaccaria, and San Marco to the Terminal Crociere
(cruise terminal) at Marittima. Along the way, it stops at Zattere, which is
handy if you prefer a hotel in
Eastern Dorsoduro.
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Note: Small and mid-size
cruise ships often arrive and depart at San Basilio, which is not served by
Alilaguna. (The No. 2 ACTV public
waterbus runs from San Zaccaria, above the Piazza San Marco, to the San
Basilio vaporetto stop. However, it may be inconvenient if you're
traveling with bulky luggage.)
Several upmarket
hotels are quite close to the San Marco Giardinetti vaporetto and airport-boat
station, although anyone staying at these four- and
five-star hotels can easily afford a private water taxi:
 The
Luna Baglioni (5 stars) is friendlier and more intimate than many luxury hotels, with a very helpful concierge.
(See our illustrated review.) The Luna
Baglioni is Venice's oldest hotel (the Knights of Templar slept on the site in
1118), and its ballroom-like breakfast room is a sight to behold.
 Europa &
Regina (5 stars) is a highly regarded Westin property that occupies
five buildings along the Grand Canal. The more expensive double rooms have
partial canal views.
 The
Bauer Hotel
and
Bauer Il Palazzo (both 5 stars) are
sister properties that were carved out of the long-established Bauer-Grünwald &
Grand Hotel. The more exclusive of the two, Bauer Il Palazzo, occupies an historic palace on the Grand Canal. Just behind it
is a 20th Century luxury wing, the Hotel Bauer, which is more popular with well-heeled guests than with
historical preservationists.
 Monaco and
Grand Canal (4 stars) is just a short walk from the Alilaguna airport boat's
pier. The hotel occupies a 17th Century building on a splendid site where the
Grand Canal feeds into St. Mark's Basin.
 Moving
down in price, we come to the
Anastasia (3 stars), which has single and double rooms for prices that are
quite reasonable for this part of town. The
Casanova
(photo at left),
the
Firenze,
and the
Torino
(all 3-star hotels) are also convenient to the airport boat and the Piazza San
Marco. The very reasonably priced
Mercurio
(2 stars) is just west of the square.
One of our personal favorites is slightly
inland and within easy walking distance:
 The
San
Moisè (3 stars, photo at left) is about five minutes from the boat platform, on a quiet
street near the
Hotel Kette
(4 stars). We're fond of both hotels, but the San
Moisé might be a better choice during the warmer months because it has a courtyard
with tables. It's also less expensive than the Kette. (See our Hotel San Moisé
review.)
 Other three-star hotels close by include the
Violino d'Oro, the
Lisbona,
the
Bel Sito &
Berlino, the
highly-regarded
Flora, and--for
opera lovers--La Fenice et des
Artistes. The
Saturnia
& International (4 stars, photo at right), the very popular
Ala
(3 stars), and the
inexpensive
Locanda
Fiorita (1 star) are also in good locations.
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