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Hotel Olimpia
ABOVE: The Hotel Olimpia's garden. INSET
BELOW: The hotel is alongside the Burchielle Canal.
Category:
Three-star hotel.
Location: Across a footbridge from
the Piazzale Roma.
Convenient when:
 You
need quick access to Venice's
airport buses,
land taxis, or
cruise terminals.
The Best Western Hotel Olimpia is also convenient for motorists, since
it's near parking in the
Piazzale Roma and on the nearby island of
Tronchetto.
The Olimpia is housed in a 16th Century building on the Rio delle
Burchielle, the canal that separates the Piazzale Roma from the adjacent
neighborhood. Its rooms are decorated in 18th Century Venetian style,
but you'll probably want to go outside and enjoy the hotel's garden in
nice weather. Compare
rates:
Aerial photos:
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In the first photo, the Best Western Hotel Olimpia
is near the bottom of the frame, at the eastern end of the
Fondamenta delle Burchielle. The grey area above the hotel is the
Piazzale Roma, which is served by airport buses, land taxis,
cruise-ship shuttle buses, and (between the garages on the left) the
People Mover
tramway to the Marittima cruise basin and the Tronchetto parking
island.
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The second image shows how to reach the hotel, which
is the building behind the word "Sestiere" alongside the canal that
runs from left to right. (From the Piazzale Roma, go up the steps of
the footbridge near the left side of the photo, turn right at the
top of the bridge, then turn right again at the bottom of of the
bridge.)
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