Domina Home Guidecca

Cada vez que vamos a Venecia nos alojamos en este hotel, que en su día descubrimos caminando por la callejuelas de Giudecca. Giudecca es una de las islas mas grandes en Venecia, pero no deja de ser una isla, así que solo se llega en barquito (vaporetto). Esta isla y el hotel en especial es una oasis de tranquilidad en el bullicio veneciano. Caminando unos metros se encuentra la parada del vaporeto que tarda unos 10 minutos en llegar a la céntrica plaza San Marco.
Recomiendo este hotel por su relación calidad /​precio. Habitaciones con decoración elegante, «correctos» en su tamaño, un bufet de desayuno que no se encuentra en todos los sitios en Italia y un precio por debajo del nivel típico de esta ciudad (hab. doble con desayuno ca. 150 EUR)

We chose DHG thinking it would be nice to have a relaxed hotel away from the maddening crowds of Venice. What we didn’t think about was transportation to the main center. Yes, it’s a 20 min boat ride to Piazza di San Marco — and you have to take the boat from there it seems. So, if you’re at the northern parts of the islands in the evening, it’s a 30 min walk through Venice to get there.
Having said that, can you really give a 1 star review based on location? Hmm, maybe, but here there’s more.
What really put me off with this hotel was that when we got our rooms, the sheet was dirty. Right next to my pillow. Maybe it was makeup that had been smeared out, maybe it was something else, who knows. Either way, I don’t want it next to my head when sleeping. Thus, I went out and asked them to change it. Sure, no problems, they will change it tomorrow during the cleaning. Eh, WHAT? No understanding, no excuse, no attempt to fix it. I ended up changing the sheets myself, which is not really a problem — except that I expect not having to do that in a 100euro/​night room…
So, service was mixed. What about the room itself? It was good sized and nicely decorated. The bed was comfortable and the pillows as well. It was really cool to have the canal just outside the window. Big minus that the AC only had an on/​off mode (where the on mode was several celcius too cold — yes, we asked them to have a look at it, and they did. Nothing happened with it.).
Free Wifi in the lobby, no wifi at all in the room (outlet for ethernet cable available). Come on, this is 2014?!
Breakfast was probably the highlight of the hotel, best one we had in Italy by far. Was especially impressed that they also had dark rye bread! Minus for nothing being labeled — the plain croissants mentioned in one review were really nice, but they were easily mistaken for the ones with a sweet filling (same box, different shelves, looked identical). Coffee, as in all other Italian hotels I’ve stayed in was from a machine — ironically enough with all Italians having good espresso all the time.

The best way to the hotel is taking the water bus and get off at Guidecca. You’ll have to walk through a narrow alley to get to the hotel. The rooms are really small for 3 people. It cost about $ 200 a night USD during the weekend I’m staying at in May. Free breakfast every morning. The free wifi doesn’t work in our room. You’ll have to stay in the lobby to get connect. They make you return the key to the lobby everytime you leave your room in order for them to clean it. Our blow dryer wasn’t working properly bit we were too busy to complain. There is only one person working at the front desk. A short walk from the hotel to the water bus. Most stores in the area are closed on the weekends. The water bus will take you to San Marco in about 10 mins and it runs very frequent. If you’re taking the water bus to the airport, you have to buy a separate water bus ticket. The water bus terminal to the airport is about 15 min walk from the hotel and the ride takes about an hour.