Hotel La Calcina

First I want to start this review as all others to say I am reviewing this as a 3 star Hotel, so it’s judged based on those expectations. The hotel is well located very close to an activ boat stop and the views and sound of the water was great. The staff was excellent and hands down the best part of the hotel. The breakfast was also good and included in my stay. The room was a bit dated but still comfortable enough. Some rooms have a bathroom that is not connected, they are still private but requires going in the hallway to the next door. which is generally fine except in the middle of the night. I would definitely recommend the place as value for money was excellent. When in Venice you will spend almost no time in your room as there is so much to do, so given price and quality I would return.

This is a wonderful hotel located on Dorsoduro, in a quiet but convenient part of Venice. My room had a view of the Giudecca canal and a delicious breakfast was served each morning outside on the quai, watching the boats go by. The hotel is where John Ruskin lived when writing The Stones of Venice and it is now, as then, a pleasure to look across the canal toward Redentore, Palladio’s lovely church on the Giudecca. The hotel is beautifully appointed, with a friendly and helpful staff and is just enough off the beaten path to make one’s stay peaceful and quiet while being within easy distance of all one’s favorite sights.

Staff were very friendly. Check in was very efficient. Staff at breakfast were excellent and very helpful and attentive, as were the staff at dinner. A well positioned and lovely hotel which I would have no hesitation in using again

Location is wonderful--quiet, yet close to all that Venice offers. Love the old historic ambiance of the lobby and rooms. Desk and restaurant staff were friendly and very helpful. Room was clean and quite spacious. I would have expected a better mattress, given the room rate. Not the worst but not good. Also wish the cleaning staff would not leave windows wide open every day after cleaning the room--lets mosquitoes in. We closed them when we left but they kept opening them.

Very nice older hotel with nice furnishings. No elevator so if you are in the only room on the 4th floor be prepared to walk. Staff was very helpful and friendly.

Separate Bathroom !!! Need I say more?

Great location. Vaporetto stop not far from front door. The room was very comfortable with separate wardrobes to keep the room neat.

Despite the really high tides and flooding we had a fab time at La Calcina, second time we have stayed here.

Excellent , cosy, very helpful staff, excellent restaurant . Lovely room overlooking the zattere

I booked this hotel based in reading good reviews about it. I am not saying it was fake reviews but most of the reviews did not apply at least to the room we stayed over two nights of stay. Here are some critics: 1. The bathroom size was out of standard and minimum requirement of an average human size is not met in their standard room as it was difficult to take a shower. 2. Toilet flash fills up every 15 min!! Relly terrible. 3. The towel was not changed for the second day and it was still wet. Location, its garden and welcoming receptionist was the good things that I can list about this hotel.