The hotel is situated in an excellent location, close to Piazza San Marco, Doge's Palace, and Saint Mark's Basilica. The hotel has a great breakfast, very clean and the staff is extremely friendly. Our only negative comment would be the "canal view', yes you can see a gondola filled canal but you need to REALLY lean out of the window to see it (not just stand there and see it), you still do have a canal view. With that said, I would definitely stay here again because everything else was outstanding.