Byron Venezia

Room with no air conditioner but only a little fan and we paid $108US/ night! What a rip off! The hotel is quite old and far away from public beach. We booked it via Hotwire but somehow ended up with Travelocity on the booking records. The hotel explained that there was no request for air conditioning from Travelocity. What the heck, it's Venice in 21th century and not in rural area or 3rd world country for good sake!

My husband and I got a water taxi to Lido De Venezia....a very rough journey as weather was bad that day, not great if you're sea sick 😐We got dropped off with sketchy directions to the hotel ...we found the street almost straightaway but , on arrival, there was a sign pinned on door to say reception is at no 28c..,we walked round the hotel fir around half an hour, unable to find reception....we eventually went to the complex next door...the receptionist there said we were at the wrong place but could stay there if we didn't like The Byron...if only I had listened !! We finally got in, to be informed that our rooms would not be ready till 2pm...this is find but we saw no other guests for 3 days, so can't imagine they were busy !!! The hotel is quite grand, in the vein of Agatha Christie And then There were non house ..or maybe a smaller version of The Overlook in The Shining..... Whilst it is not actually unwelcoming, there is nothing to welcome you either....no music, entertainment, minimal staff, not even a bar.....well...actually there is but when my husband went to buy a drink, the door was shut on him !!! If I'm honest....the only way I'd recommend it is for a myrder mystery weekend ...the whispering and scratching outside our room during the night did not fill me with delight !! On the plus side, good wifi and shower was very hot ..that's about it really 😕

We stayed at this hotel on our recent trip to Venice. We liked it because the price was very reasonable and it's located on the Lido which is much quieter than the city of Venice. We took a water bus to the Lido which worked out fine for us. The Vime Byron doesn't have air conditioning, so it got pretty warm at night -- but we had a fan so it was okay. They have hotel wifi -- but you have to pay for it. Not expensive and worth having in the room. Overall we enjoyed our stay at the Vime Byron.