Hotel Alex

It is a cheap hotel, in Venice where cheap hotels are very scarce. For me, it was well located, but be aware that it is about 10 minutes walk from just about anywhere other than the Frari, which is just over a narrow canal. In particular, it is about 10 minutes to the nearest vaporetto stop, but it is only a bit over 10 minutes to the bus station at Piazzale Roma and only a little further to the railway station. There is a supermarket opposite and two restaurants but I did not fancy either of them and the nearest other trattorie are [wait for it] about 10 minutes walk. I had a lovely big room with views out and a private bathroom. The people are friendly and helpful and I would stay there again. But I can't rate it more favourably because it was seriously in need of maintenance. A tiled floor with cracked tiles, windows which do not fit exactly (and it was March, quite cold at night and the heating went off at night and was not enough to warm the room before I got up). In the bathroom, the shower fitting would not let me place the shower head above my head, and the shower did not have enough hot water.

Very angry, as we had to leave this hotel early, the room was so bad, so dirty and so uncomfortable that we had to find another place. It made many problems for our holiday, we had to find somewhere quick, because we just could not spend another night there. Mattress so bad we could not sleep. If you want a cheap hotel, you must know you will really have not clean room, floor so dirty and mattress so old.

Set in the heart of venice , Store just across , lovely restaurant very close by . Price was fine , room was tidy , Bed well I suffer from bad back and the Bed was brilliant , Very warm welcome , Breakfast was enough , Not cooked but hey ho you get what you pay for , Would I go back YES no problem one bit . Shower could do with a bit of paint and tidying up , But other than that , It was enjoyable .