Solo Holidays - I Love Touring Venice Italy - San Polo and Santa Croce District Hotels

We have personally verified all website addresses making sure that they include English-language pages. Starting with the least expensive, for your convenience we have listed district hotels in approximate order of cost. But the eastern part of the district has a medieval air and is home to some tourist attractions such as historic churches and the Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna whose collection includes many masters of modern art. You may well stop by here because of the parking lots (cars aren't allowed in the five other districts of Venice) and bus station. Santa Croce is north and west of San Polo. Said to be consecrated in the year 421 and perhaps the oldest church in Venice, the main attractions are the Rialto Bridge and several churches including San Giacomo di Rialto. It's home to Venice's main market and has been for over 900 years. It covers only 86 acres (that's about 35 hectares) in the center of the city. The San Polo district is the smallest of Venice's six districts.

San Polo 2160, the hotel address is Calle Pezzana. Perhaps because the hotel has only 8 rooms and 1 suite there is no night porter. Breakfast is served in the courtyard. And is said to be the world's largest painting on canvas, you'll be close to many attractions such as the San Pantalon church whose ceiling was painted by Gian Antonio Fiumani. The Acca Hotel has only one star but may be an option for economy-minded tourists.

Santa Croce 2063, the hotel address is Fondamento de Rimpeto a Ca' Moncenigo. But none of them offer a canal view, all 10 rooms and the junior suite are non-smoking. Access is via a private bridge with a history that you can read on the hotel website. There's a courtyard for breakfast and a Turkish sauna. It's on two floors of a palazzo that once belonged to the local Mocenigo bigwigs. The Hotel al Ponte Mocenigo is our only suggestion in the Santa Croce district.

San Polo 1434, the hotel address is Calle del Traghetto della Madoneta. 2 suites and 1 apartment, there are only 5 rooms. The fine breakfast is served in a room overlooking the Grand Canal as do some of the guest rooms. The Ca' Angeli Hotel occupies two floors of a palace on the Grand Canal that belonged to a famous Venetian architect who oversaw its renovation.

The hotel address is Fondamenta Contarini - San Polo 2542. " This place is anything but homely. Has now been turned into an exclusive but homely retreat. . . "The house, quoting their website. You can't believe everything that you read, by the way. All 4 rooms and 2 suites overlook the garden. Weather permitting, the centerpiece is the garden where breakfast is served. Alma Mahler lived there in the 1920s after her husband Gustav's death. You may even have trouble finding this little hotel hidden behind a brick wall. The Oltre il Giardino-Casaifrari can be a fine choice if you are looking for peace and quiet.

San Polo 679, the hotel address is Calle del Sturion. There are 11 rooms. The stairs are steep to this fourth and fifth floor hotel and there is no elevator, be warned. Reinterpreted for today's tastes, with dishes and delicacies dating back to the Fourteenth Century, the onsite restaurant offers a historic menu. The breakfast room and reading room overlook the Grand Canal. The decorations have been updated to the Eighteenth Century. The three star Locanda Sturion hotel was used by the Doge of Venice to house foreign merchants selling their wares at the Rialto Market more than 700 years ago.