Name: Sina Palazzo Sant Angelo
Address: Venice, IT
Price range: From $360

Sina Palazzo Sant Angelo, VeniceSina Palazzo Sant Angelo in Venice, Italy has a corrected score of 4.1 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), ranked 12 of 113 hotels we score in Venice. Its platform ratings, normalised to 0-5, average 4.3 before correction: Booking.com 4.1, Tripadvisor 4.5. Rooms from about $360 a night (cached, not a live quote).Sina Palazzo Sant'Angelo is a boutique hotel set in a palazzo on the Grand Canal in Venice, between the Rialto Bridge and St Mark's Square. It has its own private pier at the St Angelo vaporetto stop, so arriving by water taxi is straightforward. Rooms are traditionally decorated in Venetian style, and some look over the canal; there is also a walled garden at the back. Breakfast offers both hot and cold choices, and the hotel belongs to Small Luxury Hotels of the World. Fortuny Museum and other sights are within a ten-minute walk. It suits travellers wanting a central but quiet base, though rates start around $360 a night, so it is a considerable outlay.What stands out

Private pier on the Grand Canal

Central yet quiet location

Traditional Venetian-style rooms

Walled garden on site

Watch out for

Expensive, from about $360 a night

Canal-view rooms may face noise

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