Hotel Bel Sito, Venice

About Hotel Bel Sito

This simple family-run hotel is housed in a 19th century building that sits in front of the imposing church of Santa Maria del Giglio.

Originally founded during the 9th century, this church was later reconstructed in the latter half of the 1600s. Its façade, the work of Giuseppe Sardi, is an excellent and highly creative example of Baroque architecture in Venice.

The nearby vaporetto stop, Santa Maria del Giglio is opposite the 1478 Palazzo Dario, with it's striking façade comprised of beautifully coloured marble.

Providing good value accommodation in an excellent location, the Bel Sito's location in the charming square Campo Santa Maria del Giglio is only 5 minutes' walk from the Grand Canal and Piazza San Marco.

Accommodation:

Rooms are traditionally and comfortably furnished. Facilities include a shower or bath, air conditioning, satellite television, hairdryer and safe. Double rooms are available on request and it is possible to add a third single bed.

Single Room
Single rooms are available with a shower.

Supplements (from):

Single £26. Twin for Sole Use £41.

Facilities:

• Breakfast room
• Bar/Lounge area
• Lift
• Wifi access in public areas

Information:

The hotel has 38 air-conditioned rooms. Transfer time from Marco Polo airport: 40 mins. Citalia does not accept children at this hotel. Minimum stay of 2 nights applies to selected arrival dates. Waterbus stop: Giglio. Official Rating 3 star.

About Venice

Built on stilts and forming an archipelago of 117 small islands, Venice reposes on a liquid tapestry of calm canals and lazy lagoons 2,5 miles (4km) from Venice's mainland. The city's luminous quality is glimpsed from gliding gondolas and explored on foot through narrow calli, linked to one another by ornate stone bridges. Painted palazzi, Byzantine basilicas and Baroque domes compete with the dove-flocked piazzas that reach the ultramarine waters.
The wealth of Venice is evident in Piazza San Marco and alludes to when the Venetian republic was a dominant mercantile power, trading silks, spices and gemstones carried overland by Bedouin caravans and shipped to Mediterranean ports. Nowadays, modern craft navigate between six ancient sestieri, bearing carefree stowaways to St Mark's Basilica, the Palazzo Ducale and on up the Grand Canal to the Rialto, where palazzi lining unhurried channels display architectural styles spanning five centuries.
Become tempted by Venice's food market below the Rialto Bridge and after having enjoyed a meal head to the shopaholic joys of the Mercerie, which runs between Piazza San Marco and the Rialto Bridge. Perhaps cross the short stretch of water that leads to the glass-making island of Murano and the lace and linen enclave of Burano.
Venice Lido is the largest island here and benefits from an 8 mile (13km) long beach, which at the turn of the 19th century, created a premier resort for international aristocrats. Regular vaporetti, exclusive motor launches and public water buses transport visitor to another world in the time it takes to drink a cappuccino. Venice is a permanent carnival, rejoicing in a masked ball in February that swirls visitors into a sensual atmosphere peopled by gallant heroes and bewitching courtesans.