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this topic, ceiling fans, 3 Db rooms have air-con, 3 nice overflow apartments are same
price but no breakfast, on Fondamenta del Vin at Castello 4656, tel. & fax [phone],
www.albergodoni.it , [e-mail] ).
$ Casa per Ferie Santa Maria della Pietà is a wonderful church-run facility renting
55 beds in 16 rooms just a block off the Riva, with a fabulous lagoon-view roof terrace
that could rival the most luxurious hotels in town. Institutional with generous public spaces
and dorm-style comfort, there are no sinks, toilets, or showers in any of its rooms, but
there's plenty of plumbing down the hall (€40 beds in 4-8-bed dorms, S-€55, D-€100,
straight price all year, only twin beds, reserve with credit card but pay cash, partial air-
con, profits go to church care for poor, 100 yards from San Zaccaria-Pietà vaporetto dock,
down Calle de la Pietà from La Pietà Church, tel. [phone], www.pietavenezia.org ,
[e-mail] ).
North of St. Mark's Square
$$ Hotel al Piave, with 28 fine, air-con rooms above a bright and classy lobby, is fresh,
modern, and comfortable. You'll enjoy the neighborhood and always get a cheery welcome
(Db-€150,Tb-€200;familysuites-€280for4,€300for5,or€310for6;RickStevesdiscount
when booked directly and paid in cash, on Ruga Giuffa at Castello 4838, tel. [phone],
fax [phone], www.hotelalpiave.com , [e-mail] , Mirella, Paolo, Ilaria,
and Federico speak English).
$$ Locanda Silva is a big, basic, beautifully located hotel with a functional 1960s
feel, renting 23 decent old-school rooms (S-€70, Sb-€85, D-€90, Db-€140, Tb-€160, Qb-
€180, book direct and ask about Rick Steves discount, additional discount if you stay at
least 2 nights, discounts valid only with cash, closed Dec-Jan, air-con, on Fondamenta
del Remedio at Castello 4423, tel. [phone], fax [phone], www.locandasilva.it ,
[e-mail] , Sandra, Katia and Massimo).
$$ Locanda Casa Querini rents six bright, high-ceilinged rooms on a quiet square
tucked away behind St. Mark's. You can enjoy your breakfast or a sunny happy-hour
picnic sitting at their tables right on the sleepy little square (Db-€150, third person-€20-25,
one cheaper small double, ask for Rick Steves rate with this topic and cash, air-con,
halfway between San Zaccaria vaporetto stop and Campo Santa Maria Formosa at Castello
4388 on Campo San Zaninovo/Giovanni Novo, tel. [phone], fax [phone],
www.locandaquerini.com , [e-mail] ; Silvia, Patrizia, and Caterina).
$ Hotel Riva, with gleaming marble hallways, big exposed beams, fine antique furnish-
ings, and lots of stairs, is romantically situated on a canal along the gondola serenade route.
Thishaslongbeenastandbyinthisbook,buthowit'llstackupwhenitreopensafteramajor
renovationremainstobeseen(seewebsiteforlatestprices,onPontedel'AnzoloatCastello
5310, tel. [phone], www.hotelriva.it , [e-mail] , Daniella).