It was my third stay at the Accademia but 12 years since the last time.
We were three to celebrate my sister´s 70ieth birthday, staying four nights
in the beginning of this month. My sister and brother in law had a beautiful
corner-room viewing the San Trovaso canal which my brother in law enjoyed immensely, being able to "control" the busy traffic of the venetian
workingday.
The single room was small but a beautiful showerroom made it perfect - and the view over the front garden and the opening to the Canal Grande.
If one is sensitive of noise it is to note that the loaded boats have to hoot
when entering the Canal Grande and they are many in the morning!

The hotel has lots of charm, nice old furniture lovely garden and their own
anchorplace for taxiboats.
It is very well kept and the staff is serviceminded, efficient and have
patience when you try to speak a little Italian.

It is a very nice feeling coming home from the very crowded San Marco
area to the Dorsoduro.

I will gladly stay there again and I need "an injection" of Venice every
now and then

We've just returned from a week in Venice to celebrate my 40th birthday, and stayed at the Pensione Accademia. The hotel is conveniently situated, just a couple of minutes walk from the Accademia vaporetto stop, and is in a nice location. Reading previous reviews of this hotel I thought it would be quiet at night but this proved not to be the case - although all the bars and restaurants shut early and there seemed to be nobody around as we were walking back to the hotel each evening, almost every night we were woken up at about 1pm by people shouting and screaming in the street below - don't know where they'd been until then as we couldn't find anywhere to go for a nightcap after our meal! Then, at about 6 in the morning, the canal beneath our window could come to life - very noisily!! It's a busy little canal, one of the major arterial links between the Grand Canal and the Guidecca Canal, and was used constantly by workboats, delivery boats, pleasure-boats etc.etc. - it just hadn't occurred to me that we would suffer from traffic noise! Our room, no.43, was quite large and comfortable and very very clean - the bathroom was small but adequate with a large shower and again was beautifully clean. We thought the breakfasts were very good - cereal, yoghurt and fresh fruit, rolls, croissants and cakes and good coffee. My husband likes a cooked breakfast and each day could have bacon or sausages and eggs. We found the staff to be friendly and cheerful and it would have been nice to have taken advantage of the garden at the rear of the hotel but was a little bit cold (mid-March) to do so. Recommendations to eat at the hotel's restaurant and a sales pitch for the Murano glass tour came immediately as we checked in, but weren't pushed again so that was OK. We took advantage of the free motorboat trip to the glass factory at Murano which was good, but found it difficult to get rid of the very persistent salesman who tried to sell us everything we paused to look at - in fact, I'm still expecting to see him hovering behind me now! When we made our excuses and left we weren't offered the free waterbus ticket back to the mainland as advertised, but definitely didn't want to go back again to collect it so just made our own way back. We didn't eat at the hotel's restaurant (only because we found plenty nearer to the hotel) so can't comment on it. Venice itself was lovely, a real experience, and lived up to everything we expected. The only disappointment was the amount of graffiti which was absolutely everywhere (probably that's what the noisy crowd outside the hotel were doing each evening!) and also the amount of dog poo - probably no more than in any other city, but because the alleyways are so small and crowded it makes it more difficult to avoid......! One thing that particularly pleased us - every restaurant, coffee bar or wine bar we entered had "No Smoking" signs and everyone obeyed. We would definitely go back to Venice and stay at the Pensione Accademia again, but would request a back room overlooking the garden next time as I'm sure it would be a lot quieter than the rooms facing the canal.

In this price range, the rooms on the second floor (and I mean second floor in English) right hand side of the wide hallway (loggia) heading back from the front of the property and overlooking the canal in sort of in back of the property are quite nice. True, the bath is not gigantic like those in 5 star Caribbean resort hotels, and/or in various places throughout Italy central and southern, but they are quite efficient, clean and bright.

The breakfast garden area is a delight in the mornings. Rarely in Venice does one have very moderately priced digs in such an interesting section of town which equal these . . . the Hotel Flora, yes, but it's booked by England months and months in advance, if looking at a summer reservation.

We just returned from three nights at the Pensione Accademia and it was a wonderful stay. Our 12 year old children had their own room with twin beds and we had a separate room overlooking the garden and canal. The children also had a canal view. Our rooms were very quiet, and the neighborhood was great.

We arrived by water taxi in a snow storm and it was enchanting to pull up to the private dock. Our entire stay was comfortable. I agree that that staff was not overly friendly, but they were extremely helpful and attentive, making restaurant recommendations and reservations. They arranged a free water taxi for us to take the Murano glass tour, something that was very appealing in the cold weather.

I recommend travel slippers since the beautiful marble floors can be a little cold, even through socks (my only pair of shoes were wet, and at the door). Breakfast was delicious and we appreciated the fireplaced sitting area and heated towel racks in the bathroom. The rooms were spotless, and storage was abundant. It would be an easy place for a long stay.
Thank you for making our time in Venice so special. We hope to return!