Originally Posted by seat 13a

Returned from AC Venice after four nights during this week's heatwave - v impressed by what is in fact a 3 star designer hotel, with decent rates (E200-250) for Venice. Benefits as quoted above - E10 per person off breakfast for titanium, late checkout, v few upgradeable rooms, good bar and breakfast room and quiet outdoor courtyards. But standard room, though a bit tight, works well, with solid wifi, large walk-in shower and decent beds - like AC elsewhere in Spain and Italy, well ahead of Premier Inn, comparable to a large Citizen M but a more formal design concept. Forget the view, but step outside and you are almost canal-side, right at the taxi rank and bus to airport, 100 yards across one bridge to the railway station, and close to half a dozen vaporetto stops including lines 1 and 2 down the Grand Canal. You can be lost in a maze of side streets and quiet canals in minutes.
But the key benefit last week, with 95F temps every day, was solid, blasting-cool air conditioning in both public rooms and bedrooms - not always the case in Venice palazzo at more than twice the price. We have enjoyed the Danieli and Molino Stucky Hilton on other trips, and will try Marriott's Autograph and the new JW on its own island, and perhaps the even new Hyatt on Murano, but for convenience, efficiency and decent pricing and points opportunities for a short break, the AC Venezia is almost unbeatable.....And remember, whatever your hotel, Venice is the star attraction....