It was very difficult finding the hotel. It is behind a large intimidating gate that appeared to be locked. Eventually after looking everywhere in the vicinity of the hotel, I tried to open the gate and it was unlocked. That led to a courtyard and after looking around at several other door, I eventually found the hotel. There wasn't a noticeable sign leading to it, I had to rely on the address alone. I didn't realize when I booked it, that this was a self-service hotel. I generally dislike them because of the difficulties one can have with keycodes, elevators, room amenities such as extra towels, or other problems. Had I realized it, I wouldn't have booked it. On the bright side, the hotel was located very close to Saint Mark's Basilica which is what I wanted. Also, it's right on a canal so it was fun watching the gondoliers and passersby from my 2nd story hotel window. As for the room itself, it was adequate in size. There was a small refrigerator which was nice. There was ample place to hand clothes. The bed was a bit hard and the pillows were terrible - flat, hard, unpleasant. The bathroom, however, was great. The shower especially. It had such powerful water pressure that I couldn't turn the water to full power. Finally, the hotel was in an excellent location. The restaurants right outside the gate were great for breakfast and dinner. I had an especially memorable meal of linguini with clams at Serafina on their rooftop seating area.