Hotel Ariel Silva

The Ariel Silva is a small, two-star hotel with standard rooms and a convenient location near the train station.

Offering a convenient Cannareggio location (just off the main drag from the train station) and rates that stay pretty low for Venice, the two-star Hotel Ariel Silva is a simple, yet reliable family-run hotel. Indeed, if you're up for sharing a bath with another room, you can score quite a good deal here.

Rooms are midsize to smallish, and all have wood-beamed ceilings, Murano-glass chandeliers, and Venetian-style beds. Decor is otherwise pretty simple (framed prints hanging on white walls). All rooms are equipped with air-conditioning, TV, safe and phone. Free Wi-Fi works throughout the hotel.

Colorful tiled bathrooms are equipped with a shower and hairdryer. Some cheaper double and triple rooms share a bathroom with one other room.

Like many hotels in Venice, the Hotel Ariel Silva has rooms located in two buildings, so be warned that your room may be in the “annex.” 

Breakfast, included in the rate for those in the main building, is served in a very pretty sky-lit garden off to the side of the hotel.

Note: Neither the hotel nor the annex has an elevator. The Hotel Ariel Silva also rents apartments with kitchens that sleep two to eight guests. These are also in the annex.