Right on the waterfront in the heart of Venice and next to San Biagio Church Hotel Bucintoro offers elegant rooms and suites with panoramic views over the Venice Lagoon. All of the 20 rooms at Hotel Bucintoro face the San Marco Docks. The view is truly spectacular: it runs from San Marco to Palazzo Ducale and the Campanile to the Island of San Giorgio and the Customs Office. Each room and each junior suite at the hotel has the name of a historic sail boat while the furniture and spaces are inspired by great sailboats.

Elegant wood paneling brass appliqué with authentic nautical figures and lamps that seem to be oil burning: every detail was studied to evoke the charm of the ships of the past. Accommodation here comes with air conditioning satellite TV and free Wi-Fi. Hotel Bucintoro is set in the historic district of Castello a 10-minute walk from Saint Mark's Square. The area is still full of small neighbourhood shops cafés and Venetian inns.