Pensione La Calcina is the perfect hotel to enjoy quiet moments away from your tourist brethren. Just a few steps from the Zattere vaporetto stop, it offers the best of both worlds: a quick water-bus trip to all the famous attractions, but seclusion enough to observe the beauty of the Giudecca Canal without undue distraction. My wife and I spent... more

La Calcina is on the Zatterre overlooking the Guidecca Canal and gets all the sunshine there is going. We were staying for a week as part of our Golden Wedding Anniversary celebrations. The hotel knew of this 50th and presented us with a bottle of Prosecco and nibbles on arrival - great start. This was our fourth visiit to Venice... more

We enjoyed our stay at La Calcina although we would say not as much as other hotels we stayed at in Italy. The room was comfortable and well appointed. The setting on the Giudecca Canal was lovely, but the location is a bit out of the way for the major sites. I would stay more centrally next time. The staff... more

As others have noted, this is an outstanding little place. Based on previous comments and the hotel's website, we booked a corner room overlooking la Giudecca which gave us a sense of "borrowed space" and more than compensated for the rather small size of the room. Very friendly and helpful staff. Quite conveniently located, near a vaporetto stop which also... more

We loved La Calcina. I booked our hotel room about 8 months in advance and our rooms were exactly what we reserved. The front desk staff was very helpful and the rooms were always clean. On the day of my husbands birthday, we returned to our room to find champagne. I didn't even say anything to the staff about it... more

My husband and I stayed here for four nights in early March 2009. It could not have been more perfect from start to finish. We took the Alilaguna boat, red line, from the airport to the end of the line. It dropped us off only a few doors down from the Pensione. Checkin staff were always friendly, smiling and spoke... more

I tried booking rooms at La Calcina far in advance but found they had none that suited our needs. However, they suggested that we stay in their apartment units, located about 70 metres from the hotel. These lovely apartments came with the use of hotel facilities including breakfast on their wonderful terrace, a discounted dinner in their hotel restaurant and... more

This is a great Pensione in an excellent location. When you walk in, all you can smell is fresh flowers as the lobby was decorated with fresh lillies. The rooms are small but quaint and very clean. We had a very inexpensive room so the room looked out on a wall but it was still very comfortable. The breakfast was... more

We stayed at this hotel for a little over 2 weeks in December, and I have to say this place made the visit something we shall remember for quite a while. This was our second time at this pensione, and the staff made every effort to make it even finer than the last. Even during the aqua alta on Dec... more