Clean, but walls need washing/painting (squished mosquitoes! nice!) Staff varied from lovely to sarcastically indifferent. Breakfast: we didn't bother, appeared to be just a packet of biscotti. Shower early for hot water - by 10am it's gone. Conversely, they had the heating up way too high at night. Our room was facing onto the street and a bit noisy, though... more

Hotel Minerva is in a great location and is value for money in expensive Venice. Located a five minute walk from the train station and ten minute walk from the bus station, this is the perfect location in Venice - you don't want to be lugging bags too far in this town. It's also close to the water transport, three... more

The hotel staff was very nice and the location was great (5 minutes to train station). However, the room had water damage and you could smell the mold in the air. As a result, i became quite ill the following morning. The bathroom was also a bit too small, and I am from Europe and used to smaller bathrooms. more

We stayed at the Minerva for 4 nights in early September. We weren’t expecting much as it is a budget hotel, so were happy to rough it a little and forgo luxuries such as fan or ac and an en suit. We were very pleasantly surprised! We were given a lovely room, which suited our needs really well and even... more

Found this place thanks to a man in a peaked sailor's cap touting hotel rooms in Santa Lucia railway station. We were backpacking en route to Albania and had assumed that finding somewhere nice and cheap to stay in Venice would be impossible. Not here. Went back the following year and got the same room overlooking the Lista di Spagna... more

This is a sweet place to stay in venice.. the rooms were great and spacious (clean).. bathrooms were outside the room, but the price suited our budget very well (particularly in venice).. This is close enough to the railway station with lot of shopping and food choices.. but far from St. Mark's square.. but again, then u cant have everything... more

We loved this hotel. It's small, cheap and the people are nice. The location is very good: because it's only a one minute walk from the train station Santa Lucia (the only train station in Venice). Everything in Venice is old, the hotel was build around the year 1400. Service There is somebody at the reception 24 hours a day.... more

I stayed here one night after a cruise. I walked from the ship to this hotel. It is just a few minutes walk from the train station. My single room was up one flight of stairs and had two windows so there was a nice breeze. Big television but no English channels. Adequate bathroom with massive shower head. Breakfast was... more

I booked the room about 6 weeks in advance and I booked one without the shower in the room, to save money. It was only for 1 night anyway. Boy, was I disgusted when we got there! The reception area was tiny, and the room was on the 2nd floor with no elevator! Tired, after traveling for the past 8... more