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Reviews of Lanterna di Marco Polo

Lanterna di Marco Polo
Sestiere San Marco, 4987, Venice, VE

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 192 out of 356 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 108 out of 356 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 35 out of 356 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 14 out of 356 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 356 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Rocky

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Michael was very helpful.He provided information on how to go around and good restaurants. Lanterna is very easy to find close to Rialto and the Vaporreti. It was a memorable stay. There was no lift so prepare to carry your luggages and go up and down the stairs. It was a memorable stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Markus

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The location was great. Friendly service at the front desk. Several issues wrong with the room. The refrigerator in the room didn’t work, the toilet seat was not properly secured to the toilet and kept moving. Pinching hazard. The carpet was old, spotted and very disgusting. The shower was filthy and didn’t seem to be cleaned in a long time. Dirt stains on tiles including mold in the bottom tiles. There was never a mention of endless steep stairs up to our room!! When the issues were reported, there was nothing corrected. The price for our room was way over priced!! Low end Hotel!! Not fit for dog and we will definitely not recommend this hotel to anyone!!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Teresa, Eugene

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed our stay at Lanterna di Marco Polo. It was initially a bit confusing as there was no check-in staff for our arrival around 6pm. However, we did receive an email with instructions to help us get access into the building. The staff member the next morning was very helpful & kind—thank you! Room bedding & decor is quite outdated, but the room was clean & the air conditioning was great. There are no elevators, so if I were staying here again I would request a room in a lower level especially if one is traveling with heavy luggage &/or has a hard time with stairs in general. It’s conveniently located within a 3-4 minute walk to water transportation. Everything is fairly walkable in Venice, and we found excellent restaurants & shopping within minutes of the hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

jared

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
very nice staff plumbing was modernized
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Troy, Bellbowrie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It’s old but ok and in a good spot.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Office is only open until 1:00 pm but I was sent several messages from Anna on how to get in the property which was straight forward and easy. Michael and Anna were extremely helpful throughout our stay and the hotel is on the Centre of Rialto which was walking distance to everything. The Rialto bridge is a 5 minute walk. Great location and super helpful staff.

10/10 Excellent

Dana

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We had a wonderful stay! Very helpful.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gregory

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The check-in was easy and the receptionist was extremely pleasant and helpful when we had questions.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from Anna on 29 May 2023
Thank you so much!!!

10/10 Excellent

Celia

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Greg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I booked a room last minute for one night. The location was very convenient. The front desk staff was lovely and very welcoming. The room had a historic look/feel but was comfortable, private and nice. The bathroom looked like it had been recently renovated - very nice. I would stay here again!
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Anna on 24 May 2023
Thank you so much, Mr. Greg,Hope to have your here again!

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent traditional room in the heart of the busy tourist area of Venice. Close to St Marks. Comfortable room. Very clean. Staff were extremely friendly and helpful
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Anna on 6 May 2023
Thank you so much!

10/10 Excellent

Tõnis

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very lovely place
Very good place to stay. Really comfort and nice. We had our room on the fifth floor and terrace was wonderful.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Anna on 10 Apr 2023
Dear Mr. Mauer,thank you so much for everything!

10/10 Excellent

Ileen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location was great close to everything, easy check in, very nice staff very friendly, make sure you read the instructions they provide if you aren’t familiar with European air conditioners haha. Definitely recommend this place and will come back!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Anna on 4 Apr 2023
Thank you so much for your nice commentary,best wishes

8/10 Good

Gilles

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location but coffee machine & continental breakfast as mention on my reservation was not included..... I don't know if Expedia not first time.....
Response from Anna on 20 Feb 2023
Dear Sirs, thank you for your nice commentary.Breakfast was not included in the booking you did, anyway you had kettle in the room with coffee, tea and milk, all or free...Best regards

10/10 Excellent

Braeden

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Anna was great! She communicated with us the whole time and was very accommodating to our timeframe and requests. The room was great as well! Windows for fresh air, coffee and tea options, extra pillows. Literally a minutes time to a main transportation area. Close to great shopping, and great food options! Highly recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022
Response from Anna on 7 Nov 2022
Dear Braeden,thank you so much, it was a pelasure to have you here!Also, we found everything (I saw that Emma wrote to you).Hope to meet you again,Have great times

10/10 Excellent

Manuel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was very helpful and accommodating W check in and out. Only stayed one night.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Response from Anna on 6 Oct 2022
Thank you so much!

10/10 Excellent

Odil

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly and helpful staff, great location. Definitely recommend it
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Anna on 4 Oct 2022
Thank you so much, Mr. Odil,Best regards

10/10 Excellent

Krishnel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed here for 4 nights. The location was perfect, staff was friendly and the room was cleaned everyday. I really liked the decor, the air conditioning worked perfectly and there’s a fan. Only complain is we stayed at the top of the building so there were many steps however we really enjoyed our stay here.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Anna on 7 Sept 2022
Dear Krishnel,Thank you so much for your commentary, hope to meet again, best regards

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really charming hotel in the centre of Venice, easy to go anywhere for anything, Rialto 3 minutes walk and San Marco 6.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Anna on 27 Aug 2022
Thank you so much, Sirs,Hope to meet you again

10/10 Excellent

Michele

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay. Perfect location and very nice room.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Anna on 13 Aug 2022
Thank you so much!

10/10 Excellent

Shyamalee

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Anna on 8 Aug 2022
Thank you so much!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Poor quality
The hotel is very old fashioned, and seems to be a traditional Venice hotel experience. However, it was very very basic, not very comfortable, shower and toilet facilities weren’t great and importantly there was no lift so had to walk a windy creepy staircase with all our luggage. The breakfast is also just a croissant and a drink. Another key issue we had was that one of our guests was bitten by a bed bug. We spent most of our time in Venice trying to stay out and just used it as a place to rest our heads. The receptionist was very friendly and helpful, but the hotel is something I wouldn’t recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Anna on 5 Aug 2022
Dear Anonimous, if you would tell us who you are or which room you had, we could check the beds, as you write about bugs, but maybe you mean mosquitos, there are a lot in the city, this is why we provide repellents in all rooms! Regarding the rest, if you would re-read the description of our Locanda, everthing is specified, clear, and also the building is dated 1200/1300 and has original structure and original wood beams everywhere. Good luck for your life

10/10 Excellent

Michalis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very friendly staff. Anna (the receptionist) was extremely kind. Very reasonable price compare to the rest of hotels in venice.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from Anna on 16 July 2022
Thank you, we do appreciate your words so much

4/10 Poor

Ronodeep

Disliked: Cleanliness
Rooms were pretty mediocre, good location
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from Anna on 15 July 2022
Sorry again for the wrong room, I am sure your commentary is due to our mistake, not to a really "mediocre room", but we do understand your feeling

8/10 Good

Ernest

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Response from Anna on 15 July 2022
Thank you so much, Mr. Ernest

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
The front desk person was very nice and friendly. The kettle made the water taste nasty:(
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Anna on 30 June 2022
Dear Sir/Madame, Thank you for the nice commentary. We apology for the inconvenience regarding the kettle, unfortunately some clients do not use them properly, and also if we wash them every day, they mantain the smell/flavor if coffee, tea or camomilla are throuwn inside the kettle instead inside the cup... Best regards

10/10 Excellent

Mariana

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Anna on 28 June 2022
Thank you, Mariana, Wait to meet you again Anna

10/10 Excellent

Don

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Location
Great location and Anna was terrific. I’ve already recommended Lanterns MP to many friends!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Anna on 20 June 2022
Thank you for everything!

10/10 Excellent

Tricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Extremely helpful front desk staff Anna. Without her help & expertise my stay in Venice wouldn’t have been so great. From helping me find my way around to booking my train tickets. So grateful for her patience with me.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from Anna on 11 June 2022
Thank you Tricia, I do appreciate really much your commentary, See you soon

10/10 Excellent

Tricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel was easy access to Grand Canal 2 min walk. St Marks Square 5 min walk. Very impressed with service from Anna at Front Desk. Without Anna’s help I would have never found my way around Venice.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from Anna on 11 June 2022
Thank you Tricia, I do appreciate really much your commentary, See you soon

8/10 Good

Jim

Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from Anna on 20 May 2022
Thank you so much, Jim, Best regards

10/10 Excellent

Alihan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It’s great place to stay in the heart of the Venice
Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Response from Anna on 13 May 2022
Thank you so much, hope to meet you again, best regards

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022
Response from Anna on 25 Apr 2022
Thank you for your feedback. Would you kindly let us know what you disliked, so that we can adjust our service? Hope to meet you again

8/10 Good

Tarina

Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2022
Response from Anna on 25 Apr 2022
Thank you for your feedback, Hope to meet you again, Best regards

10/10 Excellent

Adrian

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

2/10 Terrible

BM, Chicago

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
They are thief’s- all traveled were canceled because of Covid 19. I Ask for my refund they refused to give me my money back. I make sure they will not get any business from me, my family,my friends and colleagues and anyone I meet in my travel. I will be their worst salesperson.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020
Response from Riccardo on 23 Nov 2020
Dear Sir, we do not know who you are as you did not have the delicacy to leave your name but we are absolutely certain that, as we do not have suspended situations among the customers we manage directly, your relationship is with Expedia and it is to Expedia that you must contact requests and especially your reviews. To our customers unable to reach us we have usually offered the possibility to retrieve the reservation at another time.

8/10 Good

Luis

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location, great service, bad wifi
Overall pretty good, the service before the check-in is amazing, both Riccardo and Guido were very nice. Pros - service, location (3 minutes walking from St Marks Plaza), location Cons - The WIFI is bad (seems its a problem in Italy). The city tax has to be paid in cash, no other option.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Riccardo on 7 Jan 2020
Many thanks James for your kind words. We are sorry for the wi-fi but was enough to inform us and to change the network but only now we know that you had same problems. See you soon. Kind regards

8/10 Good

Laura

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Venice - First trip
Ricardo was great! We felt like family there.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Riccardo on 5 Nov 2019
Many Thanks Laura hope to see you here again kind regards

10/10 Excellent

Pablo

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Getting Lost in Venice
This hotel was wonderful. Riccardo and Guido were the nicest men and they were very helpful in recommending places to visit, restaurants, etc. The hotel is very old. 1490's old. But it was perfect. We fell in love with Venice. The location of Lanterna di Marco Polo is the best. The rooms are very quaint but nice. Showers are super small but did the job. Only drawback was that there is no lift (elevator), and we were on the 4th floor. It was the 3rd floor but they count from 0 in Italy, lol. WE LOVED THIS PLACE. Our group of 7 was split between 3 rooms and all of us thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Venice. We loved getting lost in the maze that is Venice and soaked in the food, wine and scenery. Such an amazing place and thanks to Riccardo and Guido who made our stay so nice and relaxing.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Riccardo on 29 Oct 2019
Thanks Pablo for your wonderful review. We are extremely happy that you have found yourself well and we hope that in the future we can still have the pleasure of meeting you

8/10 Good

Vivienne

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Awesome staff. They were so polite and helpful and cheerful. Brightened our day just to talk to them. Excellent location. Near San Marcos Square, Rialto, as well as numerous restaurants and shops.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Riccardo on 16 Oct 2019
Many hanks for your very kind words Ope to see you again here kind regards Riccardo

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Riccardo on 14 Oct 2019
many thanks

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There is nothing to like. The hotel has rno facilities for any drink or water. There is no contact number to call anyone. There is nobody Manning the place after midday. No contact number was offered. The room is small and two beds pushed together to make a double bed. There was bed bugs and we got bitten most nights. In a small room they used partly as storage. It looked like a folding bed was stored and looked like a double he'd. It was all covered. The bathroom is small and there is no space to store toileteries. No telephone in the room. It is not worth the money they charged. It's not comparable to a two star hotel. The photographs on internet are deceptive. Not a true reflection.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Riccardo on 6 Oct 2019
Dear Mr Azmutally, We regret not having been able to reimburse you a second non-refundable room that you had booked and we were surprised to see your first negative feedback coming to us through expedia while you were here considering that we had also helped you, before your arrival, to issue you with the declaration that allowed your guest to have the expatriation permit to come to Italy. However: - actually in our inn there is no bar (as for many other hotels in the world) but you could have used the minibar you had in your room (water, coke, sprite, beer, prosecco ...) or have a drink at the bar at 50 centimeters from us - you have never had breakfast and above all you have never seen our breakfast (you went out at 11/12 after breakfast time). Very rich breakfast that includes cheese, ham, cereals, fresh bread, fresh fruit, biscuits, croissants, pastries, butter, fresh milk, various fruit juices and coffee drinks. - Your 20sqm room cannot be defined as small - You have received our emergency number 3 times: on our booking confirmation letter, on the information sheet we gave you at check-in, and on a sign above the reception desk. So you were definitely informed - We are present until 5 pm even if, as duly informed, we can be away for a few minutes to go to the bank or to the market or other - You demanded 4 towels a day and change of sheets daily, so we tried to satisfy your every whim - The photos on our site are exactly what customers find when they arrive, as evidenced by the thousands of extremely positive reviews - Let's leave out the fact that you left the room like a pigsty At first I did not understand the reason for your discontent and instead, after a careful search on the web, I saw that you seem to be known as a professional with an unjustified complaint and then, after reporting your name to our Hotel Association, I have reassured

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Perfect location in venice. Food shopping everything within walking distance minutes away from popular spots. I came from USA, and i couldn't charge my phone so don't forget to pack one. The hotel does not have usb plug either. Perfect spot to just sleep and go.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Riccardo on 5 Oct 2019
many Thanks, we are very happy that has been a good stay

10/10 Excellent

Shawna, Seattle, WA

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly, helpful staff, great location. Fabulous dinner recommendation. We would stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from riccardo on 1 Oct 2019
many Thanks for your kind words and fantastic review we hope to see you soon again here

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from riccardo on 11 Sept 2019
many Thanks dear

8/10 Good

Gina

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Riccardo on 10 Sept 2019
many Thanks Gina

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from riccardo on 28 Aug 2019
wow many thanks

10/10 Excellent

George

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay in prime location.
Great location! It was minutes from Rialto Bridge and about 5 minutes(maybe less) from St. Marks Square. Very friendly staff at the front desk. We would stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from ric on 24 Aug 2019
Many Thanks George for your kind words Hope to see you again here ciao Riccardo