Hotel Conterie

The location is great, quiet area in the heart of Murano. Close-by there is a grocery store and a good restaurant that is open until later. The Hotel is at first sight a bit like a maze but you'll get quickly used to it.

I liked the traditional Venetian decor of the room which was very spacious. The room was very clean, and bathroom a good size by Venice standards. Very nice atmosphere with the exposed beams. The location was great, not far from the vaporetto stop and supermarket, and suitable for catching the ferry to the airport. Murano is quiet with a lovely atmosphere. In the morning and evening the church bells are rung, which is quite loud if you are not expecting it. Christina on the front desk was really helpful too. If you are booking to stay here, it might be helpful to stay in the main building where you are close to the facilities the hotel has to offer.... the breakfast room and garden area.

There was certainly lots of exercise getting up the 50+ stairs to my room. Getting a bag up there was another question though. There are no lifts. Luckily my friends were staying on a ground floor room and offered to look after my bag while I took what I needed upstairs in a small carry bag. My friends were not so lucky with their rooms in an Annexe, however. One room was very smelly, the window opened on to garbage bins which were also smelly, so the window could not be opened, ( also mosquitoes at night), no fridge, an adjoining room with only a door between them had very noisy occupants. There were not spare rooms for 4 days. It was a terrible situation which exacerbated their asthma. It was a busy time as there were no spare rooms elsewhere at another hotel on the island. Very unhappy and quite sick and distressed. For me, I would very much appreciate a kettle in the room. There was no where to make a cup of tea as the breakfast room urn was turned off in the afternoon.