Ai Due Fanali

Ai Due Fanali is at Santa Croce 946, in a historic building three hundred metres from Venice Santa Lucia station, facing the campo of San Simeon Profeta. The property's website presents it as an annexe of the Ca' Nigra Lagoon Resort, after a complete refurbishment. Booking marks two kilometres from St Mark's Square and La Fenice theatre and a quarter of an hour on foot from the Rialto bridge: it is the Venice of those who arrive by train and want to be able to leave the hotel and walk, without taking a vaporetto.

The rooms have air conditioning, a flat-screen television, a safe, a minibar and a private bathroom with a hairdryer and toiletries. Among the shared services there are a twenty-four-hour reception, room service, a lift, free wifi, daily cleaning and a terrace: the property's website calls it an altana, the wooden terrace Venetians have been building since the twelfth century, and explains that from there you see the city as far as St Mark's bell tower and that it can be booked for private use.

The age rule is in the conditions published on Booking, under Children conditions: children are not allowed, and extra beds are reserved for adults of eighteen and over. The eighteen years under the Minimum age item is the age for checking in. The property's website does not publish the age rule: on this point the source is Booking, and neither publishes an admission figure.

There is no wellness area: neither Booking nor the property's website declares a sauna, steam room, whirlpool tub or pool. The space that counts here is the altana on the top floor, where breakfast is served in the morning: buffet, with continental, Italian, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options. Alternatively you have breakfast at the Ca' Nigra Lagoon Resort, which is directly opposite.

One thing to know before setting off: check-in is done at the Ca' Nigra Lagoon Resort, which is directly opposite. Pets are not allowed. Arrival is possible from fourteen to twenty-two and departure between half past seven and eleven; for bookings of more than three rooms the property may apply different conditions.