Locanda Antico Fiore, Venice

A small, romantic hotel in an old Venetian palazzo in the San Marco district, close to the Grand Canal. Rooms are furnished in traditional Venetian style, and there are twin, double and family rooms plus an apartment.

It is about ten minutes' walk from St Mark's Square and three minutes from the Sant'Angelo vaporetto stop. The hotel has its own water door, so you can arrive by water taxi straight to the building.

Getting there from Piazzale Roma or the railway station: take vaporetto line 1 to Sant'Angelo (8 stops), then follow the alleys through Corte dell'Albero, keep right along the small fondamenta, and turn into Corte Lucatello.