"The staff is friendly, but overall a bad experience.
Our room was immediately next to the breakfast area, + starting around 7:30am we could clearly hear the noise from the dining room—voices and activity—making it difficult to sleep. The room was also quite dark, + the WiFi was unreliable + at times unusable.
The most serious issue, however, occurred on our final night. While my daughter was showering, she leaned down to pick up shampoo bottles, slipped slightly, and lightly contacted the wall. The tiled wall gave way, creating a large depression. This happened during normal use—no excessive force. The wall appeared to be thin sheetrock with tile.
We reported it that night, and staff documented it next morning. At check-out, however, we were told we owed €1500 due to lost bookings while repairs were made. The reasoning—that this had “never happened before”—was nonsense. A shower wall should not collapse from ordinary contact--whether it was the first or 50th time it had happened.
The demand felt arbitrary and was presented under pressure at check-out. Because I was in a foreign country and did not want to get involved in a more complicated + potentially anxiety-producing situation, where authorities might get involved, I told them I would agree to pay 500 euro. But I shouldn’t have.
There are many hotels in Venice that have better wifi, more light-filled rooms, + acknowledge their own failings without trying to extort money from their guests. Avoid Palazzetto Madonna.
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