Built in the 15th century, Hotel Dona Palace is a former palace overlooking a side canal off
the Grand Canal and located behind Basilica di San Marco, 150 meters from St. Mark's Square,
and approximately eight miles from Venice Marco Polo Airport. This location is also 175 meters
Basilica di San Marco and Campanile, 200 meters from Palazzo Ducale, 250 meters from the Grand
Canal, 350 meters from Rialto Bridge, 500 meters from Grand Teatro La Fenice, and 20 minutes
by water bus from the Jewish Ghetto and Museum. 
 Hotel amenities include the garden courtyard (with snack and drink service), water-taxi dock,
marble-floored lobby, complimentary American buffet breakfast, and lounge with the palace's
original ceiling and Byzantine arches. Guests receive a 15-percent discount at three
restaurants that are owned by the hotel and are within 25 meters of the hotel. The hotel also
offers concierge assistance, room service, free weekday newspapers, laundry facilities,
24-hour front desk service, and complimentary wireless Internet access throughout the hotel.
There is public parking at Piazzale Roma and a parking garage at nearby Tronchetto. 
 All 27 rooms feature 19th-century-Biedermeier-style furniture, high ceilings, desks, tufted
leather headboards, LCD TVs, safes, minibars, air-conditioning, umbrellas, marble bathrooms,
voicemail, direct-dial telephones, turndown service, complimentary toiletries, hairdryers, and
complimentary wireless Internet access.