Campiello Zen

San Polo & Santa Croce


Hotels would have you believe Venetians live a twee existence in fussy brocade-upholstered pink salons, but this B&B in a traditional family home treats guests to comfortable beds, handsome antique wardrobes, quirky wall niches and every modern convenience, especially in the bathrooms. It's handy to the train and vaporetto, but blissfully off the tourist track.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby San Polo & Santa Croce attractions

1. Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia

0.09 MILES

Never mind the doge: insatiable curiosity rules Venice, and inside the former Fondaco dei Turchi (Turkish Trading House) it runs wild. The adventure…

2. Chiesa di San Geremia

0.09 MILES

This hefty-domed 18th-century church contains the body of St Lucy (Santa Lucia), one of the early church's most famous martyrs, who was killed in Syracuse…

3. Chiesa di San Giacomo dall’Orio

0.11 MILES

Romanesque St James' Church was founded in the 9th century and completed in Latin-cross form in 1225, with chapels bubbling along the edges. Within the…

4. Chiesa di San Marcuola

0.13 MILES

The right hand of John the Baptist was once housed in this church founded in the 9th century; however, the church burned in the 14th century, and what you…

5. Museo Wagner

0.16 MILES

Richard Wagner survived the 20-year effort of composing his stormy Ring cycle only to expire in this gracious palazzo, now the casino, in 1883. His suite …

6. Palazzo Mocenigo

0.17 MILES

Venice received a dazzling addition to its property portfolio in 1945 when Count Alvise Nicolò Mocenigo bequeathed his family's 17th-century palazzo to…

7. Chiesa di San Stae

0.2 MILES

The influence of Palladio swirls around neoclassical St Eustace's Church (completed in 1709), from the dazzling white, statue-heavy facade facing the…

8. Schola Spagnola

0.21 MILES

The Ghetto's largest synagogue was founded by Portuguese and Spanish refugees around 1580. Its current grand incarnation, dating from the 17th century,…