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• 🏆 Best Overall Hotel – H10 Palazzo Canova
• 📍 Best Location – H10 Palazzo Canova
• 💎 Best Luxury – Baglioni Hotel Luna
• 👪 For Families – Hotel Palazzo Priuli
• ❤️ For Couples – Palazzo Veneziano
• 🌅 Best Canal Views – Splendid Venice
• 🥳 For a Friend Getaway – Carnival Palace
• 🧘‍♀️ For Rest & Relaxation – Hilton Molino Stucky
• 🌉 Best Rialto Bridge View –Hotel Rialto
• ✨ Best in Murano – Hotel NH Collection Venezia Murano Villa
• 🛏️ Best Budget – Leonardo Royal

👉 Best Area For First Timers | ✨ Best San Polo Hotels: H10 Palazzo Canova • Hotel L’Orologio Venezia • Hotel Palazzetto Madonna

San Polo isn’t home to most of the attractions in Venice (those are mostly in San Marco), but I think it’s the best place to stay for first-time visitors.

Why? Because it’s noticeably less crowded than San Marco but still just a 10-minute walk to all the main attractions. Honestly, if I had to choose just one neighborhood for a few days in Venice, sign me up for San Polo.

This picturesque neighborhood shares its name with Campo San Polo, the second-largest square in Venice after Piazza San Marco, and is home to attractions like Basilica S.Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, and Mercato di Rialto.

And of course, there’s the famed Rialto Bridge. This bridge dates back to 1173 (although was reconstructed several times) and connects San Marco and San Polo. It’s the oldest of the 4 bridges to cross the Grand Canal and, though incredibly busy, is a fantastic photo spot if I do say so myself.

I loved my stay at H10 Palazzo Canova in San Polo, just a stone’s throw from the Rialto Bridge. La Terrazza Bar has one of the best views of the Grand Canal I experienced in Venice, and the design is elegantly decorated with Venetian colors (blue for the canals, gold for the mosaics at Saint Mark’s Basilica, and black for the gondolas).