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Walking directions to Hotel Metropole (with map)

From: Venice Hotel Directions

The five-star Hotel Metropole isn't quite as well-known to newcomers as the Hotel Danieli (which is just down the Riva degli Schiavoni from the Metropole, toward St. Mark's Square), but it has a following among well-heeled Venetophiles--and especially among guests who appreciate the Metropole's illustrious history, its museum-grade collection of objets-d'art, and the Michelin two-star Met Restaurant.

How to reach Hotel Metropole from the San Zaccaria airport-boat stop:

1. As you leave the Alilaguna Linea Blu waterbus station, turn right and walk to the stone bridge.

2. Cross the bridge.

3. Walk a few more meters beyond the Pietà church. You'll see the Hotel Metropole on your left, facing the waterfront.

1. Leave the cruise terminal by the main doors, walk straight ahead to the wooden bridge, and cross the bridge.

2. At the ACTV vaporetto station (which is just ahead), take a No. 2 water bus in the direction of San Zaccaria.

3. As you leave the boat station at San Zaccaria, bear right.

4. Cross the stone bridge and walk past the Locanda Vivaldi and the Pietà church to the Hotel Metropole.

MAP CREDITS: Walking maps by Anders Imboden, using base data from the Comune di Venezia and Regione Veneto under license IODL-2.0.

About the author:

Durant Imboden has written about Venice, Italy since 1996. He covered Venice and European travel at About.com for 4-1/2 years before launching Europe for Visitors (including Venice for Visitors) with Cheryl Imboden in 2001.

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