Staying at Combo Venezia was a true highlight of our time in Venice. Housed in a beautifully renovated 12th-century monastery in the charming Cannaregio district, this property offers the perfect blend of historical charm and modern comfort. The location is unbeatable, especially for travelers arriving from Marco Polo Airport. Simply hop on the Alilaguna blue line water bus, and Combo is just a short 100-metre walk from the Ft. Nove stop—an absolute blessing if you’re traveling with large luggage. No bridges or tricky alleyways to navigate! The building itself is stunning. It’s been cleverly reimagined into a vibrant space that caters to all types of travelers—from students living in-house to older couples and solo adventurers. The design is a thoughtful mix of sleek industrial lines and original monastery features, giving the whole place a cool, contemporary yet grounded vibe. We stayed in a standard canal view room, which was just as pictured on their website—minimal, modern, and very clean. The view from our window was lovely, and we appreciated that we could open it to let in fresh air if desired. The air conditioning worked well, and the entire property, including shared areas and bathrooms, was spotlessly clean and serviced daily. The courtyards and communal areas are a dream—spacious, cool and ideal for lounging. There’s a great bar and café, plus a restaurant and even a canal-side deck that’s perfect for an evening spritz or a quiet moment with a book. It’s a social but serene atmosphere, never too loud or hectic. Being in Cannaregio gave us a much more authentic, local experience of Venice—fewer crowds, great nearby restaurants, and easy walking access to all the major sights. We truly felt like we were part of a living, breathing neighborhood rather than just tourists passing through.

We loved everything but personally two more pillows would be great though I’m sure if we had asked they would supply. The addition of little bedside tables would be ideal too. Even a tv on the wall. Though Venice has so much to see and do you would hardly watch a tv!

a double room with a view of the canal, the bed was super comfy with great pillows, one of the best sleeps throughout our stay in Italy. Good bathroom and good shower, warm with excellent pressure. Wifi was free and worked really well. Climate controlled room with adjustable controls in the room. Very clean and tidy. The hotel has a free luggage storage facility too which is very handy. The breakfast in the morning was a good basic breakfast with solid options (eggs, bacon, cereals, croissants, yogurt and fruit, vegetables, juice, tea and coffee). There is also a bar and an in house restaurant with a good menu and is reasonably priced. The location is great, just away from the busiest areas of Venice but still in easy walking distance from the attractions and vaporettos. The hotel itself is in a renovated building and includes a lovely, large internal courtyard which was a great place to wind down after a busy day sight seeing. A lovely quiet and relaxing place to stay.

We had no issues throughout our stay.

The courtyard with bars for drinks and food is a lovely place to sit and plan the day and relax after busy days. The building is very interesting and has its history explained in the rooms. They had events like an art talk and a clothing market in the communal spaces. The location near Fondamente Nove is perfect for getting around by vaporetti but also easy to walk to Biennale in Giardini and Arsenale. It's 10mins by boat to Murano. There are local food and grocery shops within 10mins walk and plenty of bars and restaurants. So we didn't eat at the Combo restaurant though it looked nice, we did have bacaro from the bar at the front which was a treat. The room had desks which we used for our stuff and stored the suitcases underneath. There were wardrobes in the kitchen which was odd but we got used to it. The staff were always friendly and helpful. The breakfast had a good range of hot and cold food. The coffee was not good but real coffee was available from the bar. We loved staying here and hope to do so again.

Minor points but we had to navigate the bridge with many steps with our suitcases to get to the hotel. This was fine but we hadn't expected this. The room had windows onto the fire escape where occasionally people would chat and smoke. We had a tiny glimpse of the sky. This didn't really matter as we were out all day but it would have been nice to have a view. Our blinds were drawn all the time so no one could look in.

Very cool property with excellent facilities. Beautiful neighbourhood with lovely wine bars and everything around. Our set up was a twin room which was two separate beds which gave the vibe of long term student accomodation. Lots of storage, good view of canals.

There was a loud event on during our stay. Kids in early 20s yelling and house music playing till 11:30 but they didn’t settle and quiet down till 12:30-1am ish (on a Thursday night). Not sure if these are regular or was just a once off. Music was good though at least (for us mid 20 year olds).

This hostel is exceptional. We booked 2 beds in a 6-bed-room but it turns out it is an apartment separated in 3 2-bed bedrooms, so we had a room all to ourselves. The apartment also had a living room and a kitchen with all new things, everything was well designed and minimal style. As you are inside an apartment with 3 rooms with 2 beds each, you share a bathroom of 2 showers and 2 toilets with 6 people, which was very good. You also get huge desks and chairs in your room, and a big closet. Toilets are provided free of charge.

Nothing! All was perfect.

A really nice, clean and exceptional hotel in a historical building. Perfect choice for friends (there was a table between the beds). We had a room with a canal (and sea) view. Perfect location close to everything. Really easy to reach from the airport by waterbus. Tickets to the Alilaguna waterbus can be bought from the ticket machine located in the baggage claim area at the airport (15€ one way).The pier F.Te Nove is located about 200 m from the hotel. Breakfast was good. Last day we left the hotel before the breakfast and they gave us ”breakfast bags” - that was highly appreciated.

It would have been nice to have a small fridge in the room. But the lack of the fridge didn’t bother us much because there were a lot of restaurants near by and also a grocery store was just behind the corner.

Nice spacious building, very antique and exceptional. Room good, spacious storage place. Great to have shower and wc separate. Room service - 👍

It is located in a lovely area and not far from ferries and city centre. This place has a wonderful lounge area and delicious breakfast. I also loved the oysters they sell! The place itself is clean and private, light cleaning is done every day.

The conditioning can be only turned off by opening the window, it is loud at night (with window open at night will suffer from mosquitos), also if you turn it off in one room it will turn off in the whole apartment (dormitory).

Combo is amazing!! I’d go again in a heartbeat. It’s so stylish, so cool, the rooms are beautiful and spacious, the view was stunning, the staff are friendly and knowledgeable, the breakfast is gorgeous… I could go on and on! I’ve been coming to Venice for 30 years and this has been my favourite place to stay by far. We’ll be back 😍

Only tiny things, the doors on the downstairs bathrooms were v heavy and almost impossible to open and close, the shutters on the bedrooms almost impossible to reach and the bathroom had nowhere to put toothbrushes/make up etc. if these things were improved on the place with be a ten for me.

The location was very good just a 2 minute walk from Fte Nove A which is one of the first stops on the Alilaguna waterbus from the airport. It is only a 10 minute walk away from the main tourist area of Venice (Rialto bridge etc) so not too busy. The staff were friendly and explained everything (you have to pay city tax on arrival). The room was very clean and well equipped - a lady came and filled the kitchen with lots of utensils and plates to use. There was different activities in the courtyard such as yoga which you could join and they also streamed all the Euros football matches. The rooms were cool and had air conditioning and it wasn’t loud at night so we had a good nights sleep. The breakfast had hot and cold options which changed daily and even on the last day the staff prepared a breakfast box for us to take with us to the airport. It was also close to a small shop (Coop) to get necessities.