L'Imbarcadero

San Polo & Santa Croce


A five-minute walk from the train station, this friendly hostel in Santa Croce offers worn but comfortable mixed and female-only dorms with single beds and the occasional Grand Canal view. Prices include use of a communal kitchen and wi-fi.


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Nearby San Polo & Santa Croce attractions

1. Chiesa di San Geremia

0.06 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…

2. Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia

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3. Chiesa di San Giacomo dall’Orio

0.14 MILES

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4. Chiesa di San Marcuola

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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

0.18 MILES

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6. Schola Spagnola

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7. Schola Levantina

0.2 MILES

Sometimes called the Turkish Synagogue, the Schola Levantina was founded in 1541 as the first to serve the Ghetto's Sephardic community. Its renovated…

8. Chiesa dei Scalzi

0.2 MILES

An unexpected outburst of baroque extravagance, this Longhena-designed church (built 1654–80) has a facade by Giuseppe Sardi that ripples with columns and…