Location
Hotel San Sebastiano Garden is located in an authentic and characteristic area of Venice, facing the church, Chiesa di San Sebastiano, among the most prestigious art sites of the city (it holds the extraordinary cycle of frescoes by Veronese, the great master of the Venetian 16th century), and the convent of San Sebastiano (expanded and renovated by Carlo Scarpa, the great 20th century Venetian architect) today the site of the Department of Humanism of the Università Ca' Foscari of Venice.
Among the hotels in Venice it enjoys a unique location, walking distance from the "San Basilio" Maritime Station, point of departure for Mediterranean cruise boats and ship lines and ferries that in 10 minutes reach piazza San Marco, Piazzale Roma (car and bus terminal) and 5 minutes from the Hilton - Molino Stucky convention center.
Hotel San Sebastiano Garden is also one of the closest 4-star hotels in Venice to an enchanting stroll on the Zattere, offering one of the most beautiful panoramas of Venice on the Giudecca, facing the Mulino Stucky and the splendid churches, Chiesa del Redentore and delle Zitelle, work of Palladio, the greatest architect of the Venetian Rinascimento. Along the promenade of the Zattere, there are excellent ice cream shops where you may sample typical Venetian gelato and enjoy a beautiful view.
Not to be missed, during a stay in this hotel in Venice, is the Gallerie dell'Accademia, a 10 minute walk from Hotel San Sebastiano Garden, the extraordinary museum housing the world’s most important collection of paintings by Venetian masters from the 14th to the 18th centuries, including Veronese, Titian, Giorgione, Tiepolo, Bellini, Carpaccio and Tintoretto. From here, visitors may continue to piazza San Marco along Via XXII Marzo, the elegant shopping route lined by the display windows of Italian and international designers (Gucci, Bulgari, Louis Vuitton, Prada etc.).
The young, lively Venice of campo Santa Margherita, full of bacari (the typical inns of Venice), small night spots and typical restaurants, is 5 minutes from the hotel and is ideal for spending enjoyable Venetian evenings.
How to get to Hotel San Sebastiano Garden
BY AIR
From the airport of Venice Marco Polo (13 km from Venice)
Take the shuttle bus or the ACTV bus No. 5 for Venice and exit at piazzale Roma (the car and bus terminal). From here, continue as in the point By car / piazzale Roma. Or by taking the bus from inside the airport you will reach the wharf and take the Alilaguna speed boat, red line, and exit after approximately an hour and a quarter on the water at the Zattere stop. From here take the ACTV ferry No. 2 or 62 in the direction of piazzale Roma and exit at the first stop San Basilio. Continue as in the point By car / San Basilio.
From the airport of Treviso Canova (30 km from Venice)
Take the shuttle bus for Venice and exit at piazzale Roma (the car and bus terminal). From here, continue as in the point By car / piazzale Roma.
BY TRAIN
From everywhere, you will arrive at the Santa Lucia railway station of Venice. In front of the station take the ACTV ferry No. 2 in the direction of piazzale Roma / Zattere and exit at the stop for San Basilio. Continue on foot as in the point By car / San Basilio.
BY CAR
Park in one of the garages of piazzale Roma, the car and bus terminal, or in the parking lots of Isola del Tronchetto (at the end of the long bridge Ponte della Libertà on the right). Continue, from piazzale Roma with the ACTV ferry No. 61 or No. 2 in the direction of Zattere and from the Tronchetto with the ACTV ferry No. 2 and exit at the stop for San Basilio. Continue on foot along Calle del Vento (in front of the wharf), cross Campo San Basegio and continue on Fondamenta San Sebastiano. You have arrived; Hotel San Sebastiano Garden is at number 2542.