My first impression of the hotel was its lack of any sense of business acumen, the woman at the front desk seemed to be to busy doing whatever is was, which seemed to be nothing on her computer. First strike. The entry into the room up the spiral staircase, although quaint, very precarious, the room itself was average in size and definitely underwhelming, and that’s where it all began, as we opened the door to the bathroom, we were overtaken with such a horrific stench that honestly I thought an animal had died in the room, I spoke with Mrs.Friendly from the front desk and she blamed it on the tides, I’ve stayed in many low lying areas like Venice before and I’ve be never had an issue like this, when we left for the day, it seemed they sprayed massive amounts of air fresheners to try and mask the odors, something like lipstick on a pig, needles to say, this only made the problem worse. Sleeping was a complete nightmare as well, the pancake pillows and the stench of the room were enough to keep me awake and add to all that the location of the hotel was on the canal, with the primary school next door and when the children let out, the access was a complete disaster. If I could rate the hotel in negative numbers, I certainly would, The STAFF and the STENCH were unbearable. DO NOT BOOK