Rome vs Venice: where should you stay?

Both are in Italy, and the honest difference between them is what a night costs and how far you are from everything else. The numbers below come from our own live inventory.

 RomeVenice
Best forAncient city · food · artCanals · quiet mornings
Typical nightly rate€73.00 – €220.00€78.00 – €291.00
Places to stay2,9753,130
From Rome Fiumicino Airport33 min by road4 hr by road
Things worth seeing1311

Rates are the 10th–90th percentile of what we hold in each area, so they describe a normal night rather than the cheapest and most expensive rooms on the island.

Where to stay in Rome

All 2,975 in Rome
Hotel san VitaleTop rated
Rome · Hotel
from €108.00 /nightEstimate · varies by date
Princeps Boutique Hotel3-star hotel
Rome · Hotel
from €176.00 /nightEstimate · varies by date
Hotel Damaso3-star hotel

Hotel Damaso

5.00(2519)
Rome · Hotel
from €215.00 /nightEstimate · varies by date

Where to stay in Venice

All 3,130 in Venice
B&B Casa Camilla4-star hotel
Venice · Hotel
from €127.00 /nightEstimate · varies by date
Ca' Bonfadini Historic Experience5-star hotel
Venice · Hotel
from €191.00 /nightEstimate · varies by date
Hotel Ai Cavalieri di Venezia4-star hotel
Venice · Hotel
from €164.00 /nightEstimate · varies by date

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