If you would like to visit Venice and you are about to make it on your own, I would like to recommend you rather cheap and saturated with Venice spirit hotel. Messner.
The location if perfect – Hotel Messner is situated a few steps from the Basilica della Salute and it will take you not more than 10 minutes to reach St.Mark Square by steam-boat crossing the Canal Grande.
Also, the hotel is with a 10-minutes-walk to the Zattere, an important residential area with its own promenade. The Hotel itself is rather small, but it offers a cozy and homely atmosphere with delicious dishes and amazing views from the rooms.
Messner is clean and breakfast is included in price. Very budget-friendly hotel with fantastic location.
Most rooms feature Wi-Fi access and views on the garden or the Rio Della Fornace canal.
