Considering the Relais Venezia in Venice?
A VT member wrote the following comment about visiting Venice:
Venice in the Winter by yetist
I love Venice and tend to travel there at least monthly. In the summer the city is full, the lines for everything are long, and it is hot and humid. You can experience the aqua alta at any time of year and I experienced it last Sunday. I look forward to the winter, there are no lines, the vaporetti are not overcrowded, the restaurants offer better service, and as was previously mentioned the light in the morning and evening is magical. That being said, now there are cruise ships there year around but in the winter there may be one docked, last week there were 6 in the city!! Enjoy the peace there in the winter.