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VENICE VENICE

Pensione Accademia A longtime favourite Bucintoro This simple, old-fashioned, family-run
Venice pensione, the Accademia is loved for its pensione has fabulous views from every room.
rare garden setting (roses and fruit trees, Some, such as Nos 1 and 11, have windows
canalside patio). Inside the shuttered 17th-century overlooking both San Giorgio Maggiore and San
mansion, bedrooms have been renovated to a Marco, and are much in demand by artists.
good standard with inlaid wood floors and No 4 has a large bed, airy curtains, and the
antiqued mirrors. The public rooms are plainer. lagoon waters gently lapping below. All rooms
N Fondamenta Bollani, Dorsoduro 1058, 30123 Venezia. are plain, clean and light. Basic breakfasts.
Map p335 E3. § 041 521 01 88. ` 041 523 91 52. N Riva San Biagio 2135, 30122 Venezia.
$ info@pensioneaccademia.it 0 b. Rooms 30. Map p335 E3. § 041 522 32 40. ` 041 523 52 24.
∂ ¢ Never. / AE, DC. MC, V. ¡¡ 0 b. Rooms 28. ¢ Dec, Jan. / MC, V. ¡¡
VENICE VENICE

Bisanzio For those who value uncomplicated Gritti Palace As Somerset Maugham wrote, there
comfort and convenience rather than character, are few greater pleasures than taking a drink on
this is a pleasant, quiet hotel set back from the the Gritti’s terrace at sunset, watching Salute church
Riva degli Schiavoni. The reception area is bathed in colour. Before bed, he advised, glance
spacious and streamlined, with sitting areas and a at the portrait of Doge Andrea Gritti, who, after a
bar. Best of the bedrooms are those with private tumultuous life, spent his last years here in peace.
terraces and rooftop views, and the family rooms. N Campo Santa Maria del Giglio, San Marco 2467,
N Calle della Pieta, Castello 3651, 30122 Venezia. 30124 Venezia. Map p335 E3. § 041 296 12 22.
Map p335 E3. § 041 520 31 00. ` 041 520 41 14. ` 041 296 11 00. $ grittipalace@luxurycollection.com
$ e-mail@bisanzio.com 0 b. Rooms 50. z ¢ Never. 0 b,l,d. Rooms 91. z ¢ Never.
/ AE, DC, MC, V. ¡¡¡¡ / AE, DC, MC, V. ¡¡¡¡

V V VENICE
VARENNA
Hotel du Lac The bedrooms are small, but the Locanda Ai Santi Apostoli Lovely third-floor
terrace of this friendly hotel, by the side of Lake palazzo apartment transformed into an elegant
Como, is memorable. B&B. Stylish sitting room and spacious bedrooms.
N Via del Prestino 4, 23829 Varenna, Lecco. N Strada Nuova, Cannaregio 4391, 30131 Venezia.
Map p334 C2. § 0341 83 02 38. ` 0341 83 10 81. Map p335 E3. § 041 521 26 12. ` 041 521 26 11.
$ albergodulac@tin.it 0 b,l. Rooms 17. ¡¡ $ aisantia@tin.it 0 b. Rooms 10. ¡¡¡
VENICE VENICE
Agli Alboretti Simple, spotless bedrooms with Hotel des Bains The setting for Death in Venice,
tiny bathrooms near the Accademia. Breakfast in still evocative of that belle époque period.
summer under a pergola on the rear terrace. N Lungomare Marconi 17, Lido, 30126 Venezia.
N Rio Terra Foscarini, Dorsoduro 884, 30123 Venezia. Map p335 E3. § 041 526 59 21. ` 526 01 13.
Map p335 E3. § 041 523 00 58. ` 041 521 01 58. $ desbains@sheraton.com 0 b,l,d. Rooms 191.
$ alboretti@gpnet.it 0 b,d. Rooms 20. ¡¡¡ ¡¡¡¡
For key to symbols see backflap. For price categories see p333