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VENICE VENICE

Londra Palace This venerable hotel can claim to Quattro Fontane A wide, shady terrace encircles
be in the top league. Public rooms are cool and this 150-year-old mock-Tyrolean building. It has
elegant, with good food served in the romantic lots of character, with charmingly decorated
dining room. Front bedrooms (the hotel boasts reception rooms filled with mementos of the
100 windows onto the lagoon) have matchless owners’ travels. Bedrooms in the main house are
views, and the quality of furniture and original individual; those in the annexe are more
paintings is impressive. streamlined, with gaily painted bathrooms.
N Riva degli Schiavoni 4171, 30122 Venezia. Map p335 N Via Quattro Fontane 16, 30126 Lido, Venezia.
E3. § 041 520 05 33. ` 041 522 50 32. Map p335 E3. § 041 526 02 27. ` 041 526 07 26.
$ info@hotelondra.it 0 b,l,d. Rooms 53. z $ info@quattrofontane.com 0 b,l,d. Rooms 58. z ∂
¢ Never. / AE, DC, MC, V. ¡¡¡¡ ¢ mid-Nov to Mar. / AE, DC, MC, V. ¡¡¡¡
VENICE VENICE

Piccola Fenice Right by La Fenice theatre and La Residenza This grand Gothic palazzo
sister hotel to the well-known Fenice et des overlooking Campo Bandiera e Moro appeals to
Artistes. The spacious suites for up to six people true lovers of Venice. For a modest two-star, it has
are perfect for families. Bathrooms are prettily a deliciously immodest setting, with a vast,
tiled with generous basins; furniture is attractive; lavishly stuccoed Baroque hall. Some of the rooms
and there are facilities for making breakfast. The are quaintly old-fashioned, but taking breakfast
topmost apartment has a little terrace. here in the early morning light is a treat.
N Calle della Madonna, San Marco 3614, 30124 Venezia. N Campo Bandiera e Moro, Castello 3608, 30122
Map p335 E3. §` 041 520 49 09. Venezia. Map p335 E3. § 041 528 5315.
$ piccolafenice@fenicehotel.it Rooms 7 suites. ` 041 523 8859. $ info@venicelaresidenza.com 0 b.
z ¢ two weeks Jan. / AE, MC, V. ¡¡¡ Rooms 15. z¢ Never. / MC, V. ¡¡

VENICE VENICE
Danieli This palace became a hotel in 1822, Locanda Sturion If you can conquer the steep
thereafter housing a raft of famous figures. stairs, you will find plush, handsomely decorated
N Riva degli Schiavoni, Castello 4196, 30122 Venezia. bedrooms, two of which overlook Grand Canal.
Map p335 E3. § 041 522 64 80. ` 041 520 02 08. N Calle del Sturion, San Polo 679, 30125 Venezia.
$ res072.danieli@starwoodhotels.com 0 b,l,d. Map p335 E3. § 041 523 62 43. ` 041 522 83 78.
Rooms 234. ¡¡¡¡ $ info@locandasturion.com 0 b. Rooms 11. ¡¡¡
VENICE VENICE
Locanda Ca’ Foscari Budget one-star hotel, a cut Raspo da Ua For local colour and little money,
above the norm. Modest but pristine bedrooms; plus the chance to enjoy Burano at night minus
some have their own bathroom. the crowds, a restaurant with simple rooms.
N Calle della Frescada, Dorsoduro 3887B, 30123 Venezia. N Via Galuppi 560, 30012 Burano, Venezia.
Map p335 E3. § 041 71 04 01. ` 041 71 08 17. Map p335 E3. § 041 527 20 14. ` 041 73 03 97.
$ info@locandacafoscari.com 0 b. Rooms 11. ¡ 0 b,l,d. Rooms 6. ¡