Palazzo Barbarigo Sul Canal Grande
Not your grandmother’s Grand Canal getaway, the Palazzo Barbarigo is Venice’s splashiest new design hot...
Want to wake up in a palazzo to the sound of lagoon waters lapping at the fondamente (canal banks)? It’s an unforgettable experience – and probably more affordable than you think. High-end hotels are no longer your only option. Many Venetians are opening historic homes as locande (guesthouses), B&Bs, affittacamere (rooms for rent) and holiday rental apartments.
Not your grandmother’s Grand Canal getaway, the Palazzo Barbarigo is Venice’s splashiest new design hot...
Once you step through the gate of this 17th-century garden villa just off the Grand Canal, you’ll forget...
Evenings seem enchanted in this opulent 1540 Venetian palazzo, with staff fluffing pillows, ply...
Splash out in a serene, Palladio-designed former cloister with San Marco views, private solar-powered bo...
Strange but true: this Alpine chalet is just a stone’s throw from Lido beaches, and its shaded gardens a...
Common spaces have uncommon appeal at this converted Carmelite retreat...
Venice’s favourite ridotto (gaming hall) circa 1648 is now a solid bet for a glamorous stay along the Gr...
Guests have been staying here since the mid-19th century...
As eccentric, luxurious and exuberant as Venice itself, the Danieli has attracted artistic bohemians, mi...
A world away from the narrow streets of Venice but only a few blocks from the vaporetto stop, t...
A bright, renovated two-storey house in a narrow lane running inland from Campo San Donato could make th...
Don't waste this hotel on your mother (sorry, mum)...
This 16th-century house gathers around a pleasant inner corte (courtyard, hence the name) with ...
Biennale-bound travellers find a home away from home-design catalogues in this minimalist-chic hotel nea...
Artists can finally stop suffering for their art at Locanda Montin, where sleepless nights are highly u...
Wander through the maze of narrow calli(backstreets) in this untouristed corner of Venice, and ...
In the heart of Mestre's central, lively pedestrianised square, this hotel is housed in a cumbersome-loo...
Escape the madding crowd on a quiet campiello (small square) on the sleepy side of Castello, wh...
Bang opposite the Gallerie dell'Accademia, with Palazzo Grassi and the Peggy Guggenheim Museum within ea...
A quiet little hotel in a prime location barely off buzzing Piazza Brà, but it won't break the bank...
The scene is set for modern romance in six individually designed guestrooms featuring in-room Jacuzzis, ...
Dating from the 18th century, this villa overlooking Asolo is one of Italy's great luxury retreats...
The small reception area is spare and modern, but upstairs the guestrooms swing from stark to effortless...
Turner used to paint at this canalside hotel, and you can see what he saw in the place: sloping terr...
This is a quiet, family-run hotel in a residential street only a few hundred metres from the station...
Your palazzo hideaway awaits beneath the arcade of historic Palazzo Barbarigo, just off the Gra...
Don't mind the 1949 Soviet-style entrance - the canalside neo-Gothic frontage of the palazzo oo...
A doge of a deal right off the Grand Canal, steps from the San Stae vaporetto stop and a 10-min...
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