Taverna La Fenice: Traditional Italian cuisine served in an elegant, stuccoed dining room with plant-filled terrace.

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Taverna La Fenice

Venice


Step back in time at this historic dining room with a coffered wooden ceiling, gleaming terrazzo floors and red-and-gold wallpaper. The official caterers for La Fenice banquets, Taverna La Fenice serves a refined menu with the likes of beef fillet in Barolo wine, truffle ravioli and intense little bowls of hazelnut ice-cream. Just like a night at the opera, it’s one to remember.


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