Venice & the Veneto - Italy - page 710

The APT tourist board ( www.turismovenezia.it ) lists hundreds of B&Bs, affittacamere (rooms
for rent) and apartments to rent in Venice proper. More can be found at BB Planet
( www.bbplanet.it ) , www.guestinitaly.com and www.veniceapartment.com .
The best hotel rates are typically in November, early December, January and the period
between Carnevale and Easter, but you might swing deals in July and August.

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4 Piazza San Marco
& Around

B&B €

Giò & Giò
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( 347 366 50 16; www.giogiovenice.com ; Calle delle Ostreghe 2439; d incl breakfast €90-150; ;

Santa Maria del Giglio) Restrained baroque sounds like an oxymoron, but here you have
it: burl-wood bedsteads, pearl grey silk draperies, polished parquet floors and spotlit art.
Packaged breakfasts are available in the shared kitchen. Ideally located near Piazza San
Marco along a side canal, next to the Gritti Palace; angle for rooms overlooking the gon-
dola stop, and wake to choruses of ' Volare, oh-oh-oooooh !'

Hotel Ai Do Mori
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HOTEL €

( 041 520 48 17; www.hotelaidomori.com ; Calle Larga San Marco 658; d €50-150; ; San
Zaccaria) Artists' garrets just off Piazza San Marco, each snug as an Arsenale ship's cabin.
Book ahead to score upper-floor rooms with sloped wood-beamed ceilings, parquet floors,
wall tapestries and close-up views of basilica domes and the clock tower's Do Mori (bell-
ringers) in action. Ask for No 11, with a private terrace - but pack light, because there's
no lift.

Palazzo Paruta
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HOTEL €

( 041 241 08 35; www.palazzoparuta.com ; Campo Sant'Angelo 3824; d incl breakfast €90-320; ;
Sant'Angelo) Kissing frogs won't get you princely palace surroundings like this: lantern-
lit courtyard staircases beckon to silken boudoir bedrooms with mirrored bedsteads and
Carrara marble en suite baths. Museum-worthy suites feature velvet-draped beds, stuc-