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( 041 520 64 66;
www.lacalcina.com
; Fondamenta Zattere ai Gesuati 780, Dorsoduro 780; s €90-170, d
€110-310; )
An idyllic seaside getaway, this place has breakfasts on the roof terrace,
an elegant canalside restaurant and 29 airy, parquet-floored guest rooms, several facing
the Giudecca Canal and Palladio's Redentore church. Book ahead for rooms with en suites
and/or views, especially room 2, where John Ruskin stayed while he wrote his classic (if
inexplicably Palladio-bashing) 1876
The Stones of Venice
.
Ca' Pisani
DESIGN HOTEL
€€
( 041 240 14 11;
www.capisanihotel.it
; Rio Terà Antonio Foscarini 979a; d €140-351; ; Ac-
cademia)
Sprawl out in style right behind the Accademia, and luxuriate in sleigh beds, jac-
uzzi tubs and walk-in closets. Mood lighting and soundproofed padded leather walls make
downstairs deco rooms right for romance, while families appreciate top-floor rooms with
sleeping lofts. Venetian winters require in-house Turkish steam baths, summers mean
roof-terrace sunning, and patio breakfasts and wine-bar happy hours are ideal year-round.
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San Polo & Santa Croce
Ca dei Polo
B&B
€
( 041 244 02 13;
www.cadeipolo.com
; Fondamenta dei Tolentini 203, Santa Croce; d incl breakfast
€90-260; ; Piazzale Roma)
A smart, stylish new option for quick getaways by car,
bus or train - but breakfasts on the canalfront terrace and sunset toasts on the roof deck
are valid reasons to linger. Custom Murano art-glass chandeliers grace sprawling suites
and superior rooms like extraterrestrial lilies, and even smaller rooms have wood floors
and design mag-worthy details, including bathrooms with excellent water pressure.
Ca' Angeli
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
€
(
041 523 24 80;
www.caangeli.it
; Calle del Traghetto de la Madonnetta 1434, San Polo; d incl breakfast
€70-215; ; San Silvestro)
Brothers Giorgio and Matteo inherited this Grand
Canal palace and restored its Murano glass chandeliers, Louis XIV love seat and name-
sake 16th-century angels. Guest rooms feature beamed ceilings, antique carpets and big