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upstairs. Let savvy staff arrange gondolas, art tours and airport transfers, and don't skip
breakfasts on the cushion-strewn terrace. Two-night stays required in high season.
GRITTI PALACE RESTORATION
Campo di Santa Maria del Giglio 2467; d €425-700, ste from €1100; ; Santa Maria del Giglio) on
the Grand Canal don't have to leave their balconies to go sightseeing: this landmark 1525 doge's palace re-
opened in 2013 after an extensive year-long restoration, from Rubelli silk damask lining top-floor suites and
landmark Grand Canal rooms to underfloor heating beneath
terrazzo
marble floors in the Gritti Epicurean
School and restaurant. Classic Venetian Rooms have also been touched up gently, with restored antique fainting
couches, stucco ceilings, hand-painted vanities, and bathrooms sheathed in rare marble. Rooms and suites fa-
cing north and west toward Campo Santa Maria del Giglio lack Grand Canal views and southern light, but the
level of luxury is consistent. Luxury hotel specialist Starwood manages operations to international standards,
and chef Daniele Turco creates inspired Venetian trade-route cuisine for fabulous dockside meals.
Sestiere di Dorsoduro
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( 041 523 24 89;
www.hotelgalleria.it
; Campo della Carità 878a; d incl breakfast €110-220; Accademia)
Smack on the Grand Canal alongside the Ponte dell'Accademia is this classic hotel in a
converted 18th- century mansion. Book ahead, especially for rooms 7 and 9, small
doubles overlooking the Grand Canal, and No 8, with Liberty furnishings and Grand
Canal views. Most rooms share updated bathrooms; No 10 sleeps five, with an original
frescoed ceiling and Grand Canal-facing windows.
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( 041 715 877;
www.cadellacorte.com
; Campo Surian 3560, Santa Croce; d incl breakfast €80-170; ;
Piazzale Roma)
Live like a Venetian in this 16th-century family home near Campo Santa Mar-
gherita, with a frescoed music salon, top-floor terrace overlooking Gothic palaces and
breakfasts delivered to your room. Stay in snug wood-beamed garrets, chandelier-lit su-
perior rooms or feng-shui eco-rooms. Sporty types, ask helpful staff to organise sailing,
tennis, and horse-riding on the Lido; baby-sitting and shiatsu massage available.
B&B DORSODURO 461 €
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