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MAP
GOOGLE MAP
( 041 241 12 33;
www.locanda-sanbarnaba.com
; Calle del Traghetto 2785-6; d incl breakfast €120-185; ;
Ca' Rezzonico)
The stage is set for intrigue at this 16th-century
palazzo
, with its frescoed
grand salon, hidden courtyard garden and cupboards concealing a secret staircase. Ask for
the romantic wood-beamed Poeta Fanatico room; Campiello, with skylight views of a
neighbouring bell tower; or superior Il Cavaliere e la Dama, for 18th-century frescoed
ceilings and balconies dangling over the canal.
LA CHICCA €€
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B&B
GOOGLE MAP
( 041 552 55 35;
www.lachicca-venezia.com
;
Calle Franchi 644; d incl breakfast €60-200; ; Accade-
mia)
Neatly wedged among Dorsoduro's trifecta of museums: Accademia, Peggy Guggen-
heim, Punta della Dogana. Yet all you'll hear at night in this family-run B&B is the lap-
ping of the canal at the end of the
calle
. Venetian damask-clad, terrazzo
-
floored
guestrooms are spacious and blessedly uncluttered after a museum binge; book ahead to
nab one with a tub.
LA CALCINA €€
MAP
INN
GOOGLE MAP
(
041 520 64 66;
www.lacalcina.com
;
Fondamenta Zattere ai Gesuati 780; d incl breakfast €100-320;
;
Zattere)
Upgrade from ordinary seaside resorts to La Calcina, with breezy roof-garden
breakfasts, canal-dock restaurant, and panoramas of Palladio's Redentore church across
Giudecca Canal. Antique armoires, brocade bedspreads and ship-shape modern bathrooms
come standard with airy, parquet-floored guestrooms. Book ahead for the waterfront
rooms - especially No 2, where John Ruskin wrote his classic (though inexplicably
Palladio-bashing) 1876
The Stones of Venice
.
PALAZZO GUARDI €€
MAP
B&B
GOOGLE MAP
( 041 296 0725;
www.palazzoguardivenice.com
; Calle del Pistor 995; d incl breakfast €92-149; ;
Accademia)
Relive the Renaissance at this 16th-century palace, right around the corner from
Accademia and Gia Schiavone - you're never more than a minute away from a Titian
masterpiece or glass of Amarone. Baroque-style guestrooms with modern baths accom-
modate two to five guests, but only the suites and breakfast room have canal vistas worthy
of a Guardi painting.
PENSIONE ACCADEMIA VILLA MARAVEGE €€
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