Travel Reference
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OLTRE IL GIARDINO €€
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
MAP
GOOGLE MAP
( 041 275 00 15;
www.oltreilgiardino-venezia.com
;
Fondamenta Contarini, San Polo 2542; d incl breakfast
€180-250; ; San Tomà)
Live the design-magazine dream in this garden villa brimming
with historic charm and modern comforts: marquetry composer's desks and flat-screen
TVs, candelabras and minibars, 19th-century poker chairs and babysitting services. Light
fills six high-ceilinged bedrooms, and though sprawling Turquoise overlooks the canal
and Green hides away in the walled garden, Grey has a sexy wrought-iron bedframe under
a cathedral ceiling.
HOTEL PALAZZO BARBARIGO €€€
MAP
DESIGN HOTEL
GOOGLE MAP
( 041 740 172;
www.palazzobarbarigo.com
; Grand Canal 2765, San Polo ; d incl breakfast €240-380; ;
San Tomà)
Not your grandmother's Grand Canal getaway, the Palazzo Barbarigo is Venice's
splashiest design hotel. The traditional water-gate entryway has been turned into a slick
watering hole, with a deco lounge and disco-inspired uplighting. The 18 guestrooms com-
bine modern luxury and Venetian masquerade intrigue, with contemporary furnishings in
sumptuous velvets with the occasional feathered lamp or fringed fainting couch.
Whether you opt for the junior suites overlooking the Grand Canal (go for triple-win-
dowed Room 10) or standard rooms overlooking Rio di San Polo, expect compact, sleek
bathrooms, positively royal breakfasts, and drinks on the balcony over the Grand Canal.
STUDENT STAYS
From July to mid-September,
ESU
( 041 524 67 42;
www.esuvenezia.it
)
, the city's student administration
agency, opens its residences to students and academics visiting town. Singles, doubles and triples are available.
Prices run around €25 to €35 per person per night.
Sestiere di Cannaregio
ALLO SQUERO €
MAP
B&B
GOOGLE MAP
( 041 523 69 73;
www.allosquero.it
;
Corte dello Squero 4692; d incl breakfast €80-130; ; Fondamenta
Nuove)
Dock for the night at this historic gondola
squero
(shipyard), recently converted into
