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your next novel in Hemingway's favourite room, Santa Fosca, with its balcony overlook-
ing the garden and original creaky oak floors.
You won't see Ernest hauling in his hunting trophies or working on his manuscripts any
more, but you can still enjoy wild duck by the
fogher
(fireplace) or Venice's finest peach
bellini beneath the rose pergola.
VENISSA €€
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INN
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( 041 527 22 81;
www.venissa.it
;
Fondamenta Santa Caterina 3, Mazzorbo; d €150-170; ; Mazzorbo)
Gourmet getaways are made in the shade of the vineyards at Venissa, which offers some
of the lagoon's finest, freshest dining as well as six large, strikingly contemporary rooms
under the manor-house rafters. Breakfast - if that's what you can call the lavish gourmet
affair - is extra, either prix fixe (€15) or à la carte.
MURANO PALACE €€
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BOUTIQUE HOTEL
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( 041 73 96 55;
www.muranopalace.com
; Fondamenta Ventrai 77, Murano; d €110-180; ; Murano Co-
lonna)
Come here for designer fabulousness at an outlet price. Jewel-toned colour schemes
and (naturally) Murano glass chandeliers illuminate high-ceilinged, parquet-floored
rooms, and there are free drinks and snacks in the minibar. Expect canal views and unpar-
alleled art-glass shopping, but eerie calm once the shops close around 6pm. Ask the front
desk about fishing excursions and Venetian rowing lessons.
