The hotel restaurant offers typical Venetian cuisine, both fish and meats, as well as numerous Italian and international dishes. Starters include spider crab, soused sardines and a mixed fish platter. First course specialities include seafood risotto; spaghetti in squid's ink; thick, home-made spaghetti with onions and sardines; and home-made potato gnocchi. Main courses include excellent Venetian-style squid with polenta, dried cod, and the delicious Al Vagon fillet steak. Desserts, all home-made, include tiramisù, crème caramel, panna cotta with forest fruit sauce, apple tart, and typical Burano biscuits with sweet wine.
If you can tear yourself away from the excellent fare on offer, you'll find yourself perfectly placed for exploring the city. This holiday hotel in Venice is in a small square, Campiello R. Selvatico, just minutes from St Mark's Square. Lying within the square is the Basilica San Marco itself, the most exotic (or over the top) of European cathedrals and boasting 4000 square metres of golden mosaics.
With 117 islands, 150 canals, and 409 bridges there is plenty of Venice to see. This city is an intricate maze that you'll love losing yourself in - some of the most unexpected architectural delights are to be found this way.
Book yourself onto the Itinerari Segreti del Palazzo Ducale - an intriguing behind the scenes tour of the Gothic marvel that is the Doge's Palace, once the seat of government in Venice. Trips down the Grand Canal are a must. A ride on a gondola won't get you anywhere fast - that's not the point - but it will give you a fascinating view of this city built on the water. Complement this with your wanderings on foot around the highways and byways, the little hidden alleyways and backstreets of old Venice. Check out the Accademia, one of the finest collections of European painting anywhere in the world. And sit and relax with a cappuccino or a prosecco in Piazza San Marco, and drink in one of the world's most complex, diverse, beautiful and romantic cities.
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And there's much, much more. Use this delightful and peaceful hotel as the base for your explorations. Click below to find out how to begin your holiday.
