Enjoy the magical experience of Venice, lodging in this first class inn accommodation in Venice, Italy, just yards from Piazza San Marco.
This is the medieval Venice of the Doges, by the enchanting waters of the Lagoon, and in a unique atmosphere rich in art and history. During your vacation in this wonderful city, the L'Antica Venezia will make your stay simply unforgettable.
This Venice lodging is conveniently situated right in the historical centre only a minute away from Piazza San Marco. You will enjoy exquisite and refined rooms with a bathroom, satellite TV, air conditioning, telephone, safe, minibar and hairdryer. And, when you want to relax, the bar at this first class inn accommodation in Venice, Italy, allows you to indulge while you admire a wonderful panoramic view of this charming and mysterious city.
On the upper floor a mansard hall is used as a sitting room and reading room. There is a large terrace (the 'altana veneziana') from where you can marvel at the tower of San Marco just a few yards away. The mansard and terrace bar service is guaranteed open 24 hours.
Depending on the season, single rooms range from EURO €70 to €135 a night. Double rooms run from €90 to €180. Triples range from €110 to €200 and quadruple rooms from €130 to €220.
There are no cars in Venice of course, but you will find this city centre Venice lodging easily accessible by water taxi. Contact your hosts and they will be delighted to give you details on how to reach L'Antica Venezia.
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And what an appropriate name this holiday accommodation in Venice has. Venice is a city redolent with history, from its earliest days, 1300 or more years ago, when the first settlers started to construct this extraordinary city from the 117 or so islands of the Lagoon. Today Venice has some 150 canals, crisscrossed by 409 bridges, but despite the popular image much of Venice is enjoyed best on foot (though a trip in a gondola is a must).
Spend some time wandering the streets both narrow and broad of the 'sestieri' (districts, or literally 'sixths') of Venice. There are essential tourist sites of course. The Basilica San Marco itself, just a few metres from your vacation lodging in Venice, is one of the marvels of European cathedral design. It boasts 4000 square metres of golden mosaics, and the Piazza San Marco was described by Napoleon Bonaparte as 'the drawing room of Europe'.
Napoleon had a baleful effect of course, laying waste and pillaging the riches of this once mighty maritime empire, but it is still impossibly complex and rich. Take the Itinerari Segreti del Palazzo Ducale, the 'secret tour of the Doge's Palace, a fascinating look behind the scenes of this home of the elected officials who ruled Venice (a republic) for a thousand years.
And see the Accademia. Within easy reach of this first class inn accommodation in Venice's heart, the Accademia is not merely one of the finest collections of European art in Italy - it ranks with any in the world.
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