Dating back from 1792, La Fenice is an opera house rich in history and tradition. Take in the splendid architecture, and grand interior based on Aldo Rossi's designs.
Waking up, and getting out of bed is made a whole lot harder when your bed is fitted with Jesurum Venezia 1870's linens. Although, we guarantee, it also makes your sleep ten times better. As dreamy as it comes, if you can pardon the pun, we'd leave room in your case for all the covers and pillow cases you'll want to bring home!
Name a more romantic spot to sip a martini or canreggio, we challenge you! Sitting under the Simon Buret ceiling fresco, surrounded by shelf upon shelf of carefully curated library books, we would certainly struggle to! The Library Bar at the Nolinski is the perfect place to head for a drink or two, headed by the talented Jérémy Bacquet.
In a city that runs almost entirely on fish, Vini da Arturo chooses to serve meat and pasta instead. The tiny San Marco dining room – wood-panelled, walls dressed with drawings and photographs – has been turning out the same menu for over fifty years. The signature is the braciola all'Arturo, an enormous double-breaded pork chop finished with sharp wine vinegar.
Originally built as the residence of the noble Pisani family and later home to Doge Andrea Gritti, the Gritti Palace overlooks the Grand Canal and the splendid Santa Maria della Salute. Behind the grande dame's 15th-century palazzo exteriors, pure Venetian grandeur unfolds through Murano chandeliers, Rubelli fabrics, richly layered suites and one of the city’s most storied terraces.