Surroundings
The perfect starting point to visit the city, the Hotel is situated near the church of San Simeon Grande, which was founded in 967 and hosts Tintoretto’s “Last Supper”, but its strategic position makes it particularly suited to reach all the main monuments of the city in a short time: St Mark’s Square, with its bell tower and St Mark’s Clocktower, the Correr Museum and the Doge’s Palace (Palazzo Ducale).
You can reach the famous square taking a pleasant, 25 minutes long walk or a relaxing boat trip, which will lead you through Grand Canal under Scalzi, Rialto and Accademia bridges.
Near the hotel…
In the sestiere of Santa Croce, where the hotel is located, and the nearby sestiere of San Polo and Cannaregio you will find many other unmissable sights like:
CHURCH AND SCUOLA GRANDE OF SAN ROCCO
both the church and the Scuola Grande di San Rocco host magnificent works realised by Tintoretto.
BASILICA DI SANTA MARIA GLORIOSA DEI FRARI
one of the most important churches in Venice, it hosts many outstanding works like Tiziano’s “Assumption”, Antonio Canova’s and Tiziano’s funerary monuments, Donatello’s “St John the Baptist”, Giovanni Bellini’s “The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Musician Angels and Sts Nicholas, Peter, Mark, and Benedict”.
SCUOLA DI SAN GIOVANNI EVANGELISTA
home to the International Gallery of Modern Art and of the Museum of Oriental Art, the palace hosts some works of important artists like Klimt, Chagall, Kandinsky, Klee, Morandi, De Chirico, Boccioni, Sironi, but also a great collection of oriental works of art, with about 30,000 pieces.
CHURCH OF SAN ZAN DEGOLA
one of the rare examples of Venetian – Byzantine architecture that we still have nowadays.
CHURCH AND CAMPO OF SAN GIACOMO DELL'ORIO
One of the most ancient churches in Venice (its foundation dates back to the 9th century), it is also famous for the works realised by Lorenzo Lotto and Paolo Veronese.
PALAZZO MOCENIGO
the palace, its name deriving from one of the most important patrician families of Venice, is now home to the Museum of the History of Fabrics and Costumes.
CHURCH OF SAN STAE
the church, which overlooks the Grand Canal, hosts some works of important baroque artists like Giambattista Tiepolo, Sebastiano Ricci, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta and Giovanni Battista Pittoni.
CA ' PESARO
home to the International Gallery of Modern Art and of the Museum of Oriental Art, the palace hosts some works of important artists like Klimt, Chagall, Kandinsky, Klee, Morandi, De Chirico, Boccioni, Sironi, but also a great collection of oriental works of art, with about 30,000 pieces.
RIALTO MARKET
The Rialto Market is the oldest and traditional fish, fruit and vegetables market of Venice.
PONTE DI RIALTO
the most ancient and famous of the four bridges that cross the canal (is formed by two inclined ramps with shops on either side) is made up of three ramps (walkaways) and is well-known for its two rows of shops.
PIAZZA SAN MARCO
Piazza San Marco (known in English as St Mark’s Square), is the principal public square of Venice, where it is generally known just as “the Piazza” (la Piazza). All other urban spaces in the city are called “campi” (fields). A remark usually attributed to Napoleon calls the Piazza San Marco “the drawing room of Europe”.
SAN GEREMIA
built in the 11th century, the church is an important place of worship and destination of pilgrimages: inside you will find the remains of Saint Lucy of Syracuse.
GHETTO
The Venetian Ghetto was the area of Venice in which Jews were compelled to live under the Venetian Republic