Bauer Hotel, Venice

About Bauer Hotel

Hotel Bauer benefits from a prime location in the very heart of Venice just 50m from Piazza San Marco, and near to the shopping and museum areas of this unique city.

Having first opened its doors as a hotel in 1880, it is currently run by a third generation of the Bennati family. Housed in a modern wing, this luxury hotel is decorated in a typically lavish Venetian style. Its guestrooms are comfortably furnished, incorporating modern facilities into a traditional atmosphere.

Guests may enjoy breakfast on the terrace overlooking the Grand Canal or even on the 7th floor, with its great views over Venice. The hotel's Restaurant De Pisis prepares great Venetian and Mediterranean dishes.

Situated on a side canal and overlooking Campo San Moise, with its Baroque church, the Bauer is also within easy reach of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection of modern art and the Accademia, which houses the finest collection of Venetian paintings.

Accommodation:

Rooms are located in the contemporary wing of the hotel and they are spacious and bright with a nostalgic charm. Facilities include a bath in the marble bathroom, adjustable air conditioning, satellite television, direct dial telephone, walk-in wardrobe, minibar, hairdryer, safe and wifi access. Rooms are 25 metres squared and all have King-size double beds (twin rooms are available on request). It is possible to add a single bed to the rooms for a third passenger.

Deluxe Rooms
These rooms are slightly larger at around 25 to 32 metres squared. The views offered from these rooms are either overlooking the Rio San Moisè canal, the Campo San Moisè and its baroque Church view, or overlooking the street.

Superior Suite
These suites are very spacious at around 54 to 70 metres squared. Some of them have a separate bedroom and living room and some have a separate shower or bath tub. It is possible to request a suite with two bathrooms.

Supplements (from):

Deluxe Double £22. Superior Suite £58. Weekend (Fri-Sat) £11. Twin for Sole Use £84.

Facilities:

Restaurant De Pisis with terrace on Grand Canal
Breakfast terrace on Grand Canal
B-Bar
Bar Gran Canale
Lift
Private landing stage
Complimentary eco shuttle water bus to Bauer Palladio Hotel & Spa

Please Note:

Waterbus stop: Vallaresso.

Information:

Buffet breakfast.
Minimum stay 1 night (2 nights for Fri & Sat arrivals and 3 nights for stays (not arrivals) including 2 Sep, 31 Dec 07, 2 Feb, 22 Mar & 7 Sep).
The hotel has 109 air-conditioned rooms.
Transfer time from Marco Polo airport: 40 mins.
Child prices apply to ages 2-12 years.
Official Rating 5 Star

About Venice

Built on stilts and forming an archipelago of 117 small islands, Venice reposes on a liquid tapestry of calm canals and lazy lagoons 2,5 miles (4km) from Venice's mainland. The city's luminous quality is glimpsed from gliding gondolas and explored on foot through narrow calli, linked to one another by ornate stone bridges. Painted palazzi, Byzantine basilicas and Baroque domes compete with the dove-flocked piazzas that reach the ultramarine waters.

The wealth of Venice is evident in Piazza San Marco and alludes to when the Venetian republic was a dominant mercantile power, trading silks, spices and gemstones carried overland by Bedouin caravans and shipped to Mediterranean ports. Nowadays, modern craft navigate between six ancient sestieri, bearing carefree stowaways to St Mark's Basilica, the Palazzo Ducale and on up the Grand Canal to the Rialto, where palazzi lining unhurried channels display architectural styles spanning five centuries.

Become tempted by Venice's food market below the Rialto Bridge and after having enjoyed a meal head to the shopaholic joys of the Mercerie, which runs between Piazza San Marco and the Rialto Bridge. Perhaps cross the short stretch of water that leads to the glass-making island of Murano and the lace and linen enclave of Burano.

Venice Lido is the largest island here and benefits from an 8 mile (13km) long beach, which at the turn of the 19th century, created a premier resort for international aristocrats. Regular vaporetti, exclusive motor launches and public water buses transport visitor to another world in the time it takes to drink a cappuccino. Venice is a permanent carnival, rejoicing in a masked ball in February that swirls visitors into a sensual atmosphere peopled by gallant heroes and bewitching courtesans.