Hotel Westin Europa Regina, Venice

About Hotel Westin Europa Regina

Behind a beautiful pale terracotta Venetian Gothic façade lies one of Citalia's newest editions to its Venice collection.

This magnificently restored building houses the wonderful 5* Westin Europa & Regina. Comprised of 5 buildings, dating from the 17th to 19th centuries, public rooms feature high ceilings, dramatic marble flooring, luxury rugs, and Murano glass lamps and chandeliers. Its guestrooms are also lavishly decorated, using fine fabrics and high quality furnishings.

Throughout the warmer months, enjoy the hotel's Restaurant La Cuisina terrace where you can sit back, admire the church of Santa Maria della Salute, and watch the world float by on the Grand Canal. In addition, there is a delightful courtyard garden.

For the idyllic Venetian escape, the Westin Europa & Regina will provide you with those enviable front row seats overlooking the Grand Canal, only moments away from Piazza San Marco.

Accommodation:

Rooms are recently renovated in the typical Venetian style reflecting the hotel's history, which dates back to the 17th century. Facilities include air conditioning, satellite television, minibar, hairdryer, safe, wifi access, bathrobe and slippers. Please note that all rooms have double beds but it is possible to request a twin room. The rooms can accommodate an additional single bed for a third guest.

Deluxe Double Canal View
In addition to the above facilities, these rooms have a front canal view.

Junior Suite
These one bedroom suites are newly refurbished and individually designed. They have a Venetian atmosphere with details such as striped drapes, which recreate the gondola poles. There are two LCD televisions and the bedroom has walk-in wardrobes. Luxurious décor includes damask-lined walls and satin and velvet covered furnishings by historical Venetian weaving house, Lorenzo Rubelli. The suite is around 40 to 47 metres sqaured and it provides a view overlooking the tranquil courtyard with its antique well.

Supplements (from):

Grand Canal Double £48. One Bedroom Deluxe Suite £48. Twin for Sole Use £58. Weekend (Fri-Sat) £27. Half Board £78.

Facilities:

Restaurant La Cusina
Bar Tiepolo
Lounge
Lift

Please Note:

Waterbus stop: Vallaresso.

Information:

The hotel has 185 air-conditioned rooms. Transfer time from Marco Polo airport: 40 mins. Child prices apply to ages 2-6 years.Dinner and buffet breakfast. Minimum stay 1 night. 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.