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Hilton Molino Stucky, 5 star hotel in Venice
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Hilton Molino Stucky, 5 star hotel in Venice
• Overview of the Hotel:The Hilton Molino Stucky is very exquisite and beautiful luxurious hotel that is located at the Giudecca Island and looks towards in the direction towards Venice. It provides absolute free boat shuttle that is located at St. Mark’s Square and carry very performances at its rooftop pool. Alilaguna public boat there stands in front of the hotel and there connect you with the Zattere Station and many other shopping areas. The Molino Stucky Venice is there is entirely is about luxury, design, professional staff and very good and excellent health club. The hotel has about 379 rooms and it is the chain of the Hilton Hotels.
• Amenities at the Hotel: With respect to amenities in the hotel it is consisted of restaurant, bar, 24-hour front desk, newspapers, terrace, non-smoking rooms, rooms/facilities for disabled guests, elevator, safe, soundproofed rooms, heating, baggage storage, stores in hotel, gay friendly, allergy-free room available. A person in the hotel can involve in the leisure activities like as Sauna, Fitness center, solarium, spa & health club, massage, jacuzzi, hiking, turkish/steam bath, diving, snorkeling and outdoor swimming pool. in services it involve facilities as room service, meeting/banquet facilities, business center, babysitting/child services, laundry, dry cleaning, vip room facilities, breakfast in the room, ironing service, honeymoon suite, currency exchange, souvenirs/gift shop, packed lunches and fax/photocopy.
• Hotel Rules: With respect to policies in the hotel there occurs and happens uniform policy at the Hilton Molino Stucky Venice at its common areas. However, these hotel rules even get changes when a person stays in a different room. The check in time into the hotel is 14:00 hours and the check out time is until 12:00 hours. Cancellation and prepayment policies in the hotel even vary according to the room type. Pets are allowed in the hotel on certain applicable charges. The hotel accepts cards as American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard, Diners Club, JCB and Discover.
• Hotel Room Types and Rates:
King Hilton Deluxe Room: € 162.50 (Per Night)
King Hilton Deluxe Plus: € 200 (Per Night)
King Hilton Executive Room: € 222.50 (Per Night)
King Hilton Executive Plus: € 260 (Per Night)
Andrea Palladio;the famous Venetian architect
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Andrea Palladio was a very popular and renowned Italian architect whose works are primarily based on Renaissance themes and he himself lived in renaissance and therefore learned from the experiences of the Renaissance age. He experimented and worked in the Republic of Venice. Palladio had the influence of Roman and Greek architecture especially by Vitruvius. He for his achievements is considered as a most impressive person from the Western architecture. Most of his works in form of architectural buildings are located at in the northern Italy. The city of Vicenza and the Palladian as designed and themed by him are recognized as the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
He was born as Andrea di Pietro della Gondola in Padua. He was a son of a miller; he did his first internship as a stone cutter in the sculpture workshop of Bartolomeo Cavazza da Sossano, under the difficult and rough working conditions. In 1524, revolting harsh working conditions, he ran away to Vicenza and there became an assistant in the Pedemuro studio that was the prominent workshop of stonecutters and masons. He was for the first time recognized for his works in early thirties by Count Gian Giorgia Trissino who was quite an influential humanist and writer. In his capacity of a leading intellectual in Vicenza the Count inspired the young Andrea to praise arts, sciences and the Classical literature and provided him opportunity to learn Antique architecture in Rome. The Trissino also gave him the pseudonym, Palladio, an allusion to the Greek goddess of wisdom Pallas Athene and to a character of a play of Trissino itself.
After the death of count in 1550 Palladio was benefited largely from the patronage of the Barbaro brothers, Cardinal Daniele Barbaro. The Cardinal further motivated him for the learning of the classical studies and brought him to Rome in 1554. The influential Barbaros introduced Palladio to Venice, where, ultimately he became “Proto della Serenissima”, the chief architect of the Republic of Venice.
In his works, his Palladian style as named after him as close to the classical Roman principles, he rediscovered, applied and further explained in his works. His architectural works is known and recognized for centuries as an essence of the quintessence of High Renaissance calm and harmony. He was the designer of many palaces, villas and churches; however, his reputation largely lies on the basis of his skill of designing Villas. The palladian villas, designed by him are prominently situated at in the province of Vicenza, while the palazzi are concentrated in the city of Vicenza and the churches in Venice. A good number of his works kept as a World Heritage Site City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto. His other famous works can be found at its Lagoon World Heritage Site.
Hotel Danieli, 5 stars hotel in Venice
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Hotel Danieli, five stars hotel in Venice
• Overview of the Hotel: Situated further ahead of St. Mark’s Square towards the lagoon, the Hotel Danieli provides a very luxurious and lovely location for staying in Venice. The award receiver, Danieli Hotel is consisted of there separate properties, as old as to 14th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The buildings are connected by covered bridges. The rooftop restaurant Danieli’s, the Terrazza Danieli, provides the very traditional Italian cuisine. There you can enjoy meals and drinks there on the terrace and are much open from June until September. St. Mark’s Square is only about 220 yards away from there. The nearest Vaporetto water stop is about a 2-minute walk away; provide an easy access to Santa Lucia Station. The Hotel has about 225 rooms and it is the Chain of The Luxury Collection by Starwood.
• Amenities at the Hotel: As for facilities in the hotel, the general one includes as restaurant, bar, 24-hour front desk, newspapers, terrace, non-smoking rooms, elevator, safe, heating, baggage storage, air conditioning. For services in the hotel it includes as following one as room service, meeting/banquet facilities, airport shuttle, babysitting/child services, laundry, dry cleaning, breakfast in the room, ironing service, currency exchange, shoe shine, car rental and fax/photocopying.
• Hotel Rules: With respect to the general policies for the hotel they vary according to the room where a person stays in. The check in time into hotel is 15:00 hours and the checkout time is until 12:00 hours. Cancellation and prepayment policies into the hotel vary according to the room type where a person stays in. Pets are allowed on request on certain applicable charges. Hotel accepts cards as American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard, Diners Club and CartaSi.
• Hotel Room Types and Rates:
Premium Deluxe Double Room: € 366 (Per Night)
Luxury Double Room: € 423 (Per Night)
Double Room with Lagoon View: € 518 (Per Night)
Venetian School of Music, pioneer of resonant interior
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The Venetian School is known for the spacious, resonant interior that is inspiration for the Venetian School. In the music history, the Venetian School is the term that is known for composers or the group of composers who used to exist there in between from about 1550 to till 1610. The Venetian polychoral compositions of about 16th century were the best and the very famous events and activities in Europe, and they had the enormous influence over the music trend and activities in other countries as well. The innovations as produced by the Venetian school, along with the contemporary development of monody and opera in Florence, while coming together moves towards the end of the musical Renaissance and having the start of the musical Baroque.
There are many factors that contribute for the creation of the Venetian School. Among the many, the first one that is known for is political: after the death of Pope Leo X in 1521, and the sack of Rome in 1527, the musical dominance of Rome that had much influence over Europeans culture started dwindling down. Among many musicians some moved elsewhere or decided to part away from Rome and them found Venice as a spot conducive as well as nurturing for the creativity.
Another major reason that has been sighted for the growth of Venetian music is the existence of the magnificent Basilica San Marco di Venezia that has very unique interiors facing the opposite choir lofts. Due to the much magnificent architecture of this Basilica, it became very necessary to hone music style accommodating sound-delay to advantage, rather than fought against it within the architecture of the Basilica. Therefore, the Venetian polychoral style was developed. The first composer to exploit this effect was Adrian Willaert, who further on raised himself to the level of maestro di cappella of St. Mark’s in 1527, and holds the position until his death in 1562.
Another reason that led to the rich period of musical creativity was printing. About in early 16th century Venice was quite prosperous and stable, and was developed as an important center of music publishing. Composers from different parts of the Europe arrived there for being benefited from the new technology. Composers from northern Europe—especially Flanders and France—had the reputation of the skilled composers in Europe, and many of them yet arrived to Venice. The best time for the development of the Venetian School was in the 1580s, when Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli formed a good number of music even for the multiple choirs, groups of brass and string instruments, and organ.
Centurion Palace, 5 star hotels in Venice
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• Overview of the Hotel: The hotel is equipped with and has reputation for the excellent services, beautiful interiors and great facilities. The hotel is located at Grand Canal that is Venice’s oldest areas. The Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute is located beside the Centurion Palace. The hotel is located in a building that dates back to 1892. From the Centurion bar and restaurant one can have a beautiful canal views. Antinoo’s Restaurant serves gourmet cuisine. There are total 50 rooms in the hotel and it is the chain of small luxury hotels of the world, Sina Hotels.
• Amenities in Hotel: With respect to amenities into the hotel there are some general one as restaurant, bar, 24-hour front desk, newspapers, grounds, non-smoking rooms, rooms/facilities for disabled guests, elevator, express check-in/check-out, safe, soundproofed rooms, heating, design hotel, baggage storage, gay friendly, air conditioning and restaurant. In services in the hotel one can enjoy the following ones as room service, meeting/banquet facilities, laundry, and tour desk and fax/photocopying.
• Hotel Rules: With respect to policies there is some common one and there are some which varies according to the type of room, where a person stays in. The check in time into hotel is 14:00-00:00 hours and the check out time is as between 01:00 -12:00 hours. There cancellation and prepayment policies even vary according to the room type. A child below six years can stay there for free of charge while using existing bed there. Pets are allowed for free in the hotel. Hotel even accepts cards like American Express, Visa, Euro, Mastercard, Diners Club and CartaSi.
• Hotel Room Type and Rates:
Superior Double Room: € 217.80 (Per Night)
Deluxe Double Room: € 287.10 (Per Night)
Triple Room: € 386.10 (Per Night)
Superior Junior Suite: € 386.10 (Per Night)
Hotel Belle Epoque, Venice Hotels near Train Station
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Hotel Belle Epoque, Venice Hotels near Train Station
Overview of the Hotel: Explore Venice in this elegant, 3-star hotel that offers gorgeous, 18th-century furnishings and a quiet, central location just a short walk from Santa Lucia Station and all public transportation networks.Take the panoramic elevator to your room. Hotel Belle Epoque offers rooms with a historic atmosphere and modern comforts. In every room you will find satellite TV, air conditioning and white-marble bathrooms. Start your day in Venice with the hotel’s free buffet breakfast, served in the stylish dining hall. Hotel Belle Epoque is set on a central street surrounded by shops and restaurants. You will be near the main train station and tourist harbor. Hop on a nearby vaporetto (Venice’s public water bus) and discover this historic city and its surrounding islands.
Vaporetto is a waterbus operation. It has a set of 19 scheduled lines that serves locales within Venice, Italy and travel between Venice and nearby islands, e.g. Murano and Lido. The name, vaporetto, also serves as the appellation for a single such craft, vaporetti being the plural version of the name. The waterbus line is operated by Azienda Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano (ACTV), the Venetian public transportation system. It has twenty-four-hour scheduled service, with frequency varying by the line. Line 1 serves the Grand Canal. Several lines are limited to the summer season, April to October.
Amenities at the Hotel: The hotel has a 24-Hour Front Desk, Non-Smoking Rooms, Family Rooms, Elevator, Express Check-In/Check-Out, Safe, Soundproofed Rooms, Heating, Baggage Storage, Gay Friendly, Allergy-Free Room Available, All Public and Private spaces non-smoking, Air Conditioning, Tour Desk, Fax/Photocopying and Ticket Service. Wireless Internet Hotspot is available in some hotel rooms and charges are applicable. No parking is available.
Hotel Rules: The Check-in time for the hotel is from 14:00 – 00:00 hours and the Check-out time is until 11:00 hours. Cancellation and prepayment policies vary by room type. All children under 3 years stay free of charge when using existing bedding. All children under 2 years are charged EUR 9 per night per person for cots. There is no capacity for extra beds in the room. Maximum capacity of babycots in a room is 1. Any type of extra bed/cot or crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by the hotel. Supplements will not be calculated automatically in the total costs and have to be paid separately in the hotel. Pets are allowed on request. No extra charges. Accepted credit cards are Visa, Euro/Mastercard, Maestro, and CartaSi. The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorize credit cards prior to arrival. Different policies apply when booking more than 1 room and/or long stays of 2 nights or more.
Hotel Room Types and Rates:
Single Room: € 90
Included in room price: 10 % VAT, Buffet breakfast
17 square metres Standard Double Room for Single Use: € 120
Included in room price: 10 % VAT, Buffet breakfast
17 square metres Double Room: € 230
Included in room price: 10 % VAT, Buffet breakfast
23 square metres Triple Room: € 265
Included in room price: 10 % VAT, Buffet breakfast
29 square metres Standard Quadruple Room: € 260
Included in room price: 10 % VAT, Buffet breakfast
La Fenice, one of the most famous theatres of Europe
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Teatro La Fenice (“The Phoenix”) is one of the noted opera houses in Venice, Italy and equally it is too, one of the most popular theaters of Europe. It is a site of many renowned operatic premieres of the Europe. Its name too has become so popular because for rising from the ashes as it lost its two theaters too as one is due to legal problems and another to fire, respectively. And therefore is being named as the La Fenice.
In 1774, the San Benedetto Theatre that was Venice’s leading opera for about 40 years was burnt down to the ground. And even after its reconstruction a legal fight was ensued between the company that was managing it and its owners, the Venier family. And then the issue was decided in favor of Veniers and then company made a new opera house of its own on the Campo San Fantin.
Its construction started in June 1790 and by May 1792 the construction was completed and the building was named as the “La Fenice”, with reference to the survival of the company for fire as well as legal battle. It was inaugurated on May 16, 1792 with an opera by Giovanni Paisiello entitled I Giuochi di Agrigento. As from the beginning of the 19th century, La Fenice soon became very popular in Entire Europe. Rossini organized two important productions in the theater and even Bellini too premiered two operas there.
Again in 1836, a tremendous fire broke out and the entire theater was destroyed in fire and was soon reconstructed with a design as provided by the architect engineer team of the brothers, Tommaso and Giovanni Battista Meduna. And the La Fenice was once again reconstructed on the morning of December 26, 1837. Giuseppe Verdi’s is closely related to the theater from 1844, with a performance of Ernani during the Carnival season. Over the next thirteen years, the premieres of Attila, Rigoletto, La Traviata and Simon Boccanegra took place there.
In the World War, La Fenice was closed and opens remaining rather busy and attracted world’s most popular singers and conductors. In 1930, the Venice Biennale started at the theater that brought composers like Stravinsky and Britten, and more recently Berio, Nono and Bussotti, to write for La Fenice. On 29 January 1996, theater once again burnt down in an incident of Arson as a court in Venice found two electricians guilty of setting the fire as Enrico Carella and his cousin, Massimiliano Marchetti, was facing heavy fines over delays in repair work. And with many delays the construction work started once again in 2001 and was recreated in about two years with cost of about 90 million euros. . It restarted on 14 December 2003 with an inaugural concert of Beethoven, Wagner, and Stravinsky.
Music of Venice, where every home has a musician
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The city of Venice has been very integral to overall development of music in Venice. In ancient time, the medieval Maritime Republic of Venice was also used to be named as the Republic of Music as well. The music of church in Venice has developed its own type of church music. There used to be played the extensive services at the St Mark’s Basilica and other church building in the city. The Venetian composer that derived out a different niche of itself was Claudio Monteverdi. Others were Andrea Gabrieli and Giovanni Gabrieli, both known as for the antiphonal compositions of brass music, as gained effect from the acoustics of San Marco Basilica.
Opera in Venice is in operation from the late 1590s stated for the wider public audience in Florence. Florence as a commercial activity started back in Venice in the 1630s. Having performances in the new Teatro Tron in the parish of S. Cassiano, was the first music and opera activities as opened for the public. Soon after, the Teatro di SS. Giovanni e Paolo another theater started for opera. Then after in 1640 came the Teatro San Moisè started in Venice and after it was the Ceveand in 1641. The success of Monteverdi and opera in Venice guided the opening of such theaters at other places as well in Italy. In Naples, for example, the first opera house, the San Bartolomeo Theater was started in 1621, when the public was invited to hear the “new music from the north”.
In Venice, the opera season begins and somehow is related to the Carnevale, which are the weeks leading up to Lent. Opera activities did reduce to a level around 17th century but it very soon picked up the pace as the financial situation of music improved day by day. The most famous opera house in Venice as well as around the world is La Fenice that was founded around in 1786. After a disastrous fire in 1996, it was reconstructed and again reopened. In the theater there are organized many of the musical event of the Venice Biennale, that is a festival of art, music, architecture, dance, cinema and music. The Biennale began in the 1890s and has a reputation of an important center for music composers and contemporary music. Other places for the Biennale are the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, Teatro alle Tese, and the Teatro Verde.
The city too has a music conservatory that is named after Benedetto Marcello. It started in 1870s and is presently placed in Palazzo Piani, a prominent villa from the 17th century. The Basilica of San Marco is one of the most popular buildings of the world and even had the choirmasters since 1318. ecn ric eh ht s rodl dlgn d f one of the most recognizable buildings in the world, has had choirmasters since 1318.
Hotel Metropole, 5 stars hotel in Venice
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Hotel Metropole, 5 stars hotel in Venice
- Overview of the Hotel: It is one of the most luxurious hotels in Venice and provides the heartbreaking views of the Lagoon from a special position. It is situated a few yards away Saint Mark’s Square. It is being like a small museum and inside it you can enjoy rare collection of visiting cards cases and antique fans and art objects. Rooms in the hotel Metropole show the original furnishing and loving collector’s items. The Met Restaurant is the only Michelin-starred hotel restaurant in Venice. Enjoy gourmet cuisine in a refined atmosphere and has about 67 rooms there.
- Amenities in Hotel: General facilities in the hotel are included as restaurant, bar, 24-hour front desk, newspapers, grounds, non-smoking rooms, family rooms, elevator, safe, heating, baggage storage, gay friendly, all public and private spaces non-smoking, air conditioning, designated smoking area, and restaurant.
- Hotel Rules: There is a general policy in the hotel with terms to rules and these rules can vary from hotel rooms to hotel rooms. The check in time into hotel is 14:00 hours to 00:00 hours whereas the checkout time is between 07:00 to 11:00 hours. There also exists a cancellation and prepayment policy that varies from hotel room to hotel rooms. There a child below less than 4 years can stay free of charge while using the existing bed. Pets are not allowed in the hotel. Hotel accepts credit cards like American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard, Carte Bleue, Diners Club, JCB, Maestro and CartaSi.
- Hotel Room Type and Rates
Triple Room: € 355 (Per Night)
Classic Double Room: € 195 (Per Night)
Classic Double, Twin Room: € 210 (Per Night)
Deluxe Double Room: € 255 (Per Night)
Junior Suite: € 315 (Per Night)
Junior Suite Lagoon View: € 360 (Per Night)
Hotel Dell’ Opera, 3 star hotels in Venice
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Hotel Dell' Opera, 3 star hotels in Venice
Overview of the hotel: Hotel Dell’ Opera is a luxurious 3 star hotel in the center of Venice with close proximity to many of the attractions here right from La Fenice, Venice’s historic theater and opera house to St. Mark’s Square, from Rialto Bridge, the famous Accademia, the Guggenheim Museum and Calle Larga XXII Marzo with its elegant shops. There are 15 luxurious rooms with free Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels. Each room features spotless interiors, refined accessories and quality furnishings made of selected fabrics, glass, wood and stone. Hotel Dell’Opera features a roof-top terrace where you can enjoy drinks and stunning panoramic views. On request, the hotel staff arranges for an airport shuttle service for guests and make reservations for museums, tours, day trips, restaurants and cultural events. If you arrive by car, they will be happy to make arrangements with a private garage where you will enjoy special rates.
Amenities at the hotel: The hotel offers Bar, 24-Hour Front Desk, Non-Smoking Rooms, Rooms/Facilities for Disabled Guests, Elevator, Express Check-In/Check-Out, Safe, Heating, Baggage Storage, All Public and Private spaces non-smoking, and Air Conditioning. The guests can also avail services like Tour Desk, Fax/Photocopying, and Ticket Service. Free Wired internet is available in the hotel rooms. Breakfast is served daily from 7:30 a.m. until 10 a.m.
Hotel Rules: The check in time for the hotel is from 14:00 – 00:00 hours and the check out time is from 07:00 – 11:00 hours. Cancellation and prepayment policies vary by room type. One child under 2 years stays free of charge when using existing bedding and one child under 2 years stays free of charge in a baby cot. One child from 3 to 12 years is charged EUR 25 per night and person in an extra bed. One older child or adult is charged EUR 50 per night and person in an extra bed. Maximum capacity of extra beds/babycots in a room is 1. Any type of extra bed/cot or crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by the hotel. Supplements will not be calculated automatically in the total costs and have to be paid separately in the hotel. Pets are allowed on request for free. The hotel accepts credit cards like American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard, Diners Club, Maestro, and CartaSi. The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorize credit cards prior to arrival.
Hotel Room Types and Rates: (Included in room price: 10 % VAT, Buffet breakfast)
Classic Double Room: € 349
Classic Triple Room: € 349