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| Classier and better value than its neighbour, the Danieli, the Londra has good food in its restaurant and most bedrooms, with original paintings and Biedermeier furniture, have lagoon views. In the morning, heavy shutters keep them deliciously dark and quiet; open them and you lie in bed listening to the peaceful slap of waves on the Riva. Service is smooth and the twinkly-eyed concierge endears himself to everyone. |
Key Attractions:
Romantic, stylish, traditional, luxury,city
Price Bracket: Luxury
In a Nutshell: Elegant with unrivalled position and matchless views
Location: Castello, Riva degli Schiavoni, overlooking the lagoon
Address:
Londra Palace, Riva degli Schiavoni, Castello 4171, Venice,
Italy, 30122
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THEY SAY: The Hotel Londra Palace of Venice looks onto the splendid Riva degli Schiavoni, a few steps away from the Doges’ Palace and the Bridge of Sights. The Riva waterfront, a good 500 metres long, goes from St Mark’s basin to the district of Castello. The Londra Palace of Venice is privileged to have no fewer than a hundred windows on the lagoon of Venice that enable guests to enjoy a view that goes from the Salute Basilica to the island of Giudecca and the various islands dotted about in this part of the lagoon: San Giorgio Maggiore, San Servolo, San Lazzaro degli Armeni and Lido. The Hotel Londra Palace of Venice is an old-established hotel, which arose from the union of two hotels that were founded between 1850 and 1860 on the magnificent Riva degli Schiavoni waterfront. Their names were Beau Rivage, designed by a Venetian engineer, Fuin, in 19th century Lombard style using white Istria marble, and the Hotel Angleterre et Pension, a work by architect Rossini. The merger took place in 1900, when the hotel took the name of Hotel Londres et Beau Rivage. With the coming of Fascism, the name had to be Italianised into Albergo Bella Riva; the hotel was given its present name, Londra Palace, in 1973. Among the hotel’s illustrious guests have been the great Russian composer, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, who stayed in Room 106 in December 1877 and composed the first three movements of the Fourth Symphony, which he first called Do Leoni (“The Two Lions”) in honour of the lion of St Mark and the rampant English lion; and Gabriele D’Annunzio, the famous Italian lyrical poet who attended the unveiling of the big bronze equestrian monument to King Vittorio Emanuele II in 1887. This statue is still standing near the hotel.
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