14_07_2026
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VENEZIA
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FACING THE RIALTO BRIDGE, WHERE THE WATERS OF THE GRAND CANAL WIDEN TO EMBRACE THE BEATING HEART OF VENICE, A VISIONARY HOSPITALITY PROJECT REAWAKENS THE CITY’S AVANT-GARDE SOUL.
A BEACON OF CREATIVE ENERGY, THE VENICE VENICE HOTEL UNITES A CONSTELLATION OF ARTISTS, NEW ARTISANS, DESIGNERS, AND GALLERISTS TO UNVEIL POSTVENEZIANITÀ: THE SHAPE OF VENICE TO COME.

LOOKING OUT ACROSS THE GRAND CANAL TOWARD THE RIALTO BRIDGE AND THE ANCIENT MARKET AREA — WITH ITS FISHMONGERS AND STALLS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES — THE ORIGINS OF VENICE ARE INEVITABLY CALLED TO MIND.
HERE, PALAZZO CA’ DA MOSTO STANDS AMONG THE OLDEST PALACES ON THE GRAND CANAL — AN EXTRAORDINARY BYZANTINE PRESENCE AT THE WATER’S EDGE.
FOR CENTURIES, THIS STRETCH OF WATER WAS CENTRAL TO THE SERENISSIMA’S COMMERCIAL LIFE: A PLACE OF EXCHANGE, WHERE GOODS, KNOWLEDGE, AND STORIES ARRIVED FROM DISTANT WORLDS.
AT THIS CROSSROADS OF ENCOUNTERS, CA’ DA MOSTO HAS LONG DRAWN ADVENTURERS, NAVIGATORS, ILLUSTRIOUS FIGURES, AND NOBLES — ABOVE ALL, TRAVELERS IN SEARCH OF HOSPITALITY.
FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, THE PALAZZO WAS HOME TO THE LEON BIANCO, THE MOST RENOWNED HOTEL OF ITS AGE: A FAVORED DESTINATION OF SOVEREIGNS, TSARS, ARTISTS, POETS, WRITERS, AND THE ARISTOCRACY OF THE GRAND TOUR.
IN TIME, DESPITE ITS GLORIOUS PAST, CA’ DA MOSTO FELL INTO ABANDONMENT. FOR DECADES, THE PALAZZO LAY EMPTY, DEPRIVING VENICE OF ONE OF ITS GREAT SYMBOLS OF VITALITY.
TODAY, AFTER A COURAGEOUS RESTORATION, A DIFFERENT DESTINY IS ASSURED FOR THIS ROMANTIC AND EVOCATIVE PATRICIAN RESIDENCE — A REFUGE FOR VENICE’S ETERNAL AVANT-GARDE SOUL.
AN ENCHANTING VISION, A POSTVENETIAN DREAM, RESTORES PALAZZO CA’ DA MOSTO TO ITS EXTRAORDINARY VIGOR AND HONORS ITS INNATE VOCATION FOR HOSPITALITY.


THE WAIT IS OVER. THE GRAND CANAL LEADS TO THE PALAZZO’S VERY THRESHOLD, WHERE A STUDIED INTERPLAY OF MATERIALS, PRECISE GEOMETRY, AND SHIFTING REFLECTIONS PAYS HOMAGE TO THE LEGACY OF ARCHITECT CARLO SCARPA.
AT THE WATER ENTRANCE, SOUVENIR DI PIETÀ (2008), FABIO VIALE’S MASTERPIECE, WELCOMES GUESTS INTO A REALM SUSPENDED IN TIME. HERE, VENICE’S ARTISTIC HERITAGE AND A BOLD INTERPRETATION OF ITS FUTURE MEET, OPENING THE WAY INTO THE POSTVENETIAN ERA.


BEHIND EACH DOOR, AN ORIGINAL ARTISTIC NARRATIVE UNFOLDS.
THE 43 ROOMS, CONCEIVED AS SINGULAR COMPOSITIONS, DRAW ON ARTISTS AND MOVEMENTS THAT HAVE SHAPED THE COURSE OF CONTEMPORARY ART — AMONG THEM JANNIS KOUNELLIS, CY TWOMBLY, AND JOSEPH BEUYS, ALONGSIDE FLUXUS, ARTE POVERA, VISUAL POETRY, AND AMERICAN MINIMALISM.
FROM PRIVATE QUARTERS TO THE MOST EXPANSIVE SUITES, EACH OFFERS A DISTINCT PERSPECTIVE ON THE CITY: VIEWS TOWARD THE RIALTO BRIDGE, OVER VENICE’S ROOFTOPS, OR ACROSS INTERNAL COURTYARDS.
IN THESE GENEROUSLY PROPORTIONED SPACES, WITH LARGE WINDOWS, SOARING CEILINGS, AND, IN SELECT ROOMS, GRAND CANAL BALCONIES OR PRIVATE TERRACES, ART IS ENCOUNTERED INTIMATELY — IN THE QUIET OF THE ROOM, IN THE LIGHT OF THE MORNING, AND THROUGH A VISION OF VENICE TO COME.






SITUATED ON THE FIRST PIANO NOBILE, THE VENICE BITTER CLUB EMBODIES THE HOTEL’S POSTVENETIAN SPIRIT. AS LIVING MAGAZINE DESCRIBED IT: “A SHORT CIRCUIT OF ERAS AND STYLES — HYPERSOPHISTICATED LIKE A NEW YORK CLUB, YET WITH AN ANCIENT COFFERED CEILING AND VIEWS OVER THE GRAND CANAL.”
FRANCESCO SIMETI’S SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION BOCOLI, LEONI E DRAPPEGGI (2021) ENVELOPS THE SPACE IN A REIMAGINED, WALL-TO-WALL VENETIAN TAPESTRY, IN WHICH TRADITIONAL MOTIFS AND FIGURES ARE DECONSTRUCTED AND RECOMPOSED INTO NEW NARRATIVES.
A REFINED, ARTISTIC ENVIRONMENT FOR COCKTAILS AND CONVERSATION, WHERE CLASSICISM AND THE FUTURE MEET AFTER DARK.



DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM HILDEGARD VON BINGEN’S MYSTICAL TEXT, FELIX ANIMA CREATES A SENSORY SANCTUARY WHERE WELLNESS AND ART INTERTWINE.
VICTORIA ZIDARU’S SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION FEATURES TEXTILE STRUCTURES RISING LIKE THE ROOTS OF THE TREE OF LIFE, RELEASING THE ESSENCE OF MEDICINAL HERBS WITHIN A SPACE WHERE ANCIENT HEALING TRADITIONS MERGE WITH CONTEMPORARY ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.




AS THE FULLEST EXPRESSION OF THIS WELLNESS PHILOSOPHY, THE FELIX ANIMA EXPERIENCE OFFERS A PRIVATE DOMAIN WITH A HEATED POOL ON THE GRAND CANAL, A DEDICATED RELAXATION SPACE, PERSONALIZED TREATMENTS, AND A THOUGHTFULLY CONCEIVED MENU.


ON THE SECOND PIANO NOBILE, A SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION BY VENINI TAKES SHAPE.
HAND-BLOWN CHANDELIERS FLOAT ABOVE A MIRRORED TABLE OF DRAMATIC PROPORTIONS, MULTIPLYING LIGHT AND REFLECTION INTO A DREAMLIKE SCENE. ONE OF THE PALAZZO’S MOST CAPTIVATING SECRETS, THE ROOM BECOMES A STAGE FOR PRIVATE EVENTS, BANQUETS, AND MOMENTS OF CELEBRATION.




AT THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE VENICE VENICE HOTEL, THE ALTANA OF PALAZZO CA’ DA MOSTO OFFERS ONE OF VENICE’S MOST COVETED TREASURES: AN UNINTERRUPTED VIEW OF THE CITY IN ITS FULL EXPANSE.
THE GRAND CANAL TRACES ITS SERPENTINE PATH BENEATH THE RIALTO BRIDGE, WHILE THE CITY UNFOLDS IN TERRACOTTA ROOFTOPS, SOARING CAMPANILI, AND LIGHT-CATCHING DOMES, EXTENDING TO THE SNOW-CAPPED SILHOUETTE OF THE DOLOMITES ON THE HORIZON. A RARE SETTING FOR PRIVATE APERITIVI AND DINNERS ABOVE THE CITY.



NOT SO LONG AGO, THE SOTTOPORTEGO DEL TRAGHETTO OF CA’ DA MOSTO WAS A VITAL ARTERY OF THE CITY’S BUSTLING COMMERCIAL LIFE, CONNECTING CAMPO SANTI APOSTOLI AND THE LEON BIANCO COURTYARD WITH THE GRAND CANAL AND RIALTO.
HERE, ON THE GROUND FLOOR, VENICE M’ART REAWAKENS THIS HISTORIC PASSAGE AS A PLACE OF EXCHANGE, WHERE ART, CRAFT, DESIGN, AND DINING MEET AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE HOTEL AND THE CITY.
OPEN AND AIRY, WITH ITS ORIGINAL CHARACTER PRESERVED, THE SPACE CARRIES FORWARD THE MEMORY OF TRADE, ENCOUNTER, AND DISCOVERY.


WITHIN THIS LARGER WORLD, THE COURTYARD SHOP AND RESTAURANT TAKE ON A MORE PLAYFUL REGISTER OF APPETITE, COLOR, AND SURPRISE.
IN THE COURTYARD SHOP, THE LANGUAGE OF THE EVERYDAY IS RECAST WITH WIT AND VIBRANCY: SHELVES, COUNTERS, FRIDGES, AND FREEZERS BECOME STAGES FOR SIGNATURE PIECES, EXCLUSIVE COLLABORATIONS, AND RARE FINDS.
FACING THE RIALTO BRIDGE AND MARKET AREA, THE RESTAURANT’S POP-INSPIRED MENUS CARRY LUNCH INTO THE AFTERNOON, FROM PAN-BAKED PIZZA AND VENETIAN CICHETI TO THE VENICE MOKA: COFFEE SERVED TABLESIDE WITH SWEET FRITTELLE AND CREAMS.
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AS EVENING FALLS ON THE GRAND CANAL, FRANCY’S REVEALS ANOTHER SIDE OF THE VENICE VENICE HOTEL.
BYZANTINE ARCHES, AMBER LIGHTING, EXPOSED BRICK, AND TABLES DRESSED IN LINENS THAT RECALL ANCIENT TAPESTRIES CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE SUSPENDED BETWEEN ELEGANCE AND MEMORY, WHERE APERITIVO LEADS NATURALLY INTO DINNER.





THE NAME HOLDS THE PHILOSOPHY: DREAM AND CONSTRUCTION, IMAGINATION AND PRECISION, VISION AND REALITY. FROM THIS BALANCE EMERGES THE ROLE OF THE DREAM BUILDERS, THE HUMAN PRESENCE AT THE HEART OF THE VENICE VENICE HOTEL.
BEYOND ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, AND ART, THE HOTEL REVEALS ITS MOST PROFOUND DIMENSION THROUGH HUMAN CONNECTION. DEEPLY ATTUNED TO ITS SPIRIT, THE DREAM BUILDERS GIVE FORM TO A WAY OF HOSPITALITY THAT IS PERSONAL, INTUITIVE, AND EXACTING.
CAREFULLY SELECTED, THEY EMBODY THE POSTVENETIAN SPIRIT IN EVERY GESTURE AND CONVERSATION, ACTING NOT AS CONVENTIONAL STAFF BUT AS CULTURAL AMBASSADORS AND EXPERIENCE CURATORS. WHETHER ARRANGING A PRIVATE MOMENT ON THE ALTANA OR SHARING THE HIDDEN STORY BEHIND A WORK OF ART, THEY ANTICIPATE DESIRES AND NEEDS WITH EASE, RESPECTING THE PERSONAL RHYTHM OF EACH GUEST’S VENETIAN EXPERIENCE.
