San Marco
St. Mark's is surely the most elegant district in Venice, the richest in Venetian artwork and history, which the Venezia Residence apartments provide the privilege of experiencing in total freedom. In calle dei Fuseri, 5 minutes from St. Mark's Square and the Rialto bridge, the Venezia Residence apartments enjoy a truly enviable location. A uniquely charming series of "calli" and "campielli" wind around the Venice apartments with fashion label boutiques and crafts stores, typical bacari (taverns) and sophisticated restaurants, with bustling crowds of tourists and Venetian and secluded quiet corners.
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Schiavoni
Behind the most beautiful coastline in the world that provides a magnificent view of St. Mark's Basin, in that area of Venice assigned to host foreigners, Greeks, Slavonians (Slavs), Furlani, who are still remembered by the names of the "calli" and "campi" and by churches and schools, splendid works of art these peoples commissioned for their ceremonies and to honor their saints: the Venezia Residence vacation apartments in calle dei Furlani are in the heart of the fascinating cosmopolitan Venice of days gone by, when craftsmen, sailors and merchants from far away places populated active and numerous communities. The apartments are located a stone's through from the Scuola Grande di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni which houses Carpaccio's splendid tapestries, 5 minutes from the Riva degli Schiavoni, the Greci and San Zaccaria churches as well as the ferries.
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Santa Croce e San Polo
These are the smallest districts in Venice, criss-crossed by picturesque "calli", "campielli" and brooks, convenient to the train station and Piazzale Roma, the car and airport shuttle terminal. The University of Venice (IUAV university institute of architecture and other departments) are housed here and students and professors mingle in the "bacari" and "campi", chatting over an "ombra" (glass of wine) and "cicheto" (appetizing snack). Before them, illustrious scholars lived between San Polo and Santa Croce, including Carlo Goldoni, the playwright who revolutionized the history of theater, who lived near campo San Tomà where his house still stands, now a library and museum and where the Venezia Residence vacation apartments are located.
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Ca' d'Oro
Lively and Venetian, the Ca' d'Oro Venice, hosts the local fruit and market stands, the fish market with fresh sea and lagoon catches, bacari (local taverns) and shops in Strada Nova, the long promenade that runs from the train station to Rialto, dotted with authentic atmospheres and artistic and historic gems. The Venezia Residence apartments are located in calle della Racchetta named after the tennis court that attracted noble and commoner sports fans to Santa Caterina in the 1700's. Nearby Ca' d'Oro, the most beautiful Gothic palazzo in Venice (second only to the Ducal palace) and the Ca' Vendramin Calergi, the splendid Renaissance residence now housing the Venice casino.
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Riviera del Brenta
Since the 1500's, Venetian Republic nobles built large and sumptuous private villas in the country estates along the waterway that links Venice to Padua, the Brenta canal. The period's greatest architects and painters were called to work there and the Villa became the vacation haven and highest expression of wellbeing and culture acquired by Venetian over centuries of sea and land domination. Palladio, Tiepolo, Longhi are only some of the artists who contributed to the creation of that display of eccentric beauty which is still today the Riviera del Brenta. The grand noble residences overlook the canal through enchanting gardens, starting with the Villa Foscari, in Malcontenta, magnificent work of Palladio, and ending in Stra with the imposing Villa Reale, frescoed by Tiepolo. To relive the charm and atmosphere of Villa culture, Venezia Residence offers vacation apartments in Oriago, a perfect place to start your tour of the Riviera del Brenta villas and just a fifteen minute train ride from Venice (the Oriago train station is 200 meters from the apartments).
