2013 Black Book Directory

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Dining

Luna Hotel Baglioni

The award-winning Canova Restaurant is an intimate space, where Venetian culinary traditions are celebrated and enhanced. Chef Cosimo Giampaolo is inspired by the sea and embraces the healthy, wholesome qualities of Mediterranean cooking. Try his light and delectable frittella, a Venetian dessert, as the recipe was handed down from one of his former teachers to only him, with the promise that he will pass it along to only one worthy chef. For casual fare, enjoy charming Caffe Baglioni, overlooking a small canal.

San Marco, 1243 30124 Venice, Italy Telephone: Facsimile:

+39.041.965.5930 +39.041.810.6708

Email: reservations.lunavenezia@baglionihotels.com

Website: www.baglionihotels.com

Activities Baglioni Hotels is committed to social responsibility and plays an active role in fundraising for two important causes: orphans in Africa and cancer research. The hotel’s “Before Leaving Look at Us” program actively includes guests by donating one euro for each night’s stay. The money collected has supported OrphanAid Africa, which helps needy children in Ghana, and Grazia Focacci, a foundation that finances new cancer therapies and supports patients undergoing cancer treatment.

Accommodations

Amenities

Guest Rooms 67 Suites 37

Baglioni Hotels has perfected its “luxury with an Italian touch” philosophy, ensuring that each guest enjoys the warmest hospitality and attentive service. In fact, generations of families return year after year to Luna Hotel Baglioni. The hotel’s museum-quality art includes 18th-century frescoes painted by pupils of the Tiepolo School that adorn the Salone Marco Polo, an unmatched venue for banquets, weddings, meetings and receptions. Event planners are available to arrange all aspects of a corporate retreat or dream wedding.

The 104 guest rooms and suites, each updated with all of the conveniences for today’s traveler, are spacious and grand, featuring silk wall coverings, antiques, traditional damask fabrics, luxurious marble bathrooms and intricate Venetian-glass chandeliers. The most exclusive suites have large terraces with spectacular water views. The Giorgione Suite (or Presidential Suite) is two floors of sheer bliss, with a typical Venetian wooden terrace that is ideal for romantic dinners and gazing out at the city and lagoon.

Top Attractions + St. Mark’s Basilica + Doge’s Palace + Rialto Bridge + Peggy Guggenheim Collection + Island of Murano

Activities Venice is a dizzying array of streets, one more fascinating than the other. That’s why UNESCO has declared the entire city and its lagoons a World Heritage Site. In Piazza San Marco, just steps from the hotel, the gleaming basilica, with its domes and spires, is breathtaking. Don’t miss the gothic Doge’s Palace, the famous Rialto Bridge and scores of churches, each unique and significant. For a fascinating excursion, head to the nearby island of Murano to watch the famed glassmakers at work.

Location Luna Hotel Baglioni is centrally located just minutes from Piazza San Marco in Venice, overlooking the San Marco Basin. It’s just a few miles from Venice Marco Polo Airport, which services international carriers. A private jetty at the hotel entrance allows motorboats and gondolas to moor.


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