Hotel Ca Bauta
CASTELLO CALLE MUAZZO 6457
VENICE 30122 |
Description:
CA BAUTA*S SEVEN ROOMS ARE LOCATED AT THE PIANO
NOBILE OF A FIFTEENTH CENTURY PALAZZO, WHICH HAS
JUST BEEN RESTORED. THE LUXURIOUS ROOMS, AN
IMPRESSIVE 4,70 M. HIGH, SURROUND A LARGE CENTRAL
HALL, A VENETIAN SALONE EMBELLISHED BY ANTIQUE
FURNITURE AND FITTINGS. THE BUILDING, WHICH
PRESERVES A GENUINE VENETIAN ATMOSPHERE IS
LOCATED IN THE POPULOUS DISTRICT OF CASTELLO,
LEISURELY 8 MINUTES WALK FROM ST. MARKS. IT IS
ENCIRCLED BY TWO ISOLATED COURTYARDS AND A QUIET
LITTLE STREET, TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM BUSY BARBARIA
DELLE TOLE. THE INN*S NAME, CA* BAUTA, DERIVES
FROM THE BAUTA, THE ORIGINAL MASK WORN DURING THE
VENETIAN CARNIVAL.
CA BAUTA IS SITUATED A FEW STEPS FAR FROM SS
GIOVANNI E PAOLO SQUARE, ONE OF THE MOST
SPECTACULAR SQUARE IN VENICE THANKS TO THE
RENAISSANCE FACADE OF SCUOLA GRANDE OF SAN MARCO
AND TO THE IMPRESSIVE TEMPLE WHICH KEEPS MORTAL
REMAINS OF DOGES AND PATRICIANS.
A FEW MINUTES FAR FROM ST. MARK SQUARE, CA BAUTA
GUARANTEES ITS GUESTS THE POSSIBILITY TO LIVE A
MAGICAL ATMOSPHERE IN THE HEART OF VENICE, TO
FEEL THE EMOTION OF ITS SILENCE, TO TAKE PART OF
ITS SECRETS, TO ENJOY THE DISCREET HOSPITALITY OF
A SPLENDID ANCIENT VENETIAN RESIDENCE.
CA BAUTA TAKES ITS GUESTS INTO A TRAVEL BETWEEN
MEMORY AND PRESENT, IN WHICH ANCIENT CHARM BLENDS
PERFECTLY WITH THE MOST AUTHENTIC DIMENSION OF
DAILY LIFE.
OUR ROOMS ARE SPACIOUS AND FINELY FURNISHED, NO
SMOKE AND SOUND PROOF, ANTI-ALLERGIC TAPESTRY,
FIREPROOFING, HAVE ANTIQUE WOOD-BEAMED CEILINGS
OF XV CENTURY, KING BED AND ALL HAVE A PRIVATE
BATH WITH SHOWER AND HAIRDRYER, TELEVISION,
DIRECT TELEPHONE, MINI BAR, SAFETY BOX, AIR
CONDITIONING AND HEATING WITH INDIVIDUAL CONTROL.
A RICH BUFFET BREAKFAST IS SERVED IN OUR VAST
MAIN HALL DECORATED IN VENETIAN STYLE WITH HUGE
CHARMING GLASS CHANDELIERS.
WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT CA BAUTA*
*NOW THAT DREAM CAN COME TRUE AT CA BAUTA, AN
INTIMATE NEW HOTEL GUARANTEE TO RELIEVE SOME OF
FRUSTRATION OF BEING A VISITOR TO A CITY AS ALOOF
AS VENICE. LOCATED IN THE RESIDENTIAL CASTELLO
DISTRICT, MINUTES FORM ST MARK*S BUT WORLDS AWAY
FROM THE TOURIST HORDES, *THE HOUSE OF THE MASK*
IS SITUATED ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF A BEAUTIFUL
MANSION. YOU ENTER TROUGH A WALLED GARDEN, THEN
ASCEND A FLIGHT OF STAIRS ILLUMINATED BY CARNIVAL
MASKS TO A LARGE COMMON AREA AND A SEVEN
SPACIOUS, AIR-CONDITIONED ROOMS DONE UP IN
VERSACE PRINTS * *GOURMET, FEBRUARY 2002*
*THIS CITY HAS MADE A FINE ART OF EXCLUDING FROM
ITS PRIVATE LIFE THE MILLIONS OF VISITORS WHO
ARRIVE EACH YEAR. WHICH IS WHY THE SEVEN-ROOM CA
BAUTA OCCUPYING THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE
FIFTEENTH-CENTURY FORMER MUAZZO FAMILY PALACE IS
SUCH A WELCOME ADDITION TO LA SERENISSIMA*S HOTEL
SCENE. FIRST OF ALL, IT*S IN CASTELLO, A
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT*S FAR FROM THE
MADDING CROWDS BUT STILL CONVENIENT TO SAN MARCO.
MORE IMPORTANT, IT*S RUN BY GOOD-HUMORED
VENETIANS WHO ARE HAPPY TO SHARE THEIR CITY WITH
YOU, FROM REVEALING THEIR FAVORITE WINE BAR TO
ARRANGING A PRIVATE VISIT TO THE BEST GLASS
FACTORY ON MURANO ..* *CA BAUTA WAS SELECTED BY
CONDE NAST TRAVELER, MAY 2002 FOR ITS HOT LIST
*52 BEST NEW HOTELS IN THE WORLD*, MAY 2002*
Driving Directions
BY PLANE*
ARRIVAL FROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MARCO POLO*
SEE VENICEVCE OFFICIAL WEBPAGE
- ACTV BUS SERVICE TO PIAZZALE ROMA *LINE 5, A 25
MINUTES TRIP*
- TAXI SERVICE TO PIAZZALE ROMA
- WATER TAXI SERVICE DIRECT TO CA BAUTA EURO
80/90 FOR TWO/THREE PEOPLE WITH LUGGAGE*
- PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE ALILAGUNA *BLUE LINE*
TO FONDAMENTE NOVE, FOLLOW DIRECTIONS FOR
OSPEDALE AND CAMPO SS. GIOVANNI E PAOLO ON YOUR
LEFT, WHEN THERE KEEP YOUR LEFT INTO BARBARIA DE
LE TOLE FOR M.150 UNTIL YOU CROSS ON YOUR RIGHT
CALLE MUAZZO.
- ATVO BLUE BUS TO/FROM AIRPORT-PIAZZALE ROMA
VENICE *SINGLE TICKET* 3 EURO*
*20 MINUTES*
ARRIVAL FROM TREVISO AIRPORT*
- ATVO BLUE BUS FROM/TO AIRPORT- MESTRE RAILWAY
STATION-VENICE PIAZZALE ROMA
- EUROBUS SERVICE RYANAIR IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH
RYANAIR FLIGHTS TO AND FROM AIRPORT- MESTRE
RAILWAY STATION- VENICE PIAZZALE ROMA *SINGLE
TICKET* EURO 4,40*
BY TRAIN *VENICE SANTA LUCIA RAILWAY STATION*
- WATER TAXI DIRECT TO HOTEL EURO 50 FOR 2/3
PERSONS WITH LUGGAGE*
- WATERBUS N. 52 TO *OSPEDALE* STOP, THEN TURN
LEFT, WALK ALONG THE PIER UP TO THE END, TURN
RIGHT INTO CALLE DE LE CAPUCINE, REACH LITTLE
SQUARE OF S. GIUSTINA, THEN TURN RIGHT INTO CALLE
DEL CAFETER* AFTER 100 M.TURN LEFT INTO CALLE
MUAZZO, WHERE WE ARE.
BY CAR *PIAZZALE ROMA CAR TERMINAL*
- WATER TAXI DIRECT TO HOTEL *EURO 50 FOR 2/3
PEOPLE WITH LUGGAGE*
- WATER BUS N. 52 TO *OSPEDALE* STOP, THEN TURN
LEFT, WALK ALONG THE PIER UP TO THE END, TURN
RIGHT INTO CALLE DE LE CAPUCINE, REACH LITTLE
SQUARE OF S. GIUSTINA, THEN TURN RIGHT INTO CALLE
DEL CAFETER* AFTER 100 M. TURN LEFT INTO CALLE
MUAZZO, WHERE WE ARE.
ON FOOT FROM FONDAMENTE NOVE BOARDING* *ALILAGUNA
SERVICE NEAREST STOP* FOLLOW DIRECTIONS FOR
OSPEDALE AND CAMPO SS. GIOVANNI E PAOLO ON YOUR
LEFT, WHEN THERE KEEP YOUR LEFT INTO BARBARIA DE
LE TOLE FOR M.150 UNTIL YOU CROSS ON YOUR RIGHT
CALLE MUAZZO.
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FIRST OF ALL, IT*S IN CASTELLO, A RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT*S FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWDS
BUT STILL CONVENIENT TO SAN MARCO, RILATO AND THE
OTHER MOST FAMOUS PLACE.
SANTI GIOVANNI E PAOLO*
CA BAUTA IS SITUATED A FEW STEPS FAR FROM THE
GREAT GOTHIC CHURCH OF SANTI SAN GIOVANNI E PAOLO
IS SET ON ONE OF VENICE*S MOST SPACIOUS SQUARES,
A WONDERFUL L-SHAPED VANTAGE POINT FROM WHICH TO
SOAK IN THE ARCHITECTURAL GLORIES OF THE CHURCH
ITSELF AND THE SUPERB RENAISSANCE FA ADE OF THE
SCUOLA GRANDE DI SAN MARCO. THE CHURCH IS ONE OF
VENICE*S TWO MAJOR PREACHING CHURCHES, THE OTHER
BEING THE FRARI, AND WAS BUILT FOR THE DOMINICANS
BETWEEN 1246 AND 1430. IT*S OFTEN DUBBED THE
PANTHEON OF VENICE, AS NO OTHER CHURCH IS RESTING
PLACE OF SO MANY DOGES AND HEROES, INDEED, IT WAS
THE SCENE DUCAL FUNERALS FOR CENTURIES.
ADDED PLEASURES INCLUDE THE SPLENDID EQUESTRIAN
STATUTE OF THE MERCENARY COLLEONI WHO BEQUEATHED
THE STATE OF LEGACY ON CONDITION THAT A STATUE OF
HIM WAS ERECTED IN FRO OF ST. MARK SQUARE. LOATH
TO FOREGO THE MONEY, BUT UNWILLING TO COMMEMORATE
AN OUTSIDER IN THE PIAZZA, THE VENETIANS PUT HIM
OUTSIDE THE SCUOLA GRANDE DI SAN MARCO. IT WAS
CREATED BY THE FLORENTINE ANDREA VERROCCHIO AND
ERECTED IN 1496. DO NOT MISS THE PEAR-SHAPED
OBJECTS ON COLLEONI*S COATS OF ARMS ON THE
PEDESTAL *THEY REFER TO A PLAY ON HIS NAME WHICH
SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO THE WORD COGLIONI*
TESTICOLES.
TEN MINUTES WALKING FAR FROM S. MARCO
SQUARE*
S. MARCO SQUARE, THE HEART OF VENICE,
ARCHITECTURAL SHOWCASE AND WORLD-FAMOUS SQUARE,
IT IS THE ONE PLACE EVERYONE VISITS. COME HERE TO
SEE SOME OF EUROPE*S FINEST BYZANTINE, GOTHIC AND
RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE AND TASTE THE SOUL OF
THE CITY. AROUND*
BASILICA DI S. MARCO, ONE OF THE WORLD*S FINEST
MEDIEVAL BUILDINGS,
DOGE S PALACE, A STUNNINGLY IMPRESSIVE COMPLEX OF
COURT-YARDS AND CORRIDORS, COUNCIL HALLS AND
HIDDEN CHAMBERS WHERE THE DOGE LIVED AND THE
GOVERNMENTAL POWERHOUSE WHIRRED AWAY SECRETLY
BELL-TOWER VENICE*S MOST FAMOUS LANDMARK, STAND
OPPOSITE OF BASILICA.
MERCERIE* SINCE THE MIDDLE AGES A CHAIN OF FIVE
STREETS HAS LINKED THE PIAZZA WITH THE RIALTO
BRIDGE. COLLECTIVELY NOW AS MERCERIE AFTER THE
HABERDASHERS WHO ONCE PLIED THEY TRADE HERE, THEY
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A SHOPPER*S PARADISE, DESCRIBED
BY A 17TH CENTURY ENGLISH TRAVELER AS *ONE OF THE
MOST DELICIOUS STREETS IN THE WORLD* TODAY IT IS
A BIZARRE MIX OF BIG-NAME DESIGNERS AND EMPORIA
OUTSTANDING KITSCH. YOU WILL HAVE TO BATTLE TO
MAKE PROGRESS ALONG HERE, BUT THE JOSTLING CROWDS
AND MELANGE OF NATIONALITIES AND LANGUAGES HAS
NOT CHANGED MUCH SINCE THE MEDIEVAL TIMES.
TEN MINUTES WALKING FAR FROM RIALTO
THE RIALTO IS ONE OF THE QUINTESSENTIAL VENETIAN
SIGHTS, FAMILIAR TO ALMOST EVERY TOURIST FROM
THOUSAND REPRODUCTION. THE WORLD RIALTO IS A
CORRUPTION OF RIVO ALTO OR UPPER BANK, AN AREA OF
THE LAGOON WHICH WAS HIGHER THAN ELSEWHERE AND
LESS LIABLE TO FLOOD. RILATO WAS THE VENETIAN
WALL STREET.
A FEW MINUTES WALKING FROM SAN GIOVANNI
IN BRAGORA
SAN GIOVANNI IN BRAGORA, A PEACEFUL CAMPO THAT IS
A HOME TO SAN GIOVANNI IN BRAGORA, A SIMPLE
GOTHIC BUILDING DATING FROM 1945. IT IS BEST
KNOWN AS THE BAPTISMAL CHURCH OF THE COMPOSER
ANTONIO VIVALDI* YOU CAN STILL SEE HIS NAME IN
THE REGISTER.
TEN MINUTES WALKING FAR FROM ARSENALE
THE ARSENALE WAS VENICE*S INDUSTRIAL POWERHOUSE,
WHERE ITS GALLEYS WERE CONSTRUCTED AND EQUIPPED
BY ONE OF THE WORLD*S FINEST PRODUCTION LINES.
SHIPBUILDING STARTED HERE IN THE 12TH CENTURY*
THE YARDS SOON BECAME KNOWN AS THE ARSENALE, FROM
THE ARABIC WORLD DAR SINA A, THE PLACE OF WORK.
ITS EFFICIENCY WAS LEGENDARY WITH OVER 16.000
WORKERS CAPABLE OF TURNING OUT A GALLEY IN A FEW
HOURS. SHIP-CONSTRUCTION CONTINUED UNTIL 1917,
BUT THE ARSENALE REMAINS NAVAL PROPERTY TROUGH
THE VAST CORDERIA *ROPE WORKS* IS USED AS AN
EXHIBITION SPACE DURING THE BIENNALE. AND MUSEO
STORICO NAVALE
THERE*S NO PLACE TO GRASP THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN VENICE AND THE SEA THAN THE MUSEUM OF
NAVAL HISTORY, A FOUR STOREY TREASURE TROVE OF
THINGS NAUTICAL. YOU*D NEED HOURS TO EXAMINE
EVERYTHING, BUT LOOK FOR THE GILDED BUCINTORO, A
MODEL OF THE DOGE*S CEREMONIAL BARGE, USED IN HIS
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