Luna Hotel Baglioni

Frommer's Review

Just around the corner from Piazza San Marco on the street leading down to Harry's Bar, this luxury hotel may be Venice's oldest inn, converted into a hotel from a convent in the 1200s. "Standard" rooms are situated on dreary airshafts but are otherwise very nice, midsize with more modish styling and walk-in closets (in some) than that of the pricier-category rooms. The more desirable "deluxe" rooms are richly carpeted, with ornate stucco around the wall fabrics, Murano chandeliers and sconces, watercolors and prints, and double sinks with golden fixtures set in the marble bathrooms. Some have half-testers over the beds, many sprout small balconies with a partial view of the little Royal Gardens at the Grand Canal. Junior suites are very large, with half-testers and huge bathrooms, though only no. 505 enjoys the views of the Bacino San Marco (into which the Grand Canal empties) enjoyed by full suites. Suites are spread across two rooms, and three have sizable terraces overlooking the bacino -- all can sleep four or five if you convert the sitting room into a bedroom. The elegant breakfast room is covered with remarkable 18th-century frescoes and gilt-edged paintings. There's an airy, two-story lounge off the reception area, an Internet point, and salons strung along the canal across from the Giardinetti Reali.

Facilities:
Italian/international restaurant; piano bar (music 2-3 times a week); concierge; tour desk; car-rental desk; limited room service; babysitting; laundry service; dry cleaning (same day); nonsmoking rooms

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