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San Simeon - Venice
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Accommodates 6 — 3 Bedrooms
— 2 Baths
We found San Simeon in October
1999. It is as close to perfect, in our opinion, as any accommodation
in Venice can be. The neighborhood is Santa Croce, at the
head of the Grand Canal, with a good view of the canal itself.
This is a true Venetian neighborhood, full of homes lived
in and shops and restaurants actually patronized by local
people. We absolutely fell in love with the place when we
saw it, and we are certain you will, too.
You walk up 3 relatively easy
flights to get up to the flat — elevators are so
hard to find in Venice, due to the limitations of the architecture.
The first thing you notice is how much light there is; the
second thing is the quiet. To the right of the entry door
is a pleasant living/dining room facing a charming piazza
and enjoying views of the Grand Canal. The kitchen is modern
and fully equipped. Two bedrooms, one matrimonial and one
with joinable twins, share a full bath with shower over tub.
Upstairs from the living room, you reach a "loft"
area, with a study and a matrimonial bedroom with its own
bath (shower only). This lofted area, while low-ceilinged,
is one of the flat's most charming features, and the bedroom
on this level is, we suspect, the most sought after by guests.
Furnishings throughout are comfortable and in extreme good
taste without being at all glitzy or flashy. Washing machine,
telephone, central air-conditioning, satellite TV and CD player.
Housekeeping included at the end of each week; more frequent
service available for a fee.
For us, the most important thing
about the flat is that you can walk in under 5 minutes to
the train station and city parking lots. What does this mean?
It means that more than with any other Venetian flat on our
list, you can truly use Venice as a base for excursions to
the surrounding cities, towns, villages, and countryside.
Otherwise, Venice is much more difficult to use as a base,
involving a lovely but quite time-consuming vaporetto ride
from wherever you are in the city to the train station, even
before you can begin your excursion. For this reason alone,
the San Simeon flat stands atop all other choices in Venice,
in our opinion. Padua, Mantua, Trieste, Lake Garda, Vicenza
and the Palladian villas, the Brenta Canal: all become easy,
stress-free daytrips from this location.
In addition, walking to the
station means all of Venice itself is at your feet since both
local and express boats stop here. An even closer vaporetto
stop is located at Riva di Biasio for those occasions when
you want to enjoy the sybaritic luxury of a slow ride
down the Grand Canal. And the price is reasonable, too. What
more could you want in a Venice accommodation?
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Rates:
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1,800 euros/week for 4-6
persons
1,440 euros/week for 1-3 persons
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| Extras: |
100 euros final cleaning
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| Arrival: |
Saturday,with some exceptions
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Minimum
stay: |
1 week
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