Ca' Delle Carampane - 1586

A charming Venetian style canal view apartment within the maze-like medieval calles of the Carampane district - close to Rialto and to Campo San Polo.

 

Within a minute's atmospheric walk of one of Venice's most highly acclaimed and elusively positioned restaurants Antiche Carampane, the apartment sleeps two within spacious accommodation on the first floor of a period building with no fewer than five windows over the sleepy waters of the 'Rio Di San Apolinare' canal and the 17th Century Palazzo Bernardi opposite.

 

Elegantly dressed in vintage furniture and oriental rugs with terrazzo marble flooring and characterful timbered ceilings evoking the old world charm of yesteryear (but with internet access!), the apartment has a traditional style main sitting room with a comfy Knole sofa for two, a beautifully ornate Muranese glass chandelier acting as centrepiece and a striking wall-mounted copy of Thomas Couture's 19th Century painting 'The Supper After the Masked Ball'. The combined kitchen/dining room has art covered walls, a central dining table and a compact and cleverly designed modern cooking area. To its side and behind a closed door is a small and simple washroom with wash hand basin and washing machine beneath, while just beyond is a double bedroom.

 

Light and airy thanks to the two canal facing windows to its front and finely decorated, the bedroom has a relaxing double bed, an antique armoire and writing desk, a cosy alcove with a single sofa bed and window to the rear and a simple en suite bathroom with a small bathtub and shower over.  

OUR COMMENT 

An antique gem and a best kept secret nestling deep within one of the most fascinatingly historic and hidden parts of the city yet within a stone's throw of the markets, local delicacies, 'osterie' and buzz of Rialto, a very local Coop supermarket at Ponte dei Meloni, the San Silvestro 'Traghetto' leading over to San Marco and the bewitching spectacle of the Grand Canal. 

 

A place to be savoured by those 'in the know'.

 

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