Spezier Design Venetian Studio Venice - Apartment

Sojourn in Style in a Serene Palazzo Setting and Unlock the Secrets of Palazzo Vendramin…

… A rare collection of fine apartments expertly created within a 15th century canal-side palace near the Church of Santa Fosca in the heart of Cannaregio.

Sensitively steered into the 21st century under the direction of noted Venetian architect Alberto Torsello and interior design team Zanon Associati, Palazzo Vendramin provides a calm, unruffled and historically fascinating backdrop to 8 exceptional new apartments (including Spezier – see its dedicated section below).

Integrating chic Italian design with meticulously restored architectural details such as Venetian terrazzo flooring and colourful frescoes, these remarkable properties range from a well-proportioned studio with shared furnished courtyard and water entrance, to a bright and beautiful 2 bedroom Piano Nobile apartment, each offering guests a unique opportunity to sample the joys of elegant palazzo living in one of the most authentic Venetian districts of town.

Standing imposingly on the Fondamenta de Ca’ Vendramin, between the Rio di Santa Fosca and Rio del Trapolin canals well hidden from the tourist footfall yet with an excellent variety of local amenities very close at hand, these impressive apartments enjoy the best of both worlds.

Thought to have once been home to the large and illustrious Vendramin family (merchants trading in oil, cheese and salted meat and producers and sellers of soap - the latter bringing them great fame and fortune over time), and representing a harmonious blend of the historical and the contemporary, its cavernous communal ‘androne’ hallway with majestic stone staircase and walls embellished with modern art and frescoes provides a fitting welcome to the Palazzo at the start of your stay.


Note that the Palazzo can be reached by private water taxi for easy arrivals and departures from within a few short steps of the main Palazzo entrance, and that all 8 apartments offer air-conditioning throughout and Wi-Fi as standard.


And with a nostalgic nod to a bygone era, the Palazzo Vendramin apartments have each been named in homage to Venice’s traditional tradesmen and craftsmen, or ‘mestieri’, who in times past would have been familiar characters within ‘La Serenissima’s’ labyrinth of ‘calli’ and ‘campi’.

Spezier - The Spice Merchant

A dainty nutshell of an apartment squirrelled away from inquisitive eyes, to the rear of the Palazzo and facing the Rio del Trapolin canal - with Venetian terrazzo flooring, a mezzanine bedroom on high, and a shared furnished courtyard* .

Cleverly configured to offer the max in terms of space and easy living, and packing a considerable punch in terms of character and charm, this comfy apartment accommodates 2 (+2) guests and comprises -

- An entrance hallway with restored brick ceiling leading into

- A contemporary-style open-plan main living area elegantly decked out in a palette of chic putty neutrals and comprising
• a sitting / TV area furnished with plush seating (including a double sofa bed) beneath a mezzanine level above
• a dining area at one end of the room seating 4 around a handsome wooden trestle table
• a well-equipped kitchenette at the opposite end of the room and
• a pair of full height curtained glazed doors to one side opening onto the shared courtyard* furnished with a pair of bamboo chairs and coffee table where you can soak up the tranquil ambience morning cappuccino - or evening aperitivi - in hand
- A pristine bathroom beneath a charming vaulted brick ceiling - a continuation of that found in the hallway - fitted with a traditional style bathroom suite and bathtub and leading to a wonderful little wet room / shower room enrobed in glittering mosaic

& completing the apartment...

- A staircase to one side of the room rising up to Spezier’s modern glass-sided mezzanine bedroom with well-dressed double bed

* Please note that the courtyard is shared with guests of studio apartment Tagiapiera opposite, and features dedicated outdoor furniture for the sole use of Spezier’s guests

**Are you a part of a larger group who’d like to stay close together but in separate apartments? We have 7 other apartments within the Palazzo: Tagiapiera, Drapier, Sensale, Saoner, Varoter, Sartor, and Scaleter.



OUR COMMENT

A bijou pied-à-terre of considerable charm in a privileged position in the Cannaregio ‘sestiere’…

… A much-loved district with a traditional old-world charm characterised by peaceful residential areas, a host of historic landmarks including the spectacular fairy tale Ca’ d’Oro and the ancient Jewish Ghetto, plus long and wide canal-side ‘fondamente’ including the Fondamente de la Misericordia and de la Sensa (with their fabulous selection of local restaurants and ‘bacari’ – including our favourites Anice Stellato, Paradiso Perduto and Vino Vero), and the Fondamente Nove – Venice’s northern waterfront overlooking the waters of the lagoon towards the distant peaks of the Dolomite mountains.

Within an easy stroll of some wonderful churches including the dainty jewel-box Santa Maria dei Miracoli, the Gesuiti with its towering white façade and statues of the Apostles, and Madonna dell’ Orto - final resting place of the painter Tintoretto who lived nearby.

Close to the Strada Nova where you find shops galore to satisfy all your shopping needs! plus a well stocked CoopSupermarket at San Felice.

Convenient to 3 vaporetto (water bus) stops – San Marcuola (Casinò), Ca’ d’Oro and Madonna dell’Orto – the latter allowing for easy travel to the beaches of the Lido and to the glass-blowing island of Murano, with connections at Fondamente Nove to the rainbow-coloured island of Burano and the island of Torcello.

Also a stone’s throw to the traghetto at Campo Santa Sofia, which during operating times, ferries passengers by gondola across the Grand Canal to the Rialto Market in the district of San Polo.