Luna Hotel Baglioni
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Luna Hotel Baglioni San Marco 1243 Venice Italy |
Star-Rating: ★★★★★ Classification: Luxury Hotels Phone: 39 041 5289840 Fax: Website: |
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Luna Hotel Baglioni description
The Luna Hotel, a member of Italy's prestigious Baglioni group, is said to be the oldest hotel in Venice. The Knights Templars are known to have stayed in a building on the Luna's site in 1118 during the Crusades, and Venetian archives show the existence of the "Osteria Luna" in the 13th Century. The "Locanda della Luna," or Luna Inn, was serving overnight guests in the 15th Century, and portions of the current building's decor predate the fall of the Venetian Republic in the late 1700s. Despite its illustrious heritage, the Luna Hotel Baglioni is less well-known among English-speaking visitors than are some of its competitors in Venice's five-star hotel category. That may be just fine with its devoted cadre of well-heeled North American, British, and European guests, some of whom visit the Luna several times a year to enjoy tranquility, privacy, and unaffected luxury within a minute's walk of the Piazza San Marco and Venice's most elegant shops. As a bonus, the Luna Hotel Baglioni has a flood-free lobby--even during the winter, when acqua alta tides force employees to clear out lobby rugs and furniture at some of Venice's most prestigious hotels. You may need galoshes to reach the Doge's Palace or Missoni, but within the marble- and silk-paneled walls of Venice's oldest inn, you can settle back with dry feet and a dry Martini until the waters have receded and you're ready to surrender your weighted, tasseled key to the concierge. The Luna Hotel Baglioni has 115 rooms and suites, all with central heating and air conditioning. My son and I recently spent three nights in a twin room, No. 108, just one flight up the grand staircase or elevator from the hotel's atrium lobby. From the hallway with its marble balustrade and inlaid stone floors, we stepped into a small wood-paneled entrance foyer with doors on both sides. This in turn led into the huge bedroom, which had a pair of twin beds at one end and a seating area with two upholstered chairs and a small sofa. The walls were decorated with silk damask and delicate plaster moldings; a Murano glass chandelier hung from the ceiling. Another door gave access to a wood-paneled dressing room with a triple mirrored closet. From there, we could enter the bathroom, which had a toilet, bidet, heated towel rack, dual sinks (set into a long marble countertop), a Jacuzzi tub, and a separate glass-doored shower stall. A stained-glass window provided natural light, and the entire room was lined with slabs--not tiles--of gold-veined marble. Our room had three windows overlooking the Calle Larga dell'Ascensione. Looking to the left, we could see the southeastern entrance to the Piazza San Marco; to the right were the Royal Gardens, the hotel's private boat landing, and the waters of St. Mark's Basin and the Grand Canal.
Luna Hotel Baglioni amenities
At the Luna Hotel Baglioni Venice you may benefit from and find the following amenities:
- Restaurant
- Non Smooking Rooms
- Data Port
- Meeting Rooms
- Pets Accepted
- Family Rooms
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