Bauer il Palazzo

Your quintessential Venice hotel: A grand, 18th-century palazzo fronting the Grand Canal, a few minutes' walk from Piazza San Marco. Rich furnishings and damask wallpaper complete the feel, and Il Settimo Cielo, the rooftop terrace and lounge where breakfast is taken, is, as the name translates, seventh heaven. Not to be confused with Bauer L'Hotel—the modern sister property that adjoins it.