Casanova was a cynical seducer, but also studied law, took holy orders, played the violin and carried out Venice’s most ...

A column deliberately misaligned on the Doge’s Palace. The strangely modern-looking fórcole that hold oars in place on ...

from when the palace was commissioned to be built by Doge of Venice Andrea Gritti in 1475, can be found throughout. Today, the hotel houses The Gritti Epicurean School, The Gritti SPA, the elegant ...