Ca’Sagredo Hotel

A declared National Monument facing the Grand Canal between Ca’ d’Oro and the Rialto Market, Ca’ Sagredo Hotel is the kind of place that makes the word palazzo feel newly earned. The 15th-century residence of the illustrious Sagredo family still preserves its frescoed ballrooms and opulently stuccoed salons, where the past doesn’t merely live on — it performs. Suites bear the names of the 17th and 18th century masters whose paintings adorn their walls: Sebastiano Ricci, Art, Stuccoes. The rooftop has been named among the 20 best terraces in Italy, and an aperitivo up here, overlooking the Grand Canal with the Rialto Market spread out below, is not something you will quickly forget. At the restaurant l’Alcova, Chef’s approach is anchored in fresh products from land and sea — inspired, inevitably, by the market at the hotel’s doorstep. Tucked into Venice’s bustling Cannaregio, steps from local shops and cicheti bars, Ca’ Sagredo is the rare luxury address that sits at the center of actual Venetian life.