Ca' della Corte
Apr 17th, 2004, 02:46 PM
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It's received good feedback here. Here is the most recent thread mentioning it:
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34491245
Type "ca della corte" into the text box at the top of this page to pull up several more.
There are also reviews on slowtrav.com and venere.com
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34491245
Type "ca della corte" into the text box at the top of this page to pull up several more.
There are also reviews on slowtrav.com and venere.com
Apr 18th, 2004, 05:16 PM
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I stayed in one of their nearby apartments in February -- a great success -- and became friendly with the young women who work there (between checking in and out and other little errands).
They are so house-proud that they insisted on giving me a tour of all their rooms! So I can report definitively on the setting if not on service and breakfasts.
This is a large and well-converted private house with the owners living on the premises. In consequence, baths have been chopped out of bedrooms and there are many stairs. But the fittings are of very good quality, the rooms are still quite large, the place is spotless and they have one magnificent suite with its own grand piano!
In season there is a roof-top garden but I cannot remember whether it belongs to the quaint top-floor studio or is generally accessible (I THINK the latter.)
Anyway, it is central yet well insulated from the crowds heading for San Marco; it is airy, quiet, adjacent to other private houses with handsome gardens -- and generally a superior product on a market crowded, I suspect, with expensive mediocrity.
And the staff, I repeat, are exemplary -- (after we checked out of the nearby studio flat, they obligingly refrigerated my partner's cancer medication {ugh!} so we could go out for a walk until our train time.)
PS: If you are thinking of a self-catering studio with periodic cleaning service and breakfast supplied, their "Carmine" studio is the canal-view, ground-floor studio we stayed in. Except for the noise of the garbage-scow and its workers early one garbage day, it was perfect -- great kitchen and even a little terrace with table and 2 chairs.
They are so house-proud that they insisted on giving me a tour of all their rooms! So I can report definitively on the setting if not on service and breakfasts.
This is a large and well-converted private house with the owners living on the premises. In consequence, baths have been chopped out of bedrooms and there are many stairs. But the fittings are of very good quality, the rooms are still quite large, the place is spotless and they have one magnificent suite with its own grand piano!
In season there is a roof-top garden but I cannot remember whether it belongs to the quaint top-floor studio or is generally accessible (I THINK the latter.)
Anyway, it is central yet well insulated from the crowds heading for San Marco; it is airy, quiet, adjacent to other private houses with handsome gardens -- and generally a superior product on a market crowded, I suspect, with expensive mediocrity.
And the staff, I repeat, are exemplary -- (after we checked out of the nearby studio flat, they obligingly refrigerated my partner's cancer medication {ugh!} so we could go out for a walk until our train time.)
PS: If you are thinking of a self-catering studio with periodic cleaning service and breakfast supplied, their "Carmine" studio is the canal-view, ground-floor studio we stayed in. Except for the noise of the garbage-scow and its workers early one garbage day, it was perfect -- great kitchen and even a little terrace with table and 2 chairs.
Apr 19th, 2004, 02:49 PM
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Tedgale, I was pleased to read your review since my husband, daughter and I will be staying at one of the apartments close by in May. I was most impressed with the email efficiency and courtesy of Elena.Any tips for transport to the place from the train station? Also, any recommendations for neighborhood restaurants?
Apr 21st, 2004, 07:31 AM
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Fodor friends, I need some help deciding between 2 rooms at Ca'Della Corte. It's my first trip to Venice and I'll be with the boy I love.
Both are doubles--one is their attic room (next to the terrace); the other, a more standard double. Has anyone stayed in this attic room before? Is it teensy weensy weensy? Do you hear noise from people eating on the terrace?
If so, is there a particular double you can recommend?
I know I won't be staying in the hotel much but it is my first time and, well, like I said, there's this boy...
Thanks for your help!
Both are doubles--one is their attic room (next to the terrace); the other, a more standard double. Has anyone stayed in this attic room before? Is it teensy weensy weensy? Do you hear noise from people eating on the terrace?
If so, is there a particular double you can recommend?
I know I won't be staying in the hotel much but it is my first time and, well, like I said, there's this boy...
Thanks for your help!
Apr 21st, 2004, 02:57 PM
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Here is a response to 2 different inquiries:
First RE the top-floor studio. I have seen it but do not remember it well. It is not tiny but it is low ceilinged. My guess is that it could be hot in high summer, fine otherwise.
Re transport from the station: We walked both ways -- it is about 10 minutes. Humping big suitcases over the many bridges of Venice (3 on your route to the Ca della corte, by my reckoning) is not fun but it can certainly be done. There is a detailed map connected to the hotel website. The first bridge in front of the train station is the only formidable one, BTW.
No doubt there are also water taxis in front of the station. The vaporetto is not useful to you, as you are heading to a small canal.
Re restaurants: we had some trouble finding places we liked.
My brother, an annual visitor, recommended Ai cannottieri on the south/ west side of the Canareggio canal at the far end -- i.e away from the centre. It is VERY Venetian, esp. at lunch, when workers from nearby job-sites and trades flood in for a large, delicious, inexpensive lunch. The staff do speak English, though many customers do not even seem to speak a language recognizable as Italian ( I know enough of, or at least about, the dialect to recognize it but not always to understand it) But I liked the place -- as authentic a place, hence memorable, as you will find.
RE restaurants near the flat: On the Fondamenta del Soccorso walk west as far as you can, then south on the Fondamenta S. Sebastiano/ S. Basegio toward the S. Basilio vaporetto stop. On your left (Calle Avogaria???) is a small street with a discreet bar restaurant, perhaps called Avogaria. Potted trees or boxwood out front. Inside the space opens out into a very smart, sophisticated little restaurant with a very international clientele, lovely yet not-overpriced food and deft service.
Is it really called Avogaria????? Ask at the hotel -- they seemed to know it.
Sorry to be so dim. But part of the fun in Venice is checking out -- in advance of the meal -- the places that others recommend.
First RE the top-floor studio. I have seen it but do not remember it well. It is not tiny but it is low ceilinged. My guess is that it could be hot in high summer, fine otherwise.
Re transport from the station: We walked both ways -- it is about 10 minutes. Humping big suitcases over the many bridges of Venice (3 on your route to the Ca della corte, by my reckoning) is not fun but it can certainly be done. There is a detailed map connected to the hotel website. The first bridge in front of the train station is the only formidable one, BTW.
No doubt there are also water taxis in front of the station. The vaporetto is not useful to you, as you are heading to a small canal.
Re restaurants: we had some trouble finding places we liked.
My brother, an annual visitor, recommended Ai cannottieri on the south/ west side of the Canareggio canal at the far end -- i.e away from the centre. It is VERY Venetian, esp. at lunch, when workers from nearby job-sites and trades flood in for a large, delicious, inexpensive lunch. The staff do speak English, though many customers do not even seem to speak a language recognizable as Italian ( I know enough of, or at least about, the dialect to recognize it but not always to understand it) But I liked the place -- as authentic a place, hence memorable, as you will find.
RE restaurants near the flat: On the Fondamenta del Soccorso walk west as far as you can, then south on the Fondamenta S. Sebastiano/ S. Basegio toward the S. Basilio vaporetto stop. On your left (Calle Avogaria???) is a small street with a discreet bar restaurant, perhaps called Avogaria. Potted trees or boxwood out front. Inside the space opens out into a very smart, sophisticated little restaurant with a very international clientele, lovely yet not-overpriced food and deft service.
Is it really called Avogaria????? Ask at the hotel -- they seemed to know it.
Sorry to be so dim. But part of the fun in Venice is checking out -- in advance of the meal -- the places that others recommend.
Apr 22nd, 2004, 09:33 AM
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Tedgale: thanks for the tips. Both restaurants sound like fun. Does anyone have recommendations for eating around Campo Santa Margharita? I have been reading a wonderful book, "City Secrets," which makes this area sound great.
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For Suzshe:
Thanks Tedgale for the helpful information re Ca dell Corte. My partner and I will be staying there for a week beginning on May 19th. I located it through a rather exhaustive search of the internet and found Elena as helpful as you have suggested. I booked the garret room because of the photo on the website and its proximity to the roof deck. Glad to know a little more about it. I was also curious to know how one gets there most easily from Marco Polo. I suspect we'll need to take the vaporetto to Piazzale Roma.
This hotel is quite close to Campo Santa Margherita. (I have, until this year, always stayed at Pensione La Calcina but decided to try other lodgings simply for a change.) At Campo Santa Margherita you will find much activity. During the day it's a bustle of people and has almost has a life of its own. At night it's wonderful for people watching and a pub called "Margaret DuChamp" has an interesting clientelle. There's a wonderful little wine shop just opposite the old medieval tower for anyone wanting good inexpensive wine for the room!! The fellow inside doesn't speak a word of English and I think he enjoys his own product! No matter.. if you speak broken Italian or speak English slowly he'll understand you perfectly well! Also, very near the "Campo" is a very modestly priced restaurant called "Ca Foscari Al Canton". It's run by friends of mine Riccardo and Monica. He's North African and she's Paduan. They run a very tight ship, the food's quite good, and it's about as reasonable a meal as you can find of an evening in Venice. I highly recommend.
However, you've mentioned "Avogaria" (my all-time favourite restaurant in Venice bar none). It's located just off Campo San Barnaba and you simply follow the Calle Avogaria for what seems rather a long distance until you reach "Ristorante Avogaria". Look carefully for it on the left-hand side for it could easily be missed. It's very out of the way.
Ristorante Avogaria is quite reasonably priced, the help is superb and the atmosphere beyond compare. They have their own website on the net and a "Google" search stating "Avogaria Venezia" should bring it up. The website it entirely a refection of the restaurant itself. Wonderful attention to detail and entirely subtle.
Please feel free to e-mail me for any other informatin on this section of the Dorsoduro. I'm pretty well acquainted with it.
Buon viaggio e buon appetito!
Thanks Tedgale for the helpful information re Ca dell Corte. My partner and I will be staying there for a week beginning on May 19th. I located it through a rather exhaustive search of the internet and found Elena as helpful as you have suggested. I booked the garret room because of the photo on the website and its proximity to the roof deck. Glad to know a little more about it. I was also curious to know how one gets there most easily from Marco Polo. I suspect we'll need to take the vaporetto to Piazzale Roma.
This hotel is quite close to Campo Santa Margherita. (I have, until this year, always stayed at Pensione La Calcina but decided to try other lodgings simply for a change.) At Campo Santa Margherita you will find much activity. During the day it's a bustle of people and has almost has a life of its own. At night it's wonderful for people watching and a pub called "Margaret DuChamp" has an interesting clientelle. There's a wonderful little wine shop just opposite the old medieval tower for anyone wanting good inexpensive wine for the room!! The fellow inside doesn't speak a word of English and I think he enjoys his own product! No matter.. if you speak broken Italian or speak English slowly he'll understand you perfectly well! Also, very near the "Campo" is a very modestly priced restaurant called "Ca Foscari Al Canton". It's run by friends of mine Riccardo and Monica. He's North African and she's Paduan. They run a very tight ship, the food's quite good, and it's about as reasonable a meal as you can find of an evening in Venice. I highly recommend.
However, you've mentioned "Avogaria" (my all-time favourite restaurant in Venice bar none). It's located just off Campo San Barnaba and you simply follow the Calle Avogaria for what seems rather a long distance until you reach "Ristorante Avogaria". Look carefully for it on the left-hand side for it could easily be missed. It's very out of the way.
Ristorante Avogaria is quite reasonably priced, the help is superb and the atmosphere beyond compare. They have their own website on the net and a "Google" search stating "Avogaria Venezia" should bring it up. The website it entirely a refection of the restaurant itself. Wonderful attention to detail and entirely subtle.
Please feel free to e-mail me for any other informatin on this section of the Dorsoduro. I'm pretty well acquainted with it.
Buon viaggio e buon appetito!
May 3rd, 2004, 07:42 AM
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For RBradford: We will be in one of the apartments off-site by Ca'della Corte from May 24-26. I look forward to trying both of the restaurants you mention as well as the pub and the wine shop. Perhaps we will run into each other: I will be the short "woman of certain age" accompanied by a tall handsome man and a beautiful 28 year old daughter who is receiving this trip as a present following completion of graduate school. She will be the one missing her boy friend in romantic Venice. (And yes, we did invite him, but schedules conflict.)Thanks to all for the tips. Our best travel experiences come from recommendations like these. Molto gentile!
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