Royal Suite, Bauer Il Palazzo, Venice; 39-041-520-7022; ilpalazzovenezia.com. There are 82 rooms; doubles range from $960 to $1,500. The Royal Suite is $7,650.
In a city where nearly every view is frame-worthy, this balcony at the Bauer Il Palazzo delivers big-time. You're above Venice's great intersection, where the Grand Canal meets the lagoon. Gondolas and vaporetti pass into the web of canals, out toward other islands and the Lido, and across to Dorsoduro and the Church of Santa Maria della Salute. The Baroque basilica is impressive enough from this distance, with its great domes and more than 120 statues, but there are more treasures inside, including Titians and a Tintoretto. To get there, climb into a traghetto—a shared gondola—and go native, if you dare: Venetians, like the gondoliers who propel the asymmetrical craft, stand during the crossing. After all, if Lord Byron could swim to the Lido, you can swim to shore.
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