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Hotel Information: A favorite spot for moviemakers during Venice's annual film festival, which inspires parties in the courtyard, the hotel maintains a family-hospitality ambience established in 1954 by a Danish/Italian family that acquired the country inn and furnished it with antiques and art objects. Two second-generation family owners (architect and artist) live on the property. Many guests return annually.
Amenity highlights: Guests and Lido visitors dine and socialize day and night in an immense courtyard containing fountains, a 300-year-old plane tree, and a profusion of greenery and flowers. A restaurant in the restored 16th-century casino/country house features original wood-beamed ceilings and wood-burning fireplace, as well as two marble columns designed by the architect Palladio. The hotel reserves four beach cabanas for guests to rent on a daily basis.
Insider tip: Opened in 1575 as a "casino" for Venetian aristocracy to enjoy country air, conversation, and gambling, the hotel became a tavern in the 19th century, and English poet Robert Browning was a frequent guest. The name, Quattro Fontane (four fountains), refers to watering pools used by farm animals in the early 20th century, when the original structure was under construction.
Rooms
The Albergo Quattro Fontane, Venice, offers 60 guestrooms in a vine-covered, four-story white building with black-wood balconies. It was constructed in the early 20th century around the original 16th-century structure and around a 19th-century tavern. A four-story white annex, opened in 1966, contains extensive rustic-wood accents. (Neither building has an elevator.) Residential-style guestrooms, each with its own decor, contains antique European furniture, white walls and ceilings, tile floors with area rugs, and contemporary bathrooms, many with Sardinian floral tiles. |
Room Amenities
- Cable/satellite TV
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Minibar
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Bathrobes
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- Child care (in room, surcharge)
- Window opens
- Clock radio
- Desk
- In-room safe
- Television
- Smoking rooms
- Rollaway beds
- Cribs (infant beds) available
Recreation
The Lido of Venice, a slender, 11.5-km-long (7.25-mile-long) island facing the Adriatic Sea that lies a 12-minute waterbus ride east of central Venice, is the city's playground, especially in summer when beaches and watersports draw visitors and Venetians. Year-round, visitors rent bicycles to explore the island, play golf on a course at the island's southern tip 7.5 km (4.75 miles) from the hotel, or take horseback rides.
Much of the Lido's eastern shoreline contains public beaches, but there are also many private beaches furnished with cabanas that can be rented on a daily basis during warm-weather months (approximately June 1 to September 1). Cabanas are expensive, often costing as much or more than visitors' hotel rooms. The hotel reserves four beach cabanas for guests to rent on a daily basis. Each cabana includes three lounge chairs, a table, dining chairs, and a daybed. A public beach begins 500 meters (547 yards) from the hotel, and lounge chairs and umbrellas are available to rent from independent operators on the beach.
Use of the hotel's clay tennis court is complimentary.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Swimming nearby
- Rowing or canoeing nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Personal watercraft nearby
- Motor boating nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Aerobics nearby
- Volleyball nearby
- Running track/path nearby
- Basketball nearby
- Tennis on site
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/Moped Rentals nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Fishing nearby
- Playground nearby
Property Amenities
Less like a hotel and more like the informal country home of a well-traveled family, the Albergo Quattro Fontane contains extensive collections of objects such as African masks, Indonesian puppets, and rare French ceramic figures, all filling guestrooms and public rooms. Guestrooms also contain antique furniture, rugs, tapestries, and paintings. Thee main building also encompasses parts of the original 16th-century building, as well as features such as wrought-iron light fixtures from the building's reincarnation as a tavern in the 19th century.
Two computers in public rooms provide complimentary high-speed Internet access. The hotel staff speaks fluent English.
- Private beach
- Concierge services
- Complimentary breakfast
- Room service (24 hours)
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Parking (free)
- Parking (secure)
- Meeting rooms (small groups)
- Banquet facilities
- Conference room(s)
- Business services
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- Internet access in public areas - complimentary
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Number of rooms: 60
- Number of floors: 4
- Currency exchange
- Air-conditioned public areas
Policies
Extra person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Rollaway beds (surcharges) and complimentary cribs (infant beds) are available and should be requested at the time of booking.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
- Pets accepted
- Check-in time is 12:30 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Dining
A complimentary European-style cold breakfast buffet (hot dishes available for surcharge) is provided each morning on Platano garden terrace or in Quattro Fontane Restaurant & Bar. Quattro Fontane Restaurant & Bar - Restored rooms from 1575 summer house contain original wood-beam ceilings and wood-burning fireplace, as well as four marble columns, two of which were designed by renowned 16th-century architect Palladio. Open for lunch, dinner. Candlelight at night. Vegetables from hotel's own garden. Bar featuring original gilded-wood ceiling open from late morning to late night for sandwiches, espresso, and cocktails. Platano Outdoor dining and cocktails in lush, flowering garden under namesake 300-year-old plane tree. Open for lunch, dinner. Specializing in items from brick grill. |
Address
Via Quattro Fontane 16
Venice, VE 30126
Italy
Nearest major airport:
Venice, Italy (VCE-Marco Polo)
Area:
Lido di Venice, Italy
