The Hotel Metropole is bellissima! I cannot recommend the hotel highly enough. My girlfriend and I spent some nights at this magnicent jewell of a hotel while we were attending the Venice Film Festival during the first week of September. We opted for this hotel, rather than the Excelsior on the Lido (site of the festival) and the excellent Cipriani on Giudeca. All staff members were friendly and helpful; the chef is amazing; he prepared an exquisite platter of savory Venetian seafood delicacies. Dining in the garden for breakfast is an enchanting way to begin the day on "La Serenissima" ---- our room was quite ample, with a view of the canal --- we arrived during a tempest; but we left with sunshine in our hearts and souls -- and I can see why Vivaldi was inspired to compose "The Four Seasons" on these sacred grounds! Grazie tanto, per tutti --- Hotel Metropole --- we vow to return to "Paradiso" - the Metropole - as soon as we can!
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