Venice, Veneto holiday bed and breakfast rental with beach/lake nearby, balcony/terrace, air con, telephone, TV

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Villa Lina (bed and breakfast)

Home description

Villa Lina is located in a beautiful XVI century building; perhaps it was the summer residence of a Venetian family or a gambling house, very popular at that time.

The house has 4 rooms equipped with all comforts, a living room with breakfast room, a wide terrace where breakfast is served in the warm season and a lovely wide garden facing the Serenella Canal of Murano. Here you can feel at home: you’ll get your own keys and you’ll be free to come and go whenever you want.

Room	Bathroom
Breakfast lounge	Terrace

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The North East Italy / Veneto region

Since when does glass exist? Who invented glass?

Plinio the old (23-79 a.C.) refers to a bunch of mariners who landed on a Phoenician shore and started cooking their food in a pot over some pieces of natron. After a while, they noticed a transparent, incandescent material pouring out from under the pot, cooling and then solidifying. It’s from the accidental melting of sand, containing silicon, with nitro, containing soda, that Phoenician discovered glass. It may not be a true story, but let us just believe in it.

The connection between Murano and the glass started in 1291-95, when the Serenissima Republic, after several fires had spread through the city of Venice, decided to move all the glass foundries to the wide, green island of Murano.

Since that day, the history of Murano was strongly tied to the glass-making tradition, producing exquisite handcrafted art glass and jewellery, which are appreciated all over the world.

In 1605, the Venetian Republic established that the Master Glassworkers of Murano were given a noble title and registered in the Golden book of patrician Venetian families. Only those families and their descendants could practice the glassmaking craft. Master glassmakers were granted certain privileges usually reserved for nobility, such as being members of the highest offices of Venetian Republic, marry their daughters with patricians, carry a knife or a small sword in public or strike coins in their own family names.

The glassworkers of the island of Murano were forbidden to leave the island and to teach their handcraft secrets outside Venice, under penalty of death.

Murano is a synonym for glass. Glass is a synonym for Murano. Murano inhabitants have glass in their DNA!

Fifty glass foundries producing blowing glass, lamps, glasses and cups, classic and modern objects still exist today in Murano, as well as many decorating and engraving glass workshops and other related handicrafts workshops.

Today many glass factories hold glassmaking demonstrations where it is possible to watch glass being blown, without purchasing conditions. 


Rumours say that Giacomo Casanova was a frequent caller at the many churches and convents existing in the 18th century Murano, though he was not known for being a deeply pious person.
Apart from all the churches and convents which the Napoleonic fury destroyed, what remains today in the island of Murano is the XII century Romanic church of San Donato, decorated with wonderful mosaics; the XVI century church of San Pietro, which contains paintings by Veronese Tintoretto and Bellini and a stunning wooden vestry; the XII century church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, still waiting for restoration.

Worth a visit the Murano Glass Museum that houses examples of glass works from the fifteenth to the twentieth century. The museum is located in the beautiful Palazzo Giustinian, where, on the first floor ceiling, it is possible to admire the symbols of the most illustrious patrician families of Murano.


Today the marble lighthouse of Murano it’s still a major point of reference for boats sailing around Venice.


Murano was the birthplace of many important man: the famous painters Antonio and Bartolomeo Vivarini; the Abbot Vincenzo Zanetti, a man of great culture, founder the first school of glass making in the island in 1854; Francesco M.Piave, Giuseppe Verdi’s librettist; the painter Vittorio Zecchin, the sculptor Napoleone Martinuzzi, who made the war memorial in the main square, the contemporary artist Dino Martens and many more.

Venice, Veneto area

Villa lina Murano - Itineraries

Burano
Is a typical island of fishermen and lace makers, with striking brightly coloured houses. Here every September runs the revenge boat race of the Historical Venetian Regatta

Torcello
It was one of the most ancient and flourishing settlements between the islands in the Venetian lagoon. Its decline was due to the growth of Venice. Both the Cathedral S.Maria Assunta and the small church of S. Fosca (12th century) worth a visit.

Venice Lido
This island is famous for its beautiful sand beaches, its Art-Nouveau villas and hotels and, of course, for its International Film Festival organised by the Venice Biennale and the Casinò.

Sant’Erasmo
This island has always been the “vegetable garden” of Venice, producing delicious fruits and vegetables, as the typical "castraure", small and early artichokes. Don’t miss the Torre Massimiliana, a nineteenth-century Austrian fort, restored in 2004 and now open to the public, houses occasional exhibitions and events.

How to get there

Boats to Venice:
Please find here all information over boats departure and arrival times you might need (don't warry, as an island there is always a connection, all night long. From 5 am to 10 pm there is a boat every 10 minutes, from 10 pm to 12 pm there is a boat every 20 minutes, from 12 to 2 am there is a boat every hour and so on). Our stop is MURANO COLONNA, you get off at F.te Nuove, first stop in Venice, or at SAN MARCO (to go directly there), have a look at:
http://www.hellovenezia.com/jsp/en/transports/index.jsp

Restaurats nearby:
In every room there is a kettle in case you need tee or coffee.There are 5 restaurants in Murano, a pizzeria and 3 nice bars they are all reachable on foot within 5-10 minutes walk not longer. Anyway, if you buy a pizza and take it home, of course there is no problem!

From the airport:
Concering private water taxi, I guess it is around 90 Euro. If take Alilaguna (public water taxi) it costs 6 Euro/person ( kids up to 6 years should not pay, but ask first), our stop is again MURANO COLONNA, you can take either the blu line or the red line, it takes 25 minutes. This is the web site:
http://www.alilaguna.it/?funzione=1&contesto=1&valore=8&modo=6〈=en

Activities near Venice, Veneto

Facilities

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
	1 Oct 09	30 Oct 09	700£ 625	130116	130116	1 Night
	30 Oct 09	3 Nov 09	900£ 804	130116	130116	1 Night
	11 Nov 09	4 Dec 09	600£ 536	120107	120107	1 Night
	4 Dec 09	9 Dec 09	800£ 714	130116	130116	1 Night
	9 Dec 09	8 Jan 10	800£ 714	130116	130116	1 Night

The property's weekend rates apply to: Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

The above mentioned rates are related to the DOUBLE ROOM.

Please ask the owner about the rate for a third bed and the single room.

Baby cot available.

We accept credit cards.

Children up to 6 years gratis in parents' room.

Availability

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Name:	Angelo Vignola
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