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Hotel American Dinesen
ABOVE: The Hotel American Dinesen's entrance
is on the Fondamenta San Bragadin. INSET BELOW: The Rio San Vio, with
the hotel on the right.
Category:
Three-star hotel.
Location: On the San Vio Canal in
Dorsoduro, between the Gallerie dell'Accademia and the Peggy Guggenheim
Collection. Closest
Alilaguna Airport Boat
stop: Zattere.
Convenient when:
 You're
obsessive about art museums, or you simply want a moderately-priced
hotel in a quiet, fashionable neighborhood near the
Accademia Bridge.
Don't let the Hotel American Dinesen's name mislead you: It's thoroughly
Venetian, occupying an 17th Century palazzo with rooms
decorated in the local style. (Some rooms have beamed ceilings, others
are awash in brocades, and a few--the "superior canal view rooms"--have
balconies facing the San Vio Canal.)
The hotel has its own water-taxi pier, free Internet access, and a
porter to haul your luggage up the stairs.
Check lowest available rates:
Aerial photos:
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The first satellite photo shows the Giudecca Canal
and the Zattere (bottom), looking toward the Accademia Bridge and
the Gallerie dell'Accademia (left), the Grand Canal, and--on the
right--the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. The Hotel American Dinesen
is just south of the Campo San Vio (center of photo, on the Grand
Canal).
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In the lower close-up photo, the Hotel American
Dinesen is just to the right of the Campo San Vio and the footbridge
over the canal.
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