Italy - Venice and Veneto

From that time, Venice became home to a series of rather high-profile artists – Wagner, Browning, Ruskin and the great Byron – as well as to aristocrats and cognoscenti from just about all over the world. Ernest Hemingway, Orson Welles, Truman Capote, Barbara Hutton and the eccentric Peggy Guggenheim are among the very many American luminaries who were regular visitors to the city and, by the fifties and sixties, it was very à la mode and internationally fashionable to own a second home or, for the more wealthy, a palazzo in the "reborn" Venice.

Many of these owners only occupy their properties two or three times a year and, as long as discretion is assured, are prepared to rent: we offer our clients the rare opportunity of living the true Venice lifestyle – for a week, a month, or even longer – in a beautifully furnished palazzo apartment or whole palazzo located in one of the city's most sought after areas.

We are in a position to staff your Venice home to a level that, in many ways, provides a quality of service equal to or better than that of a luxury hotel and, at the same time, ensures four of the world's great luxuries: peace, privacy, a feeling of belonging, and freedom of action.

Imagine slowly awakening in your palace's ornate master bedroom – only the sound of gentle lapping of water as a boat passes. The maid quietly prepares you a delicious breakfast, and you idly mull over the pleasures in store for the days ahead.