Villa F (currently closed)

This hotel is currently closed.

Gorgeous palazzo on the Giudecca with massive apartments, private butlers and a lovely garden out back.

• The sense of privacy.
• The beautiful garden with a pool (Possati has a passion for gardening)
• Top-of-the-line amenities, like Brummel kitchens, oversized plasma TVs, iPod docking stations and complimentary wireless internet

In 2011, Francesca Bortolotto Possati, the pioneering hotelier behind Bauer Il Palazzo and the Bauer Palladio, opened Venice’s most exclusive new property. The Villa F is located on the Guidecca, a few doors down from the Bauer Palladio, in a 16^th-century Renaissance palazzo that was painstakingly and beautifully restored. With eleven palatial one- and two-bedroom residences, the Villa F feels like a private estate, where guests can move in for weeks at a time. With this project, Possati has upgraded the hotel landscape in Venice by providing well-heeled travelers with the ability to experience the city as a local without sacrificing the Bauer’s well-oiled hotel service.

As with all of Possati’s projects, the details of the sumptuous apartments are pitch-perfect, and each are impeccably styled in a contemporary twist on old-world Venetian grandeur. Guests will find original frescoes, Terrazzo floors and Rubelli, Donghia & Jesurum fabrics beside wrought-iron headboards, vintage mirroring and leather furniture. Each apartment is unique and guests have the luxury of selecting theirs in advance. While second-floor units showcase a funky farmhouse aesthetic (picture metallic walls and accents, exposed wooden beams and abstract art); first-floor apartments, categorized as “Venetian Imperial”, feature twenty-plus-foot ceilings, hand-painted murals and living spaces larger than the Villa’s own entrance foyer.

Each residence also comes with butler service; while chefs, nannies and personal concierges are available upon request. Finally, Villa F guests have access to resort amenities at all of the Bauer properties, including a beautifully appointed spa at the Bauer Palladio.

The uber-picky who like the idea of staying in an apartment of their own with butler service and don’t mind the slightly removed location on Giudecca Island.