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Is Bauer Hotel Right for You?
Bauer Hotel Venice

Hotel lobby.

© Bauer Hotel.
I know, I know, I know: Baroque and Renaissance beauty is one of the principal reasons to visit Venice in the first place.

Still, when you spend all day enjoying ancient history, you appreciate coming back to a splash of Art Deco modernity at night.

Venice is old. It feels dated; that’s just part of its nature. So it’s exciting to see a local woman invest so much style and elegance into the city center. Yes, her efforts are all for visitors. The city’s population of residents is still decreasing.

But if La Serenissima annually houses more visitors than natives, then maybe the tourists are also Venetians. In that case, any among the Bauer group is a fabulous place to call home.

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