Hotel Cipriani & Palazzo Vendramin * * * * *

Giudecca, 10

30133 - Venice - Veneto - Italy

Activities at Hotel Cipriani & Palazzo Vendramin or nearby

Swimming Pool

The Olympic size pool (32 x 19 metres) is the only one in central Venice, and has filtered salt water. In Spring and Autumn it is kept heated to a constant temperature of 26°C to 28°C (78°F).

Guests of the hotel are automatically members of the Sea Gull Club which offers the following advantages:

• Free use of the swimming pool
• Bathing towels available at the entrance to the pool area
• Use of lockers, changing cabins and showers
• Provision of umbrellas and sunbeds or mattress
• Pool-side restaurant
• Snack-bar service

The pool area is also the centre of attention for some spectacular events at the Cipriani, like the Redentore Feast held in July each year.

An evening of dining and entertainment around the pool ends with the spectacular firework display that can be viewed from the Fondamenta delle Zitelle.

Health & Beauty

The new SPA, opened on 21st May 2004, is managed by highly skilled professionals. The most sophisticated treatments and products by Babor will be offered to make your stay in Venice an unforgettable one.

Skilled masseurs are at your disposal.

• Puccio & Franco - Beauty Parlour

This is located near the pool and provides ladies and gentleman's hairdressing, beautician, manicures, etc.

Tennis Court

The red clay tennis court, the only one in central Venice, is situated in the beautiful Venetian garden of the hotel, on the edge of the lagoon.

It is at your disposal from 8 am to 8 pm at a cost of €29 per hour. Lessons are available upon request, with a professional instructor.

Golf – Alberoni, Lido, Venice

During the months of March, April and October every morning at 9:30 am our private launch leaves for the Golf Course Alberoni (40 minutes).

This service is for guests who have previously booked our special programme - Golf at the Cipriani. The return is foreseen at about 4 pm. This service does not operate on Sundays and Mondays.

Gardens & Vineyard

The Hotel Cipriani is famous for its peaceful and beautiful gardens that enchant throughout the seasons.

From the moment you arrive at the landing stage you are surrounded by the beauty of the gardens. Some areas of the gardens occasionally display works of art, whilst elegant sculptures can be found throughout.

The vineyard of the Cipriani is still in use and in spring 2001, over 2000 bottles of “Casanova Salso” were produced for the Hotel's cellars.

Then Giudecca Island

Giudecca is only a short gondola ride from San Marco and in the 18th century was Venice’s “garden of delights”.

Alongside noble residences (such as Palazzo Vendramin, Palazzo Dandolo, Palazzo Barbaro Nani) there were modest “pavilions” for shorter stays, called “casini”.

Today the Giudecca is much changed, but some of the gardens which were the favourite summer retreats of the Venetian noble families still exist.

There were convents (such as Zitelle and le Convertite), Academies, like the Academy of Philosophy, the Convito dei Nobili and, above all, parks, orchards and vineyards where the city dwellers, normally confined to narrow alleys and small courtyards, could enjoy fresh air and open spaces, as well as the then famous “vin salso”, called in this way because of its characteristic salty after-taste, due to the vicinity of the lagoon.

Famous amongst the sites of interest on the Giudecca are; Palladio's Church of Redentore, built in thanksgiving for the end of the plague in the 16th Century and the centre of the annual Redentore Feast Day; and the Church if Santa Maria della Presentazione on the Zitelle.