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Your very own rustic country house for rent in the Venetian lagoon
You can visit Venice and rent a rustic villa all to yourself, complete with boat so you can live like a true Venetian. The catch: you won't be living in downtown Venice, but rather on a sleepy residential island in the Northern Lagoon (figure on a commute of roughly 40–60 minutes to Venice proper).
The Villa Santa Caterina is a country house on a teensy island in the Northern Lagoon called Mazzorbetto (across a channel from Mazzorbo, itself just across a channel from Burano).
The villa is crammed with rustic detailing—heavy wood-beamed ceilings, wide fireplace in the kitchen/dining area—and can sleep up to 8 people in three bedrooms with two bathrooms.
You get a garden with a BBQ, and it comes with a motorboat so you can putter around the lagoon and get to a vaporetto stop on Mazzorbo or Burano and go "downtown" into the historic center of Venice. The can also arrange cooking lessons for guests.
I don't have the current rates, but in 2007 it was a surprisingly reasonable €850 to €1400 per week, depending on the season. Sounds like a lot at first, but that works out to starting at a mere $135 per person per week—if you fill the house with 8 people, of course.
However, even if you look at it in terms of how much that works out to per night—so as to more easily compare it to other types of lodging—the place only costs €121 per night, and that's the price no matter how many people you're splitting it with, which makes it a remarkable bargain (many middle-of-the-road, three-star hotels in Venice start around €140 for a double room).
Another perk: the Villa Santa Caterina is a bit more flexible than many villas on the rental period, offering long-weekend rates of €300 to €500, which means starting around $190 per night.
Villa Santa Caterina
Mazzorbetto
Vaporetto: LN, N (to Mazzorbo)
tel. +39-347-870-6452 or +39-349-836-7608
www.santa-caterina.it
Sights nearby
Burano (another island)
Torcello (another island)
Murano (another island)
Where to eat nearby
Trattoria da Romano (on Burano)
Other hotels nearby
Hotel Al Soffiador (on Murano)
Hotel Locanda Conterie (on Murano)
LaGare Hotel Venezia-Murano (on Murano)
» More apartments in Venice
» More hotels in Venice
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Good day | Buon giorno | bwohn JOUR-noh |
Good evening | Buona sera | BWOH-nah SAIR-rah |
Good night | Buona notte | BWOH-nah NOTE-tay |
Goodbye | Arrivederci | ah-ree-vah-DAIR-chee |
Excuse me (to get attention) | Scusi | SKOO-zee |
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no | no | no |
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...a restaurant | un ristorante | oon rees toh-RAHN-tay |
...a casual restaurant | una trattoria un'osteria |
oo-nah trah-toar-RHEE-yah oon ohst-air-EE-yah |
I would like to reserve... | Vorrei prenotare... | voar-RAY pray-note-ARE-eh |
a table for two | una tavola per due | oo-nah TAH-voal-lah pair DOO-way |
...for 7pm | per le sette | pair lay SET-tay |
...for 7:30pm | per le sette e mezzo | pair lay SET-tay eh MET-tzoh |
...for 8pm | per le otto | pair lay OH-toh |
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...some (of) | un pó (di) | oon POH (dee) |
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...that | quello | KWEL-loh |
chicken | pollo | POL-loh |
steak | bistecca | bee-STEAK-ah |
veal | vitello | vee-TEL-oh |
fish | pesce | PEH-shay |
meat | carne | KAR-neh |
I am vegetarian | sono vegetariano | SO-no veg-eh-tair-ee-YAH-no |
side dish [veggies always come seperately] | cotorno | kon-TOR-no |
dessert | dolce | DOAL-chay |
and | e | ay |
...a glass of | un bicchiere di | oon bee-key-YAIR-eh dee |
...a bottle of | una bottiglia di | oo-na boh-TEEL-ya dee |
...a half-liter of | mezzo litro di | MET-tzoh LEE-tro dee |
...fizzy water | acqua gassata | AH-kwah gah-SAHT-tah |
...still water | acqua non gassata | AH-kwah noan gah-SAHT-tah |
...red wine | vino rosso | VEE-noh ROH-so |
...white wine | vino bianco | VEE-noh bee-YAHN-koh |
...beer | birra | BEER-a |
Check, please | Il conto, per favore | eel COAN-toh pair fah-VOAR-eh |
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Villa Santa Caterina
Mazzorbetto
Vaporetto: LN, N (to Mazzorbo)
tel. +39-347-870-6452 or +39-349-836-7608
www.santa-caterina.it
Sights nearby
Burano (another island)
Torcello (another island)
Murano (another island)
Where to eat nearby
Trattoria da Romano (on Burano)
Other hotels nearby
Hotel Al Soffiador (on Murano)
Hotel Locanda Conterie (on Murano)
LaGare Hotel Venezia-Murano (on Murano)
» More apartments in Venice
» More hotels in Venice