Situated on the waterfront of the Riva degli Schiavoni and only a
few minutes
walk from St Mark’s Square, this elegant little restaurant overlooks the lagoon and the
Island of San Giorgio. But the most outstanding
features are the views… The Do Leoni Restaurant is one of the few location in Venice
where all the dining of the rooms boast wonderful, romantic views of the lagoon
(deluxe rooms and junior suites). The hotel’s ‘Do Leone’ restaurant on the
promenade offers Venetian as well as international cuisine and is the perfect
place to unwind after an exhausting days’ sightseeing in this amazing city.
A wall of windows overlooking the lagoon and the island of San Giorgio makes
this the hotel of choice for soaking up that extraordinary lagoon view --
sweeping all the way from the Salute to the Lido. The restaurant is all glass,
light, and water views.
In the year 1860, there was great excitement in
Venice for the
opening of a new Hotel Palace on Riva degli Schiavoni, just a few steps
from Piazza San Marco. It had been designed by Fuin, a famous Venetian engineer
of the period. In the year 1900, the hotel merged with a next door property and
which eventually became the enchanting Hotel Londra Palace. In March 1999, the
Hotel Londra Palace finished restoration in its common areas and facade, from
the lobby to the restaurant - a project that began in
1992 and at a cost eight
million dollars. The first phase of the job was to turn the 73 rooms into 53,
adding more comfort and placing marble in the bathrooms. Having one hundred
windows looking out onto the Grand Canal, the hotel's guestrooms are spacious
and luminous, having authentic furniture of XIXth century style, period
paintings and original materials. Each room, uniquely designed, grants to each
guest the pleasure of an exclusive yet tasteful sumptuousness. The Standard
rooms have city views; the Deluxe rooms enjoy views on the lagoon and on the
island of
San Giorgio; and the Junior Suites, which are more spacious, offer
views on the basin of San Marco and the Palladian church of San Giorgio. As for
the hotel's renowned Do Leoni Restaurant, a typical Venetian dinner becomes the
conduit for an enchanting evening - Chef Loris and his staff are already at work
preparing a delightful dinner just for you. Venice 4 Star, Luxury First Class
Hotel.
The view must have been pleasing to Tchaikovsky, whte the first three movements
of his fourth symphony in the Hotel's room 106. He nicknamed his work do leoni, the lions symbolizing
London and Venice. Immediately outside the Hotel is an equestrian statue of Vittorio
Emanuele the Second, first king of a unified Italy, supported by stone lions. Neoclassical public rooms, with splashes of blue-and-green glass
suggesting the sea, play nicely off guest rooms, which have fine fabric, damask
drapes, Biedermeier furniture, and Venetian glass.
The Hotel's ristorante Do Leoni serves sophisticated venetian cuisine in a
handsome room with a stone-mosaic floor and a wall of windows overlooking the
lagoon. The outdoor waterfront terrace is popular in summer, and the expertly
mixed house cocktails are well worth sampling.
Some very interesting videos regarding the Do Leoni Restaurant and the
Londra Palace Hotel are linked here below :
