Nouveau reach
May 2024
When Luca Guadagnino casually told an interviewer that he'd love to branch out into interiors, one man who read the article very obligingly granted him that break. Fast-forward a few years, and the director was asked to lend his cinematic eye to a forlorn fin-de-siècle villa on Venice's famed Lido. Spoiler alert: his adaptation has made a bigger splash than the owners could have wished for.
This Apartment on Venice's Grand Canal Highlights the City’s Resilience
May 2020
Like Canalettos come to life, the views dazzle from this Venetian pied-à-terre. The owner, a design enthusiast who lives between Australia and London, enlisted the French interior designer Jacques Grange to restore this piano nobile apartment in a small palazzo on the Grand Canal.
Travel That Changes You: My 10 Best Adventures
December 2017
A comfortable, classic boat, and an up-close look at some of the most beautiful buildings in Venice and the nearby islands… That’s the life. On a trip set up by bespoke villa-and-more agency Venice Prestige, I was sad to have only one morning on board the Lagunalonga, but what a morning it was.
Venice Prestige: Your Keys To Venice
September 2017
… the surreal sounds of gondoliers, beckoning out to one another in a bid to direct away from the nearby motorboats, fill the air. All of this I experienced from amidst the grand main salon of Palazzetto Salute on Venice’s Grand Canal.
Behind Closed doors
May 2017
Serafina: a stunning four-bedroom, four-bathroom apartment set within the classical elegance of a piano nobile, Serafina boasts breathtaking views of the Grand Canal with a large balcony that opens directly onto the water opposite a landmark Venice church...
Your Keys to the Most Romantic City in Italy: Venice Prestige
May 2017
…Yet there’s something magical about being led through a warren of increasingly narrow streets, past an unassuming door and up two flights of stairs into a gorgeous, waterfront flat that’s straight out of Architectural Digest or Vogue.
The Marchesa at Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Venice
October 2016
This magnificent second piano nobile apartment is in one of the most beautiful palaces on the Grand Canal in Dorsoduro close to the Accademia bridge. Its spectacular 200sq.m. salon can seat up to 24 for dinner and has a wonderful balcony with superb views.
Plainly Palatial
October 2016
A grand apartment on Venice’s Grand Canal gets stripped back to rigorous simplicity—without losing the imprint of the past. Nikki McCullagh remembers the moment …
Visit Venice in Style
Autumn 2016
Few places are more romantic than Venice, so, for those who really want to soak the atmosphere, luxury letting agency Venice Prestige offers private apartments…
The other side of Venice
September 2016
The city is beloved by tourists, and often besieged by them. But Skye McAlpine knows how to leave the crowds behind: by sailing to the little islands of the Venetian lagoon…
Where the super-rich renters are heading this summer
25 August 2016
To the super rich, renting a luxury holiday home must be similar to the way that favourite, childless aunts describe their adoring young nieces and nephews: they love them dearly…
The most incredible places to rent in Venice
June 2016
This, the second floor in one of the loveliest palaces in Venice, is all old-world charm and opulence, with a faded grandeur that only adds to the dreaminess of the place…
Venice rental apartments: four of the best
February 2015
Palazzo Castello Terrazza, Castello. Style-conscious gangs of friends will love this sprawling, five-bedroom apartment, which overlooks the canal and inhabits…