The privilege of being in Venice is lived to its fullest with a stay at the LONDRA PALACE. The Hotel is right on the Riva degli Schiavoni just a few steps from St. Mark's Square Ponte dei Sospiri and other famous spots as well as the most hidden authentic corners of the cityknown as Serenissima. The reception staff are always happy to provide guests with accurate directions.The LONDRA PALACE offers 53 rooms in Biedermeier style each one different from the others featuring elegant upholstery brocades and marble bathrooms. Each room is unique: views of St. Mark's Basin and the Lagoon are on one side and the rooftops and bell towers of Venice's historic centre on the other.Each space at the LONDRA PALACE was designed to instil emotions and a sense of wellbeing in guests. The bright renovated sitting rooms on the ground floor dialogue with the outside through the transparency of the glass which bears the memory of Petr Il'lc Tchaikovsky's stay at the hotel. The veranda on the Riva degli Schiavoni is an ideal place to sip one of the delightful cocktails preparedby the barmen enjoy lunch or dinner have tea or simply relax.A stay in room 106 offers a taste of history. Here in December 1877 the Russian composer Petr Il'lc Tchaikovsky wrote the first three movements of Symphony no. 4 originally entitled DO LEONI. Some other famous guests of the hotel include Gabriele D'Annunzio whostayed here in 1887 and attended the unveiling of the monument in front of the Hotel built in honour of King Vittorio Emanuele II and the writers Jorge Luis Borges and Iosif Brodskij recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature.