Bringing a Parisian hospitality sensibility into the fabric of a sixteenth-century Venetian palazzo was always going to require a particular kind of nerve. The Evok Group managed it with Nolinski Venezia, which opened in 2019 within a historic building near Campo San Luca, its terracotta-washed facade, white Istrian stone detailing, and arched windows — visible in the image — placing it squarely within the Serenissima's architectural grammar. French interior designer Jean-Michel Wilmotte, whose studio has worked across cultural institutions and hospitality projects throughout Europe, handled the interiors across the hotel's 32 rooms and suites, navigating between Venetian decorative tradition and a spare Parisian modernism that Evok's other properties, including the original Nolinski in Paris, have made their signature. The tension between those two sensibilities runs through every space. Guestrooms are divided between two distinct registers: some lined in large-format veined marble with black steel-framed glazed partitions and blush linen benches, others warmer in tone with herringbone parquet, crimson lacquered armchairs, pink velvet sofas, and arched timber windows dressed in floor-length drapes. The bar, the property's most atmospheric room, is upholstered entirely in deep garnet velvet, its ceiling covered in a figurative fresco referencing the winged lion of Saint Mark, its shelves floor-to-ceiling with books and backlit spirits. Above it all, the rooftop spa pool is finished in gold mosaic tile, its low clerestory windows framing the city's domes and campanili like a sequence of painted panels.

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A few canals over from the Piazza San Marco and La Fenice opera house stands the Nolinski Venezia, a 5 star hotel. Its majestic façade, adorned with mythical creatures, the daughters of Poseidon, reminds us of the potency that La Serenissima draws from its waters. Here we enter Venetian history through the doors of the old Stock Exchange. Art Nouveau, Stile Liberty and Modernism are brought together in well-proportioned harmony, enhanced by the work of interior designers Le Coadic Scotto.