Hotel Locanda Vivaldi was inaugurated at the end of 1999, after painstaking and long restructuring works on the building adjacent to the Church of Pietà.
In 1703, Antonio Vivaldi was ordained a priest and started to work as a violin teacher in the Pietà conservatory, where he remained until 1740.
After only 6 months of priesthood, Vivaldi no longer wished to celebrate mass. He was nicknamed the Red Priest and Goldoni explained that he was so-called because of his fire-red hair. According to other sources, this name was given to him because of his permanence at the Pietà Institute, where the 'daughters' of this hospice, his pupils, used to wear a scarlet colour.
By Train:
- Santa Lucia Train Station is approximately one mile from the hotel along the Grand Canal.
- The hotel is easily reached by private water taxi and by public ferry transportation.
- All services stop at San Zaccaria ferry terminal, which is situated only a few metres from the hotel.
By Car:
- The garages where you can park your vehicle are the Tronchetto and San Marco.
- The hotel recommends the San Marco Garage because reaching the ferry terminal is easier from there.
- At the San Marco Garage, a discount applies for all of hotel clients.
- The Tronchetto Garage is located at the end of the Ponte Della Libertà.
By Plane:
- Venice Airport (Marco Polo International Airport) is approximately 7 miles from Venice.
- The hotel is easily reached by private water taxi.
- Treviso Airport is approximately 17 miles from Venice. The hotel can be reached by a bus service, which meets all principal flights.
- The service will arrive at Piazzale Roma (the main car park in Venice), where you can then catch the public ferry line number 51 or 1 to San Zaccaria.
