Hotel Metropole, Venice Biennale
Hotel Metropole has always symbolised the whereabouts of great people like Sigmund Freud, Marcel Proust and has even left space for different masterpieces by Antonio Vilvadi. Now, the hotel forges the past with the present with a new renovation. With this restyling, it embellishes interior space and gives a quality service worthy of any five star hotel. Hotel Metropole offers captivating atmospheres; mysterious and Oriental style; antique furniture and the most amazing private collection of ancient exhibits that a hotel has never owned. Two years ago, the hotel added the Met restaurant, which offers innovative culinary concepts in accordance with gastronomic journey of excellence journey and has already received its first Michelin star. But the real feature of the hotel is its especially important collection. Indeed, the passion for antiques and collecting comes from the Beggiato family, owners of the hotel, who have transformed Hotel Metropole into a precious jewel that assigns a cultured and hospitable identity: Hotel Metropole has more than 2-thousand ancient objects on display in theflamboyant gallery, but also on four floors and in rooms.
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