Rosewood Hotels will manage the Bauer in Venice
After a multi-year renovation, the historic Bauer hotel in Venice will be added, in 2025, to the European collection of Rosewood hotel. The brand has in fact announced that it has been chosen to manage the historic hotel, owned by the real estate developer Signa first selection, which is located in the central district of Saint Mark, between the Grand Canal and Piazza San Marco, a stone’s throw from the most evocative places in the city, such as the Rialto bridge.
Multi-year renovation
originally built in 1880, thehotel Bauer will undergo a multi-year renovation starting in November 2022 when it closes to reopen come Bauer Rosewood Hotel in 2025.
The well-known Venetian architect Alberto Torsello and the Bar Studio interior design group will lead the renovation work, taking care of the project in every detail, restoring the existing structure and integrating new architectural elements. The following will be restored: the original facade, the grand spiral staircase and many interior elements that are part of the property’s rich past.
The entire restoration project rests on a willingness to renovate the hotel stands in terms sustainabilityin fact, the property aims to obtain three very important certificates: the Green Pass, Casa Klima and Leed Gold.
Rosewood Hotel Bauer will have at least 110 rooms, of which over half will be suites, some signature suites and a presidential suite.
The food and wine offer will include an informal restaurant and a wine bar on the ground floor, a refined typical Venetian restaurant and a rooftop bar with traditional Venetian Altana.
The property will also feature an Italian-style roof garden with city views, a luxurious spa facility and an outdoor swimming pool with a bar located on the eighth floor.
Luxury retail space
A space luxury retail spanning approximately 3,000 square meters will be integrated into the hotel experience and will be located at the rear of the building directly on the lively Campo San Moisé square, near Piazza San Marco.
“We are thrilled to grow in Europe with this important facility in a city as beautiful and loved as Venice,” he said Radha Arora, president of Rosewood hotels & resorts and co-chief development officer. “Given our portfolio we are honored to have the opportunity to refurbish and enhance many historic buildings around the world, and we are grateful that Rosewood has been selected to help breathe new life into the Hotel Bauer.”
“Rosewood is considered one of the most renowned hotel operators in the world and the new Rosewood Hotel Bauer, directly on the Grand Canal, represents an extraordinary project that will be built over the next three years,” he said. Heinz Peter Hager, president of Signa Italia. “This modern ultra-luxury hotel – with its excellent restaurants and a magnificent roof garden – is destined to become the new center of attraction in Venice.”
Rosewood hotel Bauer joins the large collection of Rosewood properties currently under development and is the third novelty announced this year, after The Raleigh Miami Beach and Rosewood Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. In addition, the hotel becomes part of the growing Italian portfolio, which includes Palissandro Castiglion del Bosco in Tuscany and the next Palissandro Roma, which is scheduled to open in 2024.
It also marks the seventh property within Rosewood’s European collection which includes Rosewood London, the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, A Rosewood Hotel, the recently opened Rosewood Villa Magna in Madrid, Spain and the upcoming Rosewood Vienna, which will open in July 2022.