Venice, Santa Maria Formosa: Top Floor Apartment For Sale Overlooking A Canal

A four-minute walk from Campo Santa Maria Formosa, in the sestiere of Castello, this apartment of 115 sq m commercial area (Italian measurement) occupies the top two levels of a sixteenth-century palazzetto overlooking a canal. The two levels are the third and fourth floors, linked by an internal staircase.

ARRIVING ON FOOT OR BY WATER
The building can be entered from the hall on the calle or through the water gate on the canal, shared by the residents. You can arrive by water taxi or boat and step straight inside, with no bridges to cross.

THE LIVING AREA IS ON THE TOP FLOOR
Five windows look onto the canal and across the rooftops to St Mark’s Campanile. A sixth window faces the calle, and the two opposite aspects provide cross-ventilation. A compact kitchen adjoins the dining area.

THE BEDROOMS ARE ON THE FLOOR BELOW
Two bedrooms in separate wings:
- the principal bedroom, with its own hallway, private bathroom and a window on the canal;
- a second double bedroom with en-suite bathroom, facing the calle.
Both bathrooms have windows. There are also built-in wardrobes, double-glazed timber windows, a security door, an alarm system and fibre-optic broadband.

GETTING AROUND ON FOOT
- Campo Santa Maria Formosa: 4 minutes
- Rialto Bridge: about 6 minutes
- Rialto waterbus stop: 6-8 minutes
- San Zaccaria waterbus stop: about 10 minutes

GOOD TO KNOW
The building has no lift. Energy rating G (409 kWh/m² per year). Independent gas heating and air conditioning.