ABOUT US
WELCOME TO CASA BASEGGIO
From the chaos of the metropolis to the silence of the lagoon
Our story begins far from the water. I, Marco, Venetian by birth, lived for a long time in Rome and then in Milan. It was there that I met Alessandra and where our daughter, Anita, was born. But Venice has a call that is hard to resist. We chose to return because we wanted Anita to grow up breathing "natural time": the kind measured in footsteps or oar strokes, not in traffic and frenzy. Today we live here, in this corner of Cannaregio, where I take care of the B&B and Alessandra looks after our home and family. For us, being here means rediscovering every day our most intimate and relaxed dimension—the same one we strive to share with our guests
Fun Facts
A sanctuary born within the walls of an ancient cloister
The house we chose for this new life is no ordinary place. It is located within what was once a 13th-century Franciscan conventadjacent to the monumental Abbey of Mercy.
These buildings have stood through the centuries:
In the Middle Ages
They were the beating heart of Venetian charity.
Until 1797
They served as a hospice for the poor brothers of the Scuola della Misericordia.
With Napoleon
After the fall of the Serenissima, the complex was secularized and became a private residence.
Today, what was once an uncultivated area called “Val Verde,” is one of the quietest and most romantic areas of Venice. Our home is surrounded by the greenery of what used to be the cloister—an oasis of light where we have returned to practicing yoga and where the silence is interrupted only by the chatter of the local dialect rising from the nearby osterias.
Cannaregio
Where Venice still belongs to the Venetians
Staying at Casa Baseggio means entering a private courtyard, the Corte Nova, watched over by a stunning 15th-century sculpture of the Madonna della Misericordia.
We are located in the Cannaregio Sestiere, at number 3556. Here you won’t find mass tourism, but rather historic “bacari,” the ancient terracotta pavement of Campo dell’Abbazia, and the authentic beauty of a city that lives on the water.