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08/14/11
The Venetian
Your Venice Film Fest Game Plan
Different year, same story: Clooney. Knightley. You. No, not your annual white party—it’s the Venice Film Festival. So when you find yourself at Cipriani, drinking spritzes with a Gosling ex, consider these spots your next move. You’ll have to try to not run into James Franco.
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Depp-Style Partying at PGs
You may have stopped by last year, when this place’s champagne bar was turned into a Bungalow 8 pop-up. (Or when you hung out with Depp during the filming of The Tourist.) We’re sworn to secrecy re: this year’s festivities, but fear not: the giant outdoor chess set remains.
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- PGs Club Restaurant at Palazzina Grassi, San Marco, +39 041 528 4644
B IS FOR…
Channeling Pacino at B Bar
Bauers Venezia: a classic. The lounge has played host to Bond, Sting and nearly the entire cast of The Merchant of Venice. Get there early, settle into a club chair and practice your acceptance speech for the Golden Lion.
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- B Bar at Bauers Venezia, San Marco, +39 041 520 7022
ISLAND HOPPING
Eating Like Papa at Locanda Cipriani
Of the places run by the Cipriani clan, this is the most remote. So after a day meandering the canals on your private gondola, pull into the restaurant’s dock for a pre-after-party dinner. Just be careful about gondola-ing under the influence.
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- Locanda Cipriani, Piazza Santa Fosca, Isola di Torcello, +39 041 730150
TRIPLE THREAT
Jolie, Depp and You at Hotel Danieli
Angelina and Johnny checked into this gilded, polished hotel—housed in three palazzi— in The Tourist. If you don’t have the drama-ridden love affair thing in you this time around, check in for the Grand Canal views and lobby drinks at Bar Dandolo. Watch out for paparazzi.
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- Hotel Danieli, Riva Degli Schiavoni, +39 041 522 6480
HIGH DESIGN
Drinking with the Locals at Ca’ Pisani
Your environs: design-y. Your neighbors: socialites, artsy types, galleristas. Your mission: share a quarto of prosecco with two or three of those neighbors before ramping up your evening out. Your evening: officially off to a great start...
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- Ca’ Pisani, Dorsoduro, +39 041 240 1411
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