Hotel Riviera Dei Dogi is situated in Mira/Venice at a key point on the route between the nearby cities of Padua and Venice, the hotel overlooks the Brenta Riviera Canal, renowned for the richness of its artistic and architectural treasures, and for the famous palladian villas in the area. From recently discovered historical records, it has been established that the hotel dates back to 1537. Initially planned as a weekend retreat for Contarini aristocratic family, towards the middle of the seventeenth century it was used as an inn, and retained this function until the end of the nineteenth century. It was during these years that the Hotel first began, initially under the name “Hotel Cima”. It was the first hotel on the Riviera del Brenta to offer a series of innovations which were to make it famous, even amongst the Venetian aristocracy, and it flourished until the end of the Second World War