We stayed at Ca' Bauta for a couple of nights to celebrate my mother's birthday. The place is a perfect Venetian experience: a representative floor of a former merchant house from the 15th century (before the same family built their Palazzo Muazzo next door). It's very spacious and tidy, with a bit of wear being part of Venice. The host Davide is very gentlemanly and charismatic and it's hard to believe that he is not patrician himself.