The Ute Hotel is set on the lagoon of Venice, by Europe's second-largest beach. A cocktail of sunshine and golden sands makes Jesolo a splendid, peaceful haven, and it is also an ideal jumping-off point for Venice. The vaporetto steamer which leaves Punta Sabbioni for Venice takes passengers to some of the world's most famous sights, including the "glass island" of Murano and, in Venice itself, the Grand Canal and Piazza San Marco.