Best Luxury

Hotel Il Palazzo at the Bauer

Campo San Moisé, 1459/D, Venice Italy

Tel: +39 041 5207022

Fax: +39 041 5207557

Website: www.bauervenezia.com

Email: bauer@bauervenezia.com

Room Rates

Platinum room with a view: 429 Euro minimum, 990 Euro maximum

One of Venice’s best known and most luxurious hotels, Il Palazzo at the Bauer is situated in an elegantly restored 13^th century Palazzo facing the spectacular Grand Canal. A favorite of celebrities, royalty and foreign officials, the Bauer now boasts a hip, jet-setting addition (constructed in the 1960’s) for its privacy hounding VIPs. Its 35 rooms and 40 sumptuous suites are beautifully decorated in a classic European style boasting French and Venetian accents and using fabrics especially designed for the Bauer. All rooms offer deluxe linens and mattresses, as well as, Italian marble bathrooms. The Hotel also offers fine Mediterranean and, more specifically, Venetian cuisine in both of its renowned restaurants, the Bauer and the more informal, La Terrazza.

Best Views

Hotel Gritti Palace

Campo Santa Maria del Giglio

San Marco 2467

Tel: +39 041 794611

Fax: +39 041 520 0942

www.gritti.hotelinvenice.com

Room Rates

Deluxe Double Rooms: 398 Euro minimun, 910 Euro maximum

Hotel Gritti is the original 16^th century residence of the Doge of Venice, Andrea Gritti. The luxurious Palazzo has been renovated by the Sheraton and Luxury Hotels Group and retains all of its grandeur. The glamorous hotel boasts some of the best views in Venice as its location is in the center of it all. Its tasteful and beautiful decorated rooms overlook the Grand canal and the Campo while their furnishings embody the timeless Venetian elegance. Each room is equipped with deluxe mattresses and antique furnishings. While some rooms offer romantic private terraces and balconies, most rooms have sumptuous red Veronese marble bathrooms with all amenities. Hotel Gritti has also been nominated on Condé Nast Traveler's 2002 Gold List and the 2001 Readers' Choice Awards List; the Hotel Gritti has been for generations the luxury hotel preferred by discerning visitors to Venice.

Best Romantic

Hotel Daneli Royal Excelsior

Riva degli Schiavoni

Castello 4196

Tel: +39 041 522 6480

Fax: +39 041 5200208

Website: www.danieli.hotelinvenice.com

Room Rates

Deluxe Double Room: 296 Euro minimum, 786 maximum

Transformed into a hotel only 1822, Hotel Daneli is located in an original 14^th century Palazzo belonging to Doge Dandolo. This romantic and intimate hotel is most famous for its Grand Canal location and its reputation as having hosted royalty, high government officials and famous literary figures and celebrities throughout the centuries. Deluxe furnishings complement the already beautiful atmosphere with luxurious linens, the best amenities in each room and 24-hour hotel services. The hotel is divided into three different buildings, but those rooms in the original 14^th century Palazzo are the most desirable because of their romantic charm and grace. The hotel is adorned with beautiful stained glass ceilings and skylights, gilded ceilings, Murano glass chandeliers, and stunning pink marble. Only its spectacular rooftop terrace surpasses its stunning interiors with sweeping views over Venice’s Grand Canal.

Best Budget

Hotel ai do Mori

Calle Larga San Marco

San Marco, 658

Tel: +39 041 5204817

Fax: +39 041 520 5328

Webiste: www.hotelaidomori.com 

Email: reception@hotelaidomori.com

Room Rates

Double room with bath: 80 Euro minimum, 135 Euro maximum

Double room without bath: 60 Euro minimum, 90 Euro maximum

Quiet and intimate accommodations, Hotel ai do Mori offers 11 rooms at affordable prices in location only meters away from Piazza San Marco. Laid out over three floors, the upper rooms are small, but offer spectacular views over the city’s basilica domes, while the lower level rooms offer more space but give out onto street scenes.

Best for Families

American Hotel

Campo San Vio

Accademia 6285

Tel: +39 041 5204733

Fax: +39 041 5204048

www.hotelamerican.com

Email: hotameri@tin.it

Room Rates

Double Room: 90 Euro minimum, 250 Euro maximum

Triple Room: 130 Euro minimum, 300 Euro maximum

Situated in a quiet area just across the Grand Canal, the American Hotel has a warm, inviting atmosphere particularly for families. Many of its rooms can be rented as triples and those with terraces face the canal. All the bathrooms, tastefully decorated with azure tiles come with amenities and the hotel boasts a lovely rooftop terrace on its second floor where guests are invited to enjoy drinks.

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