Hotel Gritti Palace
One of the best luxury hotels in Venice Italy has to be the famous Hotel Gritti Palace. Situated directly on the Grand Canal with a most stunning view of Venice, the Hotel Gritti Palace once the home of Andrea Gritti, the Doge of Venice is one of the most well known and celebrated luxury hotels of the world.
Originally built in 1525 for Andrea Gritti, it later became the official home of the Vatican’s ambassadors to the city of Venice. The Hotel Gritti Palace’s client continues to be an attraction for the elite members of this world. Even the famous writer, Ernest Hemingway, a noted guest of the Gritti, described this luxury hotel as “as the best hotel in a city of great hotels”. Other clients of the Gritti Palace include the Duke of Windsor, the British Royal Family, the Princes of Monaco and many famous Hollywood stars.
The public rooms present to the viewer painted wood beams decorated with the paintings of past doges, walls of stone and marble and some covered with fabrics. Carriages clocks adorn the walls as time unnoticeable slips by. Antique venetian mirrors decorate the walls of the Bar Longhi leading to The Club del Doge restaurant offering a superbe menu of gourmet Venetian delights and the terrace overlooking the magnificent Grand Canal.
The Hotel Gritti Palace provides 91 spacious rooms and 6 suites superbly decorated in cool creams, blues, marble floors, and gilt corridors. Some rooms are a pale yellow, with windows with a view of the Canal with magnificently sculpted headboards to the bed. The beautiful antique furnishings and exquisite decorations lend to the atmosphere of luxury, comfort and elegance. Traditional Venetian chandliers hang from the ceilings and swagged curtains dress the windows which open to the beautiful views of Venice. Attentive service and every courtesy is provided for all your requirements and awaits you as the guest of the Gritti, one of the most fabulous luxury hotels in Venice you could possibly stay in.
Choosing to stay at the Gritti Palace is a wonderful choice and the service and the concierge services are excellent. Choosing the Grtti Palace Hotel for your holiday and staying at one of the best luxury hotels in Venice Italy is an unregrettable choice and worth every penny.
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