Best hotels in Venice, Italy | Visually Compare Top Stays Side-by-Side

A fifteenth-century Venetian hospice redesigned by Patricia Urquiola with a lagoon terrace facing San Marco.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors of Venetian history

Highlight: Fifteenth-century crusader hospice converted by Patricia Urquiola in 2021· +2 more

Medieval Venetian buildings converted with mid-century restraint, overlooking the Grand Canal beside the Rialto market.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts seeking understated Venetian luxury

Highlight: Medieval buildings with exposed whitewashed timber beams· +2 more

A 32-room palazzo near Campo San Luca where Parisian modernism meets Venetian tradition through Wilmotte's interiors.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and Francophile travelers

Highlight: Jean-Michel Wilmotte interiors blending Venetian and Parisian aesthetics· +2 more

A privately owned fifteenth-century palazzo on the Grand Canal with a rare private garden, two-Michelin-starred dining, and dual interior registers.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors seeking Grand Canal access

Highlight: Fifteenth-century Venetian Gothic palazzo with private garden to canal· +2 more

A sixteenth-century palazzo on Calle Barozzi with private gondola mooring and Grand Tour interiors.

Best for: Collectors and aesthetes visiting Venice

Highlight: Sixteenth-century palazzo with private canal mooring· +2 more

Venice's oldest hotel, continuously inhabited since 1100s, with Murano chandeliers and direct lagoon views to San Giorgio Maggiore.

Best for: Architecture historians and collectors of Venetian heritage

Highlight: Continuously inhabited since the twelfth century as a Crusader lodge· +2 more

St. Regis on the Grand Canal frames Longhena's Salute from its terrace; Matteo Thun interiors blend mid-century warmth with modern restraint.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors visiting Venice

Highlight: Grand Canal palazzo with unobstructed Salute basilica views· +2 more

A 1958 purpose-built garden hotel on Giudecca with Venice's only Olympic pool and lagoon-facing terraces.

Best for: Collectors and aesthetes seeking Venetian grandeur

Highlight: Purpose-built 1958 garden hotel with unobstructed lagoon views· +2 more

A 1525 Doge's palazzo on the Grand Canal where each room preserves its own decorative era.

Best for: Collectors and aesthetes seeking Venetian history

Highlight: 1525 Gothic-Renaissance palazzo, former Doge residence· +2 more

A 1560s Venetian palazzo on the Grand Canal with Jean-Michel Gathy interiors and a rare private garden courtyard.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and collectors of Venetian heritage

Highlight: 1560s Renaissance palazzo by Gian Giacomo dei Grigi on the Grand Canal· +2 more

Two restored Gothic palazzi in Venice with interiors that echo the building's original arches and Adriatic views.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and interiors collectors

Highlight: Two 19th-century Gothic-revival palazzi with original Adriatica shipping signage· +2 more

A 1920s Sant'Elena hotel with a private garden, apartment-like interiors, and quiet remove from Venice's tourist core.

Best for: Travelers seeking quiet Venice away from crowds

Highlight: 1920s rationalist building with private garden—rare in Venice· +2 more

A fifteen-room Venetian palazzo blending original terrazzo and timber with mid-century Italian furnishings.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts seeking authentic Venetian palazzo stays

Highlight: Fifteenth-century palazzo with original terrazzo floors and coffered ceilings· +2 more

A private-island palazzo in Venice's lagoon with nine centuries of history, lagoon views, and gardens with a pool.

Best for: Travelers seeking Venice without the crowds

Highlight: Private island arrival by launch, 15 minutes from Piazza San Marco· +2 more

Philippe Starck's 2012 intervention in a 15th-century Venetian palazzo with 26 rooms overlooking the Grand Canal.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and Starck collectors

Highlight: Philippe Starck redesign of 15th-century Grand Canal palazzo· +2 more

A 15th-century Venetian palazzo on the Grand Canal with Gothic architecture and contemporary interiors by Vudafieri-Saverino.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts visiting Venice

Highlight: 15th-century Gothic palazzo with Longhena's Santa Maria della Salute in view· +2 more

A sixteenth-century palazzo in Dorsoduro where each of fourteen rooms has its own distinct maximalist character.

Best for: Collectors and aesthetes seeking theatrical Venice

Highlight: Fourteen rooms each with distinct maximalist personality· +2 more

Venetian palazzo where Tchaikovsky composed his Fourth Symphony, with neoclassical interiors and a lagoon-facing terrace.

Best for: Architecture enthusiasts and classical music historians

Highlight: Tchaikovsky composed his Fourth Symphony here in 1877· +2 more