Built in 1525 as the private residence of Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice, the Gothic-Renaissance palazzo on the Grand Canal has carried the weight of Venetian power ever since — Somerset Maugham drank here, Hemingway wrote here, and the Hotel Gritti Palace has held its place among Europe's most historically saturated addresses across five centuries of continuous occupation. The building's terracotta brick facade, with its distinctive pointed Gothic arches rising across four floors, faces directly onto the canal with the kind of unmediated waterfront presence that no amount of contemporary hotel engineering can manufacture from scratch. A 2013 restoration overseen by the Wtc Design Group returned 82 rooms and suites to a condition that honors the palazzo's accumulated decorative history rather than rationalizing it away. Each room follows its own logic: one suite unfolds in blush stucco with gilded cartouches, a Louis XV bed frame upholstered in floral fabric, and a foxed Venetian mirror catching canal light through full-height French doors; another works a cooler palette of slate-blue velvet, tufted headboard with nailhead trim, and an antique kilim anchoring the parquet floor beneath a Murano glass chandelier. The bar, lined in verde antico marble panels and etched antique mirror, its terrazzo floor inlaid with mosaic medallions, carries the atmosphere of a patrician salon that has absorbed decades of very good conversation. The floating terrace — teak-decked, banked with pink geraniums — extends the palazzo directly onto the water.

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The Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, is where history and culture meet with renewed Venetian style on the Grand Canal. Magnificently restored to its former grandeur, the hotel is a true emblem of Venice that will delight visitors with its heritage as a private home, exquisitely decorated guestrooms and unique suites, and with its avenues for pleasure and relaxation including The Gritti Epicurean School, Riva Yacht Experiences, and The Gritti SPA in collaboration with Sisley Paris.