Violino d'Oro

Aman Venice

Grand Canal, Venice, Italy

A 16th-century palazzo near the Rialto run as a private palace: 24 rooms, gilded piano nobile salons under Tiepolo frescoes, two of Venice's very few private gardens and arrival by the palazzo's own water gate. Three MICHELIN Keys, and our first pick for a milestone trip for two; the Alcova Tiepolo Suite is the room to spend on. We book it through our concierge desk.

Hotel Cipriani, A Belmond Hotel

Giudecca, Venice, Italy

Giuseppe Cipriani's 1958 hotel across the lagoon from San Marco, five minutes by the hotel's launch: the Casanova Gardens, what Belmond calls the largest pool in Venice, a Dior Spa and the reimagined Oro restaurant since spring 2026, family rooms and babysitting. Three MICHELIN Keys and Forbes Five-Star; couples wrote 63% of its recent reviews and families 25%. Closed for the season now, it reopens on 1 June 2027.

9.8Exceptional · 225 guest reviews

The Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Venice

San Marco, Campo Santa Maria del Giglio, Venice, Italy

The 15th-century home of Doge Andrea Gritti, on the Grand Canal facing Santa Maria della Salute: 82 antique-filled rooms, the Club del Doge restaurant, a spa and a canal-side terrace where a couple can watch the gondolas at dusk. Two MICHELIN Keys; the most historic hotel in Venice you can book on Marriott points.

9.4Excellent · 102 guest reviews

Palazzo Venart

Santa Croce, Grand Canal, Venice, Italy

A 16th-century palazzo of just 18 rooms, steps from the Grand Canal yet secluded and quiet, with its own canal-front garden and GLAM, Enrico Bartolini and Donato Ascani's two-Michelin-star restaurant. One MICHELIN Key and an LHW member: our pick for a couple who want privacy and a great dinner without leaving the hotel.

9.7Exceptional · 222 guest reviews

Orient Express Venezia

Cannaregio, Palazzo Donà Giovannelli, Venice, Italy

The brand's second hotel after La Minerva in Rome, opened in spring 2026 in the 15th-century Palazzo Donà Giovannelli: 41 rooms and 6 suites with Venetian Gothic bones and interiors steeped in the golden age of rail travel, a short walk from the Rialto. One MICHELIN Key in its first year; its suites of up to 145 square meters make it a couple's address in the quieter north of the city.

The St. Regis Venice

San Marco, Venice, Italy

A row of palazzi on the Grand Canal facing Santa Maria della Salute, a hotel since 1895 and reopened in 2019 with contemporary Venetian art: 163 rooms, a short walk from St Mark's Square, and the Arts Bar's terrace over the water, where a guest on their own settles in as easily as a crowd.