The Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Venice
When you book The Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Venice in Italy, through our Marriott STARS partnership, your stay includes daily breakfast for two and a $100 USD hotel credit once per stay. You also receive a room upgrade when available. You continue earning Marriott Bonvoy points and elite night credits. No premium credit card or membership needed: request a quote and our advisor books it at the same rate as booking direct.
Special Offer
Offer 1: Stay 2+ nights for an extra daily hotel credit of EUR 50 in a guestroom or EUR 100 in a suite. All rooms and selected suites. Travel through Apr 30, 2027 Offer 2: Suite Escape (selected suites): daily breakfast, USD 100 F&B credit plus extra EUR 200 hotel credit per stay, complimentary minibar including alcohol (refilled every 3 days), Champagne on arrival, pressing of 5 items, VIP welcome and farewell gift. Max 2 people. Minimum 2 nights, book 7+ days ahead. Travel through Feb 13, 2027
Exclusive Booking Perks
These perks are included with your stay at the same rate as booking direct with the hotel.
- Personalized and customized amenity
- Complimentary breakfast daily for two guests per room
- All STARS hotels offer a hotel credit valued at $100 USD (once per stay)
- Early check-in and late check-out (when available)
- Complimentary upgrade (if available at check-in)
Guest feedback
9.4/10 from 102 guest reviews
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Guests liked
- Friendly staff
- Great location
- Comfortable rooms with magical views
Points to consider
- Limited parking
- Expensive pricing for some guests
Location
The Luxury Collection brings together independent properties in sought-after destinations, each chosen for its distinctive character while maintaining consistent standards in dining, wellness, and curated local experiences. This approach suits Venice perfectly, a city that has always prized individuality within a shared cultural language.
Venice rises from the shallow Venetian Lagoon on 126 islands, laced together by 472 bridges and ribbons of green-grey water. The property sits in San Marco, the former political and religious heart of the Republic of Venice, which governed a maritime empire for nearly a millennium from 810 to 1797. Walk out and you're steps from St Mark's Basilica, its Byzantine domes holding the relics of the city's patron saint, and the Doge's Palace, where the republic's rulers once presided over silk, spice, and grain routes that stretched to the Levant. The neighbourhood hums with the lap of water against stone, the echo of footsteps in narrow calli, and the perpetual theatrical murmur of the city that staged the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto.
Venice Marco Polo Airport lies eight kilometres north across the lagoon, connected by water taxi and shuttle boat. Most arrivals come by vaporetto or private launch, gliding past the green-tinged facades that line the Grand Canal.
The Rialto Market sprawls less than a kilometre northwest, where fishmongers display lagoon catch on ice-strewn stalls and vendors hawk radicchio di Treviso and white asparagus. Book a table at Glam Enrico Bartolini, just over a kilometre away in Palazzo Venart, where the two Michelin stars reward contemporary Italian precision in a dining room reached through quiet, narrow streets. Antica Osteria Cera, sixteen and a half kilometres inland in Lughetto, holds two stars for its extensive seafood repertoire, combining classics with seasonal modern refinements. On-site dining opportunities lean into the property's San Marco setting.
St Mark's Basilica, attached to the Doge's Palace on the eastern flank of the square, glimmers with Byzantine gold mosaics that trace the story of the Evangelist whose bones rest beneath the altar. Venice and its Lagoon, a UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed in 1987, encompasses the entire city, an architectural masterpiece spread over 118 islands that became a major maritime power in the tenth century. The Lido beaches stretch four kilometres east across the lagoon, offering sandy stretches and lifeguarded zones. Don't miss the vaporetto ride to San Giorgio Maggiore, where Palladio's white stone church commands views back across the basin to the campanile.
July and August bring the strongest heat, with temperatures climbing past twenty-seven degrees, the canals releasing a brackish perfume, and the marble of San Marco radiating warmth underfoot. Acqua alta season runs from October through December, when high tides push lagoon water into the piazzas and wooden walkways appear like temporary boardwalks across the city.
Spring arrives in March and April with cooler mornings, wisteria draping over iron balconies, and clearer light that sharpens the contrast between terracotta and stone. Late autumn and winter, from November through February, bring mist rolling off the lagoon, temperatures dipping below eight degrees, and the city at its most atmospheric, when fog softens the edges of palazzi and the bells of campanili sound muffled and distant.
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