We have been fortunate to have visited Venice nearly a dozen times in the last 35 years with our last 6 stays in this hotel. The location is one of the best next to the Grand Canal and opposite the church Santa Maria de Salute, (which is beautiful at night when lit) yet only a few minutes walk to St Mark's Square and the rest of the city. It is also very peaceful as not on a main thoroughfare, but has a Gondola and a traghetto (public gondola type boat for crossing the canal) next to it. The hotel is very luxurious in a typical "old" Italian style , staff are very friendly and helpful . Due to Covid the restaurant/bar menu are very restricted at this time only.

The hotel exceeded my expectations! From the moment we entered and smelled the fabulous flowers, to the guest services desk, to the hotel room itself (complete with celebratory Prosecco for my 60th birthday and cookies!) - everything was perfect. The bathroom is one of the three nicest we have ever had and the breakfast on the Gritti Terrace was absolutely amazing. We were offered a discount from the standard E54 which is pretty steep to E36 per person per day and it was worth every penny. My only complaint is the price of the drinks at the Riva Lounge. $20 for one glass of pinot grigio is a bit steep despite the location! But other than that, everything was just perfect thank you! We also appreciated the Gold Elite upgrade to a slightly larger room and loved all the famous guest photos and signatures that adorned various corridors. The location is just perfect, right in the middle of everything in Venice and just steps from all the action and the vaporetto boat stop. One other small thing to advise other travelers is that there was only one USB port in the room to the side of the bed, so I was glad I had brought my travel plug with adapter with me. Thank you Gritti Palace for making my delayed 60th birthday trip fabulous!

It's been almost ten years since we visited Venice last time, when we could only afford street cheap eats and hostels which are way off the main iconic Venice spots. It's just like what our receptionist greeted during check-in that a lot of could have changed in ten years. We are so glad that we stayed at Gritti Palace this time, so glad that we didn't even want to go out to see Venice. The hotel itself is like an antique work of art full of exquisite and delicate paintings, furnitures, and decorations. We upgraded to a one bedroom suite, which is really spacious with a lovely balcony that could view the canal. All the staff were very kind and helpful during the stay. The breakfast was a true sparkle as well as the attentive service. We finally enjoyed a slow paced family brunch, which was rare back in home. It was so cold and foggy outside in the late Jan, otherwise I bet it would be really nice to eat outside in the summer.