travel42 Hotel Review: The Gritti Palace, Luxury Collection

The Gritti Palace, Luxury Collection travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Across the Grand Canal from its contemporary counterpart, Sina Centurion Palace, once the home of Andrea Gritti, a 16th-century merchant prince, this four-story hotel in a 15th-century palazzo is an authentic throwback to the days when Venice was one of the glimmering capitals of the world.

It is obviously smaller and offers fewer facilities than the resortlike Belmond Hotel Cipriani & Palazzo Vendramin and The St. Regis Venice and San Clemente Palace hote...