The Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Venice

Deluxe (25–38 sq m), Venetian (26–40 sq m), Landmark Grand Canal (29–41 sq m) and Giglio Prestige (30–57 sq m). Suites: Sestiere Suite (38–59 sq m), Serenissima Suite (53–79 sq m), Patron Suite (67–82 sq m), Redentore Terrazza Suite (76 sq m), Heritage Suite (80–111 sq m) and Pisani Canal Suite (92 sq m).

We book The Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Venice through Marriott STARS, so you get a room upgrade on arrival when one is available, daily breakfast for two, a US$100 hotel credit each stay and early check-in and late checkout when available, at no extra cost to you. On the hotel's flexible public rate.

Club del Doge, venetian cooking on a corner of the Grand Canal, breakfast, lunch and dinner (Executive Chef Alberto Fol); The Gritti Terrace, seasonal outdoor lunch on the Grand Canal with a Venetian tasting menu, April to October; Bar Longhi, cocktail bar with etched Venetian mirrors and a Martini trolley (bar manager Cristiano Luciani); Riva Lounge, outdoor canal-side lounge styled on Riva yachts, for evening drinks facing the Salute and The Gritti Epicurean School, open kitchen running cooking classes, chef's table dinners and wine tastings since 1975.

The Gritti SPA by Sisley Paris has three treatment suites and a steam room, and there is a fitness suite with a personal trainer on request.

On Campo Santa Maria del Giglio in San Marco, on the Grand Canal near La Fenice and Piazza San Marco, opposite Santa Maria della Salute, Punta della Dogana and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

Venice Marco Polo is 11.9 km away and Treviso 44.6 km; the hotel arranges paid private hosted transfers from both, and water taxis run to its private pier.

The Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Venice opened in 1895. It was last renovated in 2013: 15-month, €35m restoration of the whole palazzo: interiors by Chuck Chewning of Donghia Associates, architectural restoration by Veniceplan Ingegneria, new canal terrace, flood protection, and the Redentore Terrazza Suite added on the roof.

The Pisani family gave the palazzo its Gothic form in 1475; Doge Andrea Gritti lived here from 1525, John Ruskin wrote The Stones of Venice here, and it became a hotel in 1895 and a CIGA house in 1947. The 2013 restoration was led by Chuck Chewning of Donghia Associates (part of Rubelli) for the interiors, with Veniceplan Ingegneria restoring the building under the Venice heritage board.