Hotel Danieli

Hotel Danieli Review

Welcoming guests with one of the most sumptuous, quintessentially Venetian loggias-lobbies (part of the late-14th-century Palazzo Dandolo, built by the family of the doge who conquered Constantinople), this fabled and meticulously maintained monument of Venetian history sets the standard for premium luxury hotels in Venice: marble columns here; carved archways there, and plush furniture everywhere. Guest rooms within are decorated in an elegant, 18th-century Venetian fashion—many contain authentic period furniture. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Danieli was the principal Venetian stopping place for literary and musical notables such as Goethe, Wagner, and George Sand; in fact, you can stay in the room where Sand and Alfred de Musset carried on their love affair in 1833-34. Best of all, if you stay in one of the lagoon-view rooms, you can delight in a most inspiring panorama: from St. Mark's basin to Palladio's San Giorgio on one hand, and from Longena's Salute church and the mouth of the Grand Canal on the other, a vista immortalized by Hollywood in several films (including Moonraker). The same view is available, plus a view of the Dolomites on a clear day, from the rooftop dining terrace.