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The best hotels in Venice
Grand Canal palazzi and a Giudecca garden across the water
Venice has 11 hotels ranked in the finehotels.world index. Aman Venice leads on prestige score at 7.83 out of 10, followed by Hotel Cipriani, A Belmond Hotel, Venice and The Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Venice. Of those, 11 hold MICHELIN Keys, 1 hold a Forbes Five Star rating, 2 have placed in The World's 50 Best Hotels, 3 are rated by La Liste.
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Geography does most of the sorting in Venice, where 11 ranked hotels hold MICHELIN Keys, two of them at three keys. Aman Venice occupies the piano nobile of Palazzo Papadopoli on the Grand Canal, its Tiepolo ceilings intact; The Gritti Palace holds a fifteenth-century Dorsoduro-facing frontage near Santa Maria della Salute; Hotel Cipriani sits apart on Giudecca, reached by launch, with gardens and a saltwater pool no island address in the centre could fit.
Smaller properties fill in the gaps between the sestieri, including Ca' di Dio near the Arsenale, Corte di Gabriela in San Marco and Il Palazzo Experimental on the Zattere. Two Venice hotels appear on The World's 50 Best Hotels and three on La Liste.
Every ranked hotel in Venice
| Hotel | Prestige | Distinctions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aman Venice3 Keys · 50 Best · La Liste · 24 rooms | 7.83 | 3 MICHELIN Keys; World's 50 Best No. 14 in 2023, No. 79 in 2025; La Liste 97.5 |
| 2 | Hotel Cipriani, A Belmond Hotel, Venice3 Keys · Forbes · 50 Best · La Liste · 67 rooms | 7.63 | 3 MICHELIN Keys; Forbes Five Star; World's 50 Best No. 72 in 2025; La Liste 99.0 |
| 3 | The Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Venice2 Keys · La Liste · 82 rooms | 6.05 | 2 MICHELIN Keys; La Liste 97.5 |
| 4 | Nolinski Venezia - Evok Collection2 Keys · 43 rooms | 5.99 | 2 MICHELIN Keys |
| 5 | Ca’ di Dio1 Key · 60 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 6 | Corte di Gabriela1 Key · 10 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 7 | Hotel Metropole Venice1 Key · 67 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 8 | Il Palazzo Experimental1 Key · 32 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 9 | Londra Palace Venezia1 Key · 53 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 10 | Palazzo Venart Luxury Hotel1 Key · 18 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 11 | Violino D'Oro1 Key · 32 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
Prestige score is shown out of 10. Sources: MICHELIN Guide hotel selection, Forbes Travel Guide 2026 Star Awards, The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2023 to 2025, La Liste Top 1000 Hotels.
Where to stay in Venice
San Marco and the Grand Canal frontage hold the historic palace hotels; Castello and Cannaregio are quieter and more residential, Dorsoduro combines galleries with the sunny Zattere promenade, and Giudecca trades immediate access for space, silence and a view back at the skyline.
When to go
Spring and the Biennale months from April to November keep the city full, with Carnival in February and the September film festival the sharpest peaks; high water is most likely in late autumn, and January is the calmest stretch of the year.
Common questions
What are the best hotels in Venice?
By prestige score, the three highest ranked hotels in Venice are Aman Venice, Hotel Cipriani, A Belmond Hotel, Venice, The Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Venice. The score is a composite of MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five Star ratings, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025, and La Liste's hotel ratings. finehotels.world tracks 11 award holding hotels in Venice in total.
How many MICHELIN Key hotels are there in Venice?
Venice has 11 hotels holding MICHELIN Keys in this index, of which 2 hold the top rating of three Keys and 2 hold two Keys.
How are the hotels in Venice ranked on this page?
Each hotel is scored on a fixed formula built only from award facts, then shown on a scale of 5.00 to 10.00. MICHELIN Keys carry the most weight, a Forbes Travel Guide Five Star rating adds a flat six points, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are weighted equally, and a La Liste rating moves the total slightly. Nothing a hotel supplies about itself enters the score, and the full formula is published on the methodology page so any figure in the table can be reproduced from the awards beside it.
When is the best time to visit Venice?
Spring and the Biennale months from April to November keep the city full, with Carnival in February and the September film festival the sharpest peaks; high water is most likely in late autumn, and January is the calmest stretch of the year.
Which area of Venice should you stay in?
San Marco and the Grand Canal frontage hold the historic palace hotels; Castello and Cannaregio are quieter and more residential, Dorsoduro combines galleries with the sunny Zattere promenade, and Giudecca trades immediate access for space, silence and a view back at the skyline.