Charming House IQsvsHotel Excelsior Venice Lido Resort
Charming House IQs and Hotel Excelsior Venice Lido Resort are both highly recommended by professional reviewers. On balance, Charming House IQs scores marginally better than Hotel Excelsior Venice Lido Resort. Charming House IQs comes in at #37 in Venice with approval from 6 sources like Afar Magazine, Concierge and Lonely Planet.
Charming House IQs
Concierge
Lonely Planet
Time Out
Oyster
Afar Magazine
Travel + Leisure
Michelin Guide
Tablet
Castello, 4425, 30122 Venice
From $202/night
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Concierge
- Multilingual
- Kitchenette
Concierge "A four-suite luxury home-from-home with its own porta d'acqua (water-level entrance) in a Gothic palazzo north of St. Mark's, iQs dares to be dark in this city of light."
Lonely Planet "Step out of your motor launch ahead of art-show aficionados and into the romantic lobby of iQS." Full review
Time Out "The latest addition to the Charming House boutique hotel group is as radical a design statement as you'll find in play-safe Venice." Full review
OysterUpscale
"The hotel features modern and luxurious decor, a Gothic-style brick courtyard, a small library with canal views, and concierge services." Full review
Afar Magazine "This intimate Venetian boutique hotel offers plush and private living in the heart of the island city."
Travel + Leisure "Guests should expect to be lulled to sleep by the opera-singing gondoliers on the nearby canal." Full review
Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
"The three suites are distinct in layout and décor, but all are roughly comparable ground-floor units, with modernist furnishings and works of contemporary Italian art." Full review
Tablet19.2
"Not IQs, as in Intelligence Quotient — though you will indeed feel smart staying here — but i Qs, Italian for, well, “the Qs.” This is an annex, or perhaps more precisely a satellite..." Full review
Hotel Excelsior Venice Lido Resort
Frommer's Travel + Leisure
DK Eyewitness
Fodor's
The Telegraph Fodor's
Forbes Travel Guide
Lungomare Marconi, 41, 30126 Lido di Venezia
From $325/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Frommer's "The Excelsior is the first place most celebs phone for film festival or Biennale accommodations." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The 178-room Hotel Excelsior, on the Venetian island of Lido, first opened in 1908, and has remained one of Italy’s top-notch luxury hotels for more than a century." Full review
DK Eyewitness "Luxury and flamboyance are combined at this superb historic beachfront hotel, where the cabanas are styled like Arab tents."
Fodor's "No longer a haunt of the noble and famous of the dolce vita days... the hotel nonetheless offers the same panache, luxury, and space as ever." Full review
The Telegraph8.0
"One of the classic luxury hotels of Venice; the Excelsior mixes grandeur with a touch of the exotic. " Full review
Fodor's "Built in 1908, this grand hotel with Moorish decor has old-fashioned charm and loads of amenities—from a private beach with white cabanas and a seasonal bar and restaurant to a swimming..." Full review
Forbes Travel Guide Recommended
"Hotel Excelsior Venezia is pure cinematic glamour. Opened in 1908 on the Lido, a barrier island off of Venice, this Moorish-inspired luxury hotel boasts La Serenissima’s only beachfront..." Full review
