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Hotel Excelsior Venice Lido Resort vs The Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Venice
Both The Gritti Palace, A Luxury Collection Hotel and Hotel Excelsior Venice Lido Resort are rated highly by professionals. On balance, The Gritti Palace, A Luxury Collection Hotel scores significantly higher than Hotel Excelsior Venice Lido Resort. The Gritti Palace, A Luxury Collection Hotel comes in at 92 with approval from 15 reviews including Hideaway Report, Insight Guides and Lonely Planet.
Hotel Excelsior Venice Lido Resort
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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."
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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."
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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."
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Jetsetter
"A historic five-star hotel on the golden sands of the Venice Lido, with breakfast and lovely extras."
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The Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Venice
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Campo Santa Maria del Giglio 2467, 30124 Venice
From $1,639 /night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Frommer's
"If you're going for luxury status and the classiest hotel on the Grand Canal, the Gritti has been it for decades."
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Concierge
"Built on the Grand Canal in 1525 for then-doge Andrea Gritti, this magnificent palazzo has lost none of its pomp and ceremony."
Insight Guides
"The 15th-century Gritti, decorated with Murano-glass chandeliers and 16th-century damask furnishings, is perhaps the most legendary Venetian hotel and has a price tag to match."
Fodor's
"The Gritti Palace represents aristocratic Venetian living at its best, complete with hand-blown chandeliers, sumptuous textiles, and sweeping canal views."
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"Starwood’s Luxury Collection pulled out all the stops to renovate Venice’s legendary hotel on the Grand Canal, with an estimated price tag of $55 million."
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