Hotel Excelsior Venice Lido ResortvsViolino d'Oro Venezia
Both hotels are recommended by those who travel for a living. On balance, Hotel Excelsior is the choice of most professionals compared to Hotel Violino d'Oro. Hotel Excelsior comes in at #43 in Venice with recommendations from 6 reviews including The Telegraph, Travel + Leisure and Fodor's.
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
Violino d'Oro Venezia
Star Service
Oyster Frommer's Fodor's
Afar Magazine
Michelin Guide
San Marco, 2091, Campiello Barozzi, 30124 Venice
From $112/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Star Service "Regular updating keeps this petite canal-side option in good shape, with the majority of the recent work concentrating on the breakfast room, bedding and flat-screen TVs." Full review
OysterMid-Range
"The Hotel Violino d'Orois a pretty typical mid-range Venice hotel complete with the classical Venetian interiors and canal-side setting." Full review
Frommer's "The relatively spacious rooms in this handsome 18th-century building have been traditionally adorned in a neoclassical Venetian style...most rooms also overlook the romantic San Moisè canal" Full review
Fodor's "Hoteliers Sara and Elena Maestrelli partnered with solely Italian designers on every aspect of their 17th-century palazzo-turned-hotel, from ceramics to window frames to wall paintings,..." Full review
Afar Magazine "Violino d’Oro is the first Venice outpost for Tuscan luxury brand Collezione Em, the family-owned five-star hospitality group with the beach hideaway Villa Roma Imperiale in Forte dei..."
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"The touristy side of Venice is much commented on, but it’s long forgotten once you’re over the threshold of the Violino d’Oro, a family-owned and -operated boutique hotel mere minutes..." Full review
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