Description
Situated within private, lush gardens, the hotel perfectly combines access to the buzz and theatre of Venice with quiet, relaxing isolation complete with a fabulous pool and tennis courts. Run by the Orient Express group, renowned for excellent service, the hotel offers 79 luxuriously appointed, Venetian style rooms featuring stunning local artefacts.
The Poolside Restaurant is open for lunch daily and serves alfresco, buffet-style lunches and snacks, including an enticing array of regional specialities and drinks. The Fortuny Restaurant is one of Venice's most lavish dining rooms adorned with blown glass chandeliers and silks. With two expansive terraces bordering the lagoon, this is a truly romantic setting. Those looking for a more casual setting may choose the Cip's Club, a typical Italian pizzeria and grill that serves pizza from a wood-burning oven as well as local Venetian food - the views over the Piazza San Marco are simply stunning. Bars include the Piano Bar Gabbiano, the San Giorgio Bar, and the Poolside Bar.
The hotel also offers a wellness centre featuring a range of treatments, fitness centre and hair salon.
Guide price
£3,400 Per person
£3,400 Per person based on two people sharing a double room with lagoon view on a B&B for 7 nights in low season, including British Airways flights from London and private boat transfers.
Accommodation
The 79 delightful suites and rooms of the Hotel Cipriani offer breathtaking views over the open lagoon and the Casanova gardens.
Double Room Garden View
With a king-size or twin beds, these peaceful rooms overlook the extensive Casanova gardens and vineyard. Some have recently been renovated.
Enjoy breakfast on your private balcony or terrace. Bathrooms are equipped with a single vanity unit, heated towel rails and scales.
Junior Suites Garden View
These charming Junior Suites are fitted with either a king or two twin beds. Most fully renovated, those suites are individually-styled and offer a cosy sitting area.
Very quiet, they overlook the hotel's Casanova garden and vineyard. Enjoy breakfast on your private balcony or terrace. Most dispose of two bathrooms.
Suite Lagoon View
Very special and large Suites located on the higher floors looking onto the open Lagoon and its islands.
Beautifully appointed, these Suites offer separate living rooms and provide all comforts. One or two extra beds may be added in the lounge for children sharing the room with the parents. Marble bathrooms with bathtub and separate shower.
Palladio Suite
Entering the Palladio Suite is like entering into another dimension: a glass capsule, suspended mid-air above the lagoon. One of the unique features of this Suite is a 180 degree view over the Venetian lagoon through floor to ceiling windows.
Childcare
From mid-May to mid-September, the hotel provides a supervised playroom. Activities include necklace and bag making, painting and crafts, balloon games, traditional Venetian mask making, picnics in the gardens or a pastry lesson with the chef.
Children's pool, special children's Welcome Kit, a variety of children’s DVDs, sleepers and bathrobes, disposable bottles, cribs and high chairs, professional babysitting service upon request.
Facilities
Fortuny Restaurant - serving Venetian specialities in an elegant atmosphere.
Cip's Club - informal Italian pizzeria with beautiful views from the terrace.
Pool Restaurant - open daily for lunch serving buffet style food.
The Gabbiano Bar - featuring a piano bar, a popular spot for aperativs and after dinner drinks.
Services
Wellness centre, hair salon, fitness room.
When to travel
Venice is a city that can be enjoyed at all times of the year. The months from Easter to October are the main tourist season when hotels can be difficult to come by at short notice. The other two really popular spells are during the Carnival in February (the 10 days up to Shrove Tuesday) and the weeks on each side of Christmas.
Summer (mid July to the end of August) isn't necessarily the best time to go to Venice. Apart from the hordes of tourists, the air can be humid and unpleasant. The climate will often result in clouds of mosquitoes and other insects invading the lagoon, and the smell emanating from the water can be very unpleasant. Italians holiday in August, so many shops and restaurants close during this time.
If you're planning to visit Venice between October and late February, take your wellies just in case! This is the season of floods - known locally as acqua alta, and occasional downpours can be heavy. The low-lying Piazza San Marco is especially vulnerable.
Clear blue skies and balmy weather make spring and autumn the best times to go.
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Location and directions
Venice, Italy
Hotel Cipriani is located on the tip of Giudecca Island, a short cruise away from St. Mark's Square .
How to get there
2-hour British Airways flight to Venice Airport. Private Water Taxi directly to the hotel from the airport dock takes about 30-minutes. Alternatively, the Alilaguna (public water-ferry) leaves every hour from the airport dock to San Marco and takes about 40-minutes. Hotel Cipriani operate a complimentary Boat Service to and from their private dock to Piazzetta San Marco (beside St Mark's Square) 24 hours a day. The launch crosses the lagoon in just a few spectacular minutes.
