Hotel Violino D'Oro
Hotel · San Marco ·
Artisan-crafted rooms, cocktails, and gourmet dishes near St. Mark's
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P.za San Marco, 2091, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy Get directions
Artisan-crafted rooms, cocktails, and gourmet dishes near St. Mark's
P.za San Marco, 2091, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy Get directions
"I stayed in an intimate and refined hotel that celebrates the best of Italian craftsmanship and design." - La Guida Michelin
"A family‑owned jewel box opened in 2024, this 32‑room haven spreads across four interlinking buildings and genuinely feels like a home away from home. Through diamond‑paned windows you’ll spy gondolas gliding by; inside, taupe‑and‑cream walls hung with a mix of Baroque portraits and contemporary art glow under 1950s Murano chandeliers that set the terrazzo sparkling. Despite its perch just off a busy thoroughfare, it’s a peaceful haven with a devotion to Venetian craft—Rubelli textiles and Lunardelli‑made wardrobes—matched by standout, thoughtful concierge service that can snag hot tables or arrange visits to artisans whose work you’ve admired around the hotel. Book one of nine tables at Il Piccolo for subtle, meticulously executed riffs on Venetian fare and lagoon flavors." - Liam Hess
"Steps from St. Mark's Square on the San Moisè Canal, this hotel feels like an art collector's private residence with Rubelli fabrics, Venini chandeliers, and artisanal details—it's a refined, centrally located choice where the hotel's aperitivo and the Doge's Fizz are highlights." - Jenn Rice
"A family-owned jewel box of a boutique hotel that opened earlier this year, with 32 elegantly designed rooms and suites spread across a quartet of neighboring, interlinking buildings, this feels like a rare home away from home in tourist-saturated Venice. It sits on one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares—just around the corner from the who’s who of designer boutiques that line the Calle Larga XXII Marzo, a few minutes from St. Mark’s Square, and adjacent to the Canal San Moisè, where tourists throng every morning and late afternoon for gondola rides—yet, as soon as I stepped through its unassuming entrance and heard the quiet hum of the sliding doors close behind me, an air of calm seemed to blanket every surface. I visited during the Venice Film Festival in the last days of high summer, and the crisp air conditioning was very much welcomed." - Liam Hess
"It’s easy for hotels to say they want guests to feel at home—it’s harder to pull off. But from the moment you enter this intimate boutique hotel just five minutes from Piazza San Marco, you feel like you’re being welcomed into the abode of a sophisticated host. That’s because it’s a very personal project for Sara Maestrelli, who’s joining her aunt Elena in the family business. (The Maestrellis own hotels in Florence and Forte dei Marmi, but this property is the first of theirs to be part of the Leading Hotels of the World.) They were adamant that Violino d’Oro be a completely “made in Italy” project that not only showcases archival designs by Fortuny, Venini, and Martinelli Luce, but also supports young Italian artists and artisans—including the Micheluzzi sisters, whose Venetian glass vases decorate the hotel; and Allegra Santini, who created regenerated marble busts for the rooms. The locally minded, artisan-led philosophy extends to the bar, where lauded bartender Francesco Adranga shakes up creative cocktails using Gin Venice (one of the only gins made in the Venetian lagoon); and Il Piccolo restaurant, which serves gourmet dishes with an emphasis on plant-based and gluten-free options served, naturally, on Ginori porcelain. But more than the fancy trappings, it’s the staff—from the charismatic general manager, Annabella Cariello, right down to the receptionist—who make you feel at home. —Laura Itzkowitz" - Sarah James, Anne Hanley
