Hotels For Honeymoon

Venice’s most famous hotel is neither a landmark palace, nor several hundred years old, and it stands not in the city proper, but across the lagoon on Giudecca Island. Nonetheless, the Hotel Cipriani is as synonymous with Venice as the Piazza San Marco. It’s the great hotel for your honeymoon.

Located at the tip of the Giudecca Island, the hotel is just a short, spectacular boat ride from St. Marks Square. The hotel offers 103 luxurious rooms and suites spread between the main hotel building and the separate Palazzi buildings. The Palazzo Vendramin and connecting Palazzetto Nani-Barbaro are two 15th-century buildings linked to the Hotel Cipriani through an ancient courtyard and flowered passage-way, with magnificent views overlooking the lagoon and Piazza San Marco. These splendid annexes are at the disposal of those guests for whom privacy is an essential requirement.

Their apartments are presented in a variety of combinations, from standard twin bedrooms to double suites. A private butler service combines the Cipriani’s legendary cuisine and housekeeping with ultimate personal attention. All of the hotel’s facilities, from elegant piano bar to the renowned swimming pool, are at the disposal of the two Palazzi’s guests. The Cipriani also boasts the romantic Casanova spa, the only swimming pool in the city, red clay tennis court, a fitness and beauty center, and three restaurants to suit all occasions.

However, other than the addition of the Palazzo, not much has changed since the Cipriani opened in 1958. There’s Walter, the barman, a permanent fixture who makes the best Bellinis in town (invented by Cipriani, by the way). The breakfast is unique and quite possibly the most romantic in the world, white mozzarella, blood orange juice, and golden espresso. And the service is to die for, especially the private butlers that come with a booking in the Palazzo rooms.

There are thoughtful touches like the private motor launch that doesn’t stop running until the last guest has checked in for the night. There’s the slim, svelte clientele, decked out in sunglasses and Fendi baguettes.  And now there’s a pool, oddly, the only one in the city, and Joan Collins’ favorite in the whole world. The saltwater is heated so you can swim in the spring and autumn. On balmy days, the thing to do is to have lunch at the poolside.

Rooms at the Cipriani, however, are slightly less extraordinary, with their pale Venetian color scheme, small bathrooms, and slightly frayed appearance, but it’s all part of the old-world intensely high-class charm. The Cipriani is about atmosphere, not amenities. And besides, the décor has the advantage of not distracting you from the view, which may be the best thing about this hotel. For while others gaze out towards the lagoon and the islands, the Cipriani alone, from its perch on the Giudecca Island, looks onto Venice. And the sight of pastel buildings emerging from the water is so stunning it will make you wonder how anyone could not be passionate about this place.

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