Luxury Hotel in Venice : Orient Express Venezia
A 15th-century Venetian palace reawakens after an eight-year renovation by architect Aline Asmar d’Amman. The Palace was transformed in the 1800s by architect Gian Battista Meduna and beautified with layers of Neo-Gothic and Baroque splendor. Once home to the Duke of Urbino and the Donà and Giovannelli families, it later became a Pinacoteca. Now, through Orient Express, it begins a new hospitality chapter, honoring the legacy of a noble mansion while embracing the spirit of the iconic hotel brand. Just ten minutes from the historic quay, the palace gleams anew, its courtyard, terraces, and garden inviting exploration.
Traces of an illustrious history resurface in vaulted ceilings painted with glorious frescoes and adorned with ornate stuccos that have silently witnessed the passage of centuries. Watered silks cover the walls capturing the canals’ infinite reflexions while sumptuous velvets converse with vibrant marbles evoking the city of the Doges’ rich tapestry of stones. A tribute to the distinctive venetian aesthetics and artistry composed in a symphony of shimmering lights and lost colours.
At Orient Express Venezia, history comes alive in the six Signature Suites, each telling a different story: Orient Express Suite, Colori Persi Suite, Del Conte Suite, Teatro Suite, Cherubini Suite and La Minerva Suite.
Exclusive spaces ranging up to 145 sqm reveal the hotel’s most hidden treasures: 19th-century frescoes dedicated to the goddess Minerva and mythical flying figures that evoke the grandeur of a bygone era, gilded salons animated by dancing cherubs, monumental marble fireplaces with mesmerizing sculptural shells, all flanked with tall windows opening onto some of the most coveted views over Venice’s canals. Each suite is a unique experience, where artistic heritage meets contemporary luxury.
The hotel’s culinary experience unfolds through a refined destination gourmet restaurant where haute cuisine meets Venetian tradition, alongside a vibrant all-day dining venue with contemporary character. Both open on secret gardens and courtyards extending the experience from indoors to outdoors with the epitome of the Serenissima’s style. Completing the offering, the bar is reinterpreted with a sense of Venice, welcoming guests throughout the day for drinks, signature cocktails, and authentic Venetian cicchetti – typical gourmet small bites.
The Spa at Orient Express Venezia celebrates La Serenissima as a vibrant crossroads of cultures and influences. Opening soon, it draws inspiration from ancient Roman thermal heritage, Venice’s maritime power, and the enveloping rituals of Ottoman hammams, revealing itself as a precious sanctuary of timeless well-being.
Ancestral purification gestures intertwine with delicate, contemporary beauty rituals, inviting guests to suspend time and embrace a profound harmony of body, mind, and spirit. For those seeking complete privacy and comfort, a curated selection of signature treatments is available in the intimacy of guests’ rooms, extending The Spa experience into a truly personal retreat.
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Aline Asmar d’Amman is an architect and a storyteller, seeking the rare spark born from the encounter of heritage architecture, creative nowness and rich narratives. Behind the epic transformation of Palazzo Donà Giovannelli into an Orient Express hotel, she brings tailored elegance and soul to every space. Known for crafting theatrical, timeless interiors in quest of cultural resonance, she preserves the building’s essence while echoing its past lives.
Aline Asmar d’Amman’s aesthetic foundations lie in discovering beauty in the traces of time, combining the duality of patrimony and reinvention, the raw and the precious, a balance of architectural truth and ultimate sophistication.
Inspired by the legacy of Orient Express and Venice as a gateway between East and West, fueled by her multi-cultural background, she navigates the cross-fertile dialogue of cultures and architecture with the freedom of a literary voyageur.
Orient Express Venezia latest news
Biennale Arte 2026 and the Venice International Film Festival bring art, cinema and conversation to every corner of the city. An invitation to experience Venice at its most compelling, with Orient Express Venezia as a place from which to explore it differently.
Orient Express proudly unveils Orient Express Venezia at Palazzo Donà Giovannelli, the extraordinary rebirth of the 15th century architectural jewel, reimagined by architect and interior designer Aline Asmar d’Amman as a hotel, for the first time in nearly six centuries.
This collaboration entrusts Beck with shaping a distinctive culinary concept across the hotel from its signature fine-dining restaurant to its reception spaces and more relaxed venues.
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