A Palazzo on Its Own Terms
The property occupies a palazzo that has stood on one of Venice’s most storied calli for six centuries. The original bones — frescoed ceilings, inlaid marble floors, stone facades that have absorbed five hundred years of Adriatic light — remain entirely intact. What Orient Express has added is a layer of considered luxury that feels less like design and more like curation.
The 47 rooms and suites are each distinct. Proportions vary. Ceiling heights shift. Light moves differently in a 15th-century room than anywhere else, and the interiors — drawing on Venetian artisan craft, silk textiles, and materials sourced from across the Veneto — respond to that light without competing with it.
La Casati, the hotel’s all-day dining restaurant, occupies the ground-floor rooms facing the calle — a setting that manages to feel both of the city and apart from it. Named for the legendary Marchesa Casati, who made Venice her stage for decades, it is the kind of room that rewards lingering.
