Venice’s picture-perfect Grand Canal provides the spectacular setting for some of the city’s best hotels

Aman Venice places you right on the Grand Canal

Anne Hanley

Destination Expert

Anne Hanley has lived in Italy for over 30 years. Venice is her favourite Italian city, and she finds endless reasons for lengthy visits. She has also edited Time Out Guides to Venice, Rome, Naples and Milan.

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Published 28 April 2026 5:00pm BST

Venice’s watery main thoroughfare is a spectacle to behold – and more particularly so if you’re observing it from the comfort of your own room. The grandest of the Grand Canal-facing hotels cluster around the lower reaches of this magnificent waterway, towards St Mark’s square.…