The Gritti Palace Hotel In Venice Gets a Facelift
Some of the greatest writers of the past century have gushed about the Gritti Palace Hotel in Venice . Somerset Maugham was so enamoured that he said, “there are few things in life more pleasant than to sit on the terrace of the Gritti when the sun about to set bathes in lovely colour the Salute”, while Ernest Hemingway described it as “the best hotel in a city of great hotels”. The favourite Venetian haunt of these great litterateurs has undergone a €5 million, 15 month long renovation and has been restored to its former glory. The luxury hotel is located on the Grand Canal is a stone’s throw away from St Mark’s Square. The Gritti’s history goes back six centuries. In 1475, the Pisani family transformed it into the Gothic style, which it still retains today. In 1525, it became the private residence of Andrea Gritti, the Doge of Venice. It is from him that the name of the hotel is derived. Even its history as a hotel is more than hundred years old...