Hotel Londra Palace

Finally, we have experienced Londra Palace. Everything was perfect, amazing from start to finish. Everyone went above & beyond their ???normal??? job to make our stay the best it could possibly have been, above & beyond our expectations. The whole staff was most impressive. Details: - Kind, warm & very good humoured - Extremely professional & efficient - Competent, knowledgeable, sincere & genuine (& long suffering, I imagine, but they never let on ;-) Description: - fantastic bedroom & bathroom: design & d??cor, size, upkeep, lighting & natural light, - extremely comfortable bed & beautiful linens - extremely good bathroom & excellent shower, water pressure, 3 types of showers - fluffiest of white towels & wonderful bathrobe - excellent toiletries by Ortigia - Real attention to design: hotel safe at eye level so you can peer in & see if you???ve forgotten anything when you???re packing to go home; big mirror in the walk-in wardrobe & proper long shoe-horn & clothes brush; good lights in bathroom - Real attention to upkeep: no squeaking doors that wake up your sleeping wife in the middle of the night when you go to the bathroom Some - not all - highlights of our stay: - the immediacy with which the governante/head house keeper came up to help us with the Nespresso machine - the views from the roof on a sunny day - Andrea finding out all the details about visiting San Michele on a Sunday - Alvise researching a shop - Marino???s martinis, Moscow mules, Americanos ??? The fact is, everyone at the Londra has that special skill you need to work in a hotel. You can pre-empt the wishes of your guests and correctly guess their next question. We were impressed. Our new fixture in Venice!

A last minute decision to try a first foreign trip since before Covid led us to Venice and, after checking reviews of the hotels on offer decided to splash out on the Londra Palace for our four night stay. For an extra chunk of cash we upgraded our room to one with a Lagoon View and wondered whether it could possibly be worth it. Well, it was very much worth it and waking up each morning to that view was incredible. The Londra Palace is very much an upmarket Hotel and lived up to that description in every aspect (at least those we used). The room was beautifully decorated, well equipped and extremely comfortable. Staff were friendly and helpful and the location very convenient for St Mark's Square and the Vaporetto to further afield. Perhaps at the height of the busy period the Riva degli Schiavoni outside the Hotel might be intolerably busy but, in November, it was a lively but pleasant place to be. Breakfast too was very good; there was even a bacon and eggs option; not something I've seen elsewhere in Italy. We didn't get round to eating in the restaurant but the menu looked good and reasonably priced. There was an outdoor seating area as well as beautifully decorated alcoves etc inside to enjoy drinks in the evening and again the service was first class. All in all, we were extremely happy with our choice and don't have a negative thing to say about it.