travel42 Hotel Review: JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa

JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Planted on the Island of the Roses, once a spot where monks tended roses, herb gardens and olive groves while taking in the therapeutic Adriatic Sea air, this place could easily pass for a Ritz-Carlton. Opened in 2015, it continues to rate as one of JW Marriott's best resorts.

Similar to Hilton's private isle appeal, guests here are removed from the fray of Venice's ancient center, but the hotel's complementary water-taxi shuttle whisks them across the Ven...