travel42 Hotel Review: San Clemente Palace

San Clemente Palace travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Situated between The Lido and Giudecca, on its own 12-acre private island, a 15-minute shuttle-boat ride from St. Mark's Square, this full-scale luxury hotel is, like the Belmond Hotel Cipriani and JW Marriott Resort & Spa, a rarity in Venice, where demure, ornate villas with small, sumptuous lobbies and even smaller accommodations are the norm.

This property proffers genuine luxury on a large scale. The quiet oasis, with its remarkable views of St. Mark's...