St Regis Venice San Clemente Palace hotel, Venice, Italy: review
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St Regis Venice San Clemente Palace is a luxury Venice hotel, offering spacious rooms, stately gardens and butler service, on a private island in Venice.
The tree-filled, six-hectare island of San Clemente in Venice’s southern lagoon first housed a pilgrims’ hospice in the 11th century. The accommodation these days is certainly more luxurious, thanks to St Regis which offers 189 elegant suites and rooms, professional service, good dining, jaw-dropping views and the utter joy of manicured greenery and tranquility just a stone’s throw from the crowds across in the city.
Location
On a manicured six hectares of private island in the southern lagoon, the St Regis is the perfect pampered bolthole after a bout of intensive sightseeing in visitor-packed Venice. The trip from San Marco to tree-clad San Clemente takes little more than 10 minutes in the hotel’s launch, which potters back and forth regularly.
Style/character
The Starwood group’s St Regis banner was hoisted over San Clemente in 2014, but a €25-million refurbishment to bring it fully up to ultra-luxury standards is still only 20 per cent completed. For now the style is grown-up classic, with no concessions to the contemporary except in the occasional art show inside and in the gardens. It’s stately rather than warm, but it is supremely elegant. Open from Easter until early November, this St Regis is a warm-weather kind of place.
Service/facilities
Butler service and the kind of knowledgeable, highly professional staff associated with the St Regis imprint are the hallmarks here: the emphasis is on discretion. Tours, shopping trips, tickets and reservations can be arranged. The scene around the large pool is charming, with white-shaded pavilions on the perfect lawn. There are two tennis courts (with instructor if you wish), a mini-golf course, a well-equipped gym and spa treatments, though the spa itself is not due to open until the 2016 season. There’s a conference centre for up to 300 people. And weddings can be held in the consecrated 12th-century church, the beautiful 15th-century façade of which is a San Clemente landmark.
Rooms
Spacious, elegant and well appointed, the 189 rooms and suites are mostly located in a somewhat austere building dating from 1885. All accommodation is similar in style, with silk wall coverings, stately antiques, high ceilings, traditional terrazzo flooring and superbly accoutred bathrooms with Acqua di Parma toiletries. Some rooms overlook the hotel’s stunning gardens and courts; others face on to the lagoon. For the ultimate in luxury, a selection of villas have private gardens and jetties.
Food & drink
The hotel makes no secret that it’s aiming for a Michelin star or two at its Acquerello restaurant, where chef Roberto Dal Seno uses locally sourced seasonal produce to create dishes that are sophisticated but unfussy. Fittingly, there’s an emphasis on seafood. A poolside bar serves drinks, pizza from the wood oven, grilled dishes and a range of snacks throughout the day. Breakfast is suitably sumptuous. But the outside terrace of the St Regis bar is arguably the hotel’s prime spot: watching the sun sink into the silken lagoon with Venice silhouetted to one side and an aperitivo in hand is truly a moment to treasure.
Value for money
Double rooms from €450 (£325) in low season; rising to €1,200 (£869) in high. Breakfast included. Free Wi-Fi.
Access for guests with disabilities?
There are seven rooms adapted for guests with disabilities.
Family-friendly?
A second room to accommodate children comes with a 50 per cent discount. A children’s club is planned.
The tree-filled, six-hectare island of San Clemente in Venice’s southern lagoon first housed a pilgrims’ hospice in the 11th century. The accommodation these days is certainly more luxurious, thanks to St Regis which offers 189 elegant suites and rooms, professional service, good dining, jaw-dropping views and the utter joy of manicured greenery and tranquility just a stone’s throw from the crowds across in the city.
Location
On a manicured six hectares of private island in the southern lagoon, the St Regis is the perfect pampered bolthole after a bout of intensive sightseeing in visitor-packed Venice. The trip from San Marco to tree-clad San Clemente takes little more than 10 minutes in the hotel’s launch, which potters back and forth regularly.
Style/character
The Starwood group’s St Regis banner was hoisted over San Clemente in 2014, but a €25-million refurbishment to bring it fully up to ultra-luxury standards is still only 20 per cent completed. For now the style is grown-up classic, with no concessions to the contemporary except in the occasional art show inside and in the gardens. It’s stately rather than warm, but it is supremely elegant. Open from Easter until early November, this St Regis is a warm-weather kind of place.
Service/facilities
Butler service and the kind of knowledgeable, highly professional staff associated with the St Regis imprint are the hallmarks here: the emphasis is on discretion. Tours, shopping trips, tickets and reservations can be arranged. The scene around the large pool is charming, with white-shaded pavilions on the perfect lawn. There are two tennis courts (with instructor if you wish), a mini-golf course, a well-equipped gym and spa treatments, though the spa itself is not due to open until the 2016 season. There’s a conference centre for up to 300 people. And weddings can be held in the consecrated 12th-century church, the beautiful 15th-century façade of which is a San Clemente landmark.
Rooms
Spacious, elegant and well appointed, the 189 rooms and suites are mostly located in a somewhat austere building dating from 1885. All accommodation is similar in style, with silk wall coverings, stately antiques, high ceilings, traditional terrazzo flooring and superbly accoutred bathrooms with Acqua di Parma toiletries. Some rooms overlook the hotel’s stunning gardens and courts; others face on to the lagoon. For the ultimate in luxury, a selection of villas have private gardens and jetties.
Food & drink
The hotel makes no secret that it’s aiming for a Michelin star or two at its Acquerello restaurant, where chef Roberto Dal Seno uses locally sourced seasonal produce to create dishes that are sophisticated but unfussy. Fittingly, there’s an emphasis on seafood. A poolside bar serves drinks, pizza from the wood oven, grilled dishes and a range of snacks throughout the day. Breakfast is suitably sumptuous. But the outside terrace of the St Regis bar is arguably the hotel’s prime spot: watching the sun sink into the silken lagoon with Venice silhouetted to one side and an aperitivo in hand is truly a moment to treasure.
Value for money
Double rooms from €450 (£325) in low season; rising to €1,200 (£869) in high. Breakfast included. Free Wi-Fi.
Access for guests with disabilities?
There are seven rooms adapted for guests with disabilities.
Family-friendly?
A second room to accommodate children comes with a 50 per cent discount. A children’s club is planned.
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