Overlooking the Grand Canal, this 15th-century palazzo has been one of the best addresses in Venice since it became a hotel in 1895.

The go-to choice for high-net-worth individuals holidaying in La Serenissima, the Cipriani is a byword for extreme luxury — with a price tag to match.

Sat on a leafy green island 20 minutes by shuttle from St Mark’s Square, this sizeable resort offers easy access to the historic centre and a tranquil place to retreat to when you hit sightseeing saturation.

Hosting illustrious guests — including the composer Tchaikovsky — in traditional Venetian style since it opened in 1853, Londra Palace is right at the heart of the action.

Space is at a premium in Venice’s historic core, but rooms at this tucked-away central property feel cosy rather than cramped.

Palazzo Abadessa pairs the atmosphere of a historic palace with all the amenities you’d expect from a four-star hotel, and the Rossi family greet guests arriving on their private jetty with a literal and metaphorical red carpet.

Merging a 19th-century framework with stripped-back design and bold pops of colour, this four-star boutique hotel isn’t only forward-looking, it has solid eco-credentials too.

Mixing bold shapes and colours with art deco touches, Il Palazzo looks like no other hotel in Venice — a playful alternative to the city’s prevailingly ornate aesthetic.

Hidden down an alleyway just off glitzy Calle Larga XXII Marzo, this ivy-strewn retreat has been run by the same family for decades.

Occupying a 16th-century palazzo in the Dorsoduro district, this small hotel is Venice at its baroque best. It’s impossibly romantic, with 12 peaceful rooms overlooking canals and churches, and the decor, which is rich in antique furniture, Murano chandeliers and brocade fabrics, makes it a popular backdrop for fashion shoots.

Venice’s hotel offering features few examples of minimalism, but the style is carried off with aplomb at this boutique property in the Dorsoduro, a quieter district that’s a short ferry ride from St Mark’s Square.

Like many of Venice’s finest hotels, this relative newcomer occupies a restored palazzo on the Grand Canal. Yet its style — a look its owners (founders of high-end local trainer brand, Golden Goose) call postvenezianita, or “post-Venetian-ness” — is a conscious rejection of the dominant local aesthetic.

A three-year restoration has turned the 15th-century former home of a Swiss consulate into one of central Venice’s best budget addresses.

One of Venice’s many boutique hotels, the Heureka sits in the less-crowded sestiere of Cannaregio, which retains a good deal of local character and is home to artisans making everything from gondolas to jewellery.

Though a mere ten-minute walk from the Rialto Bridge, this country house-style hotel — once home to composer Gustav Mahler’s widow — seems a world away from Venice’s thronging centre.

Venice isn’t known for its green spaces, but this 35-room resort sits right alongside a large and lovely park on Giudecca island, which helps create a sense of peace and space sometimes missing from downtown digs.