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Hotel Danieli, Venezia, A Four Seasons Hotel
Venice, Italy · Four Seasons · High Luxury
The Dandolo family's late-14th-century Palazzo Dandolo on the Riva degli Schiavoni became Hotel Danieli when Giuseppe Dal Niel bought and restored the palace in 1824. Room 10 sheltered George Sand and Alfred de Musset; John Ruskin worked on The Stones of Venice here. Monteverdi's Proserpina Rapita played at a 1629 Mocenigo wedding decades before the hotel era.
- 120 rooms
- Opened 1822
- Neighborhood: Riva degli Schiavoni
- Interiors: Pierre-Yves Rochon
About Hotel Danieli, Venezia, A Four Seasons Hotel
- The oldest wing is Palazzo Dandolo, raised by the family that gave Venice four doges, including Enrico Dandolo of the Fourth Crusade.
- Giuseppe Dal Niel, called Danieli, rented the piano nobile on 24 October 1822 and bought the palace in 1824.
- The house now spans three palaces: 14th-century Palazzo Dandolo, 19th-century Casa Nuova, and the 1950 Palazzo Danieli Excelsior with Virgilio Vallot's facade.
- Goethe, Byron, Wagner, Dickens, Peggy Guggenheim, and Leonard Bernstein are among the documented guests after George Sand, Musset, and Ruskin.
- After leaving The Luxury Collection, it reopened 30 July 2026 as Four Seasons' fourth house in Italy, restored by Pierre-Yves Rochon.
History
The central wing is Palazzo Dandolo, a Venetian Gothic palace on the Riva degli Schiavoni raised by the Dandolo family at the end of the 14th century. Four Dandolos had been doges; Enrico's Fourth Crusade loot from 1204 later coloured family interiors. In the 16th century the palace was split among relatives while keeping one façade. At the 1629 wedding of Giustiniana Mocenigo and Lorenzo Giustinian, Giulio Strozzi's Proserpina Rapita was performed with music by Monteverdi. The Mocenigo and Bernardo families still held the house when the Republic fell in 1797.
Giuseppe Dal Niel of Friuli, nicknamed Danieli, rented the piano nobile on 24 October 1822 and bought the whole palace in 1824, restoring it as a hotel. Room 10 later sheltered George Sand and Alfred de Musset; a plaque still marks the stay (often dated 1834). John Ruskin worked on The Stones of Venice here. Goethe, Byron, Wagner, Dickens, Balzac, Proust, Peggy Guggenheim, and Leonard Bernstein followed. In 1895 new owners added lifts, electricity, and heating under the name Hotel Royal Danieli. CIGA took control in 1906 and bridged in the 19th-century Casa Nuova, once associated with the Republic's treasury. Palazzo Danieli Excelsior, with Virgilio Vallot's neoclassical façade, opened in 1950.
The hotel passed through ITT Sheraton and Starwood's Luxury Collection. Gruppo Statuto has owned it since 2005. After leaving The Luxury Collection, it closed for restoration by Pierre-Yves Rochon of Palazzo Dandolo and Casa Nuova and reopened on 30 July 2026 as Danieli, Venezia, A Four Seasons Hotel, Four Seasons' fourth house in Italy.
The setting
Hotel Danieli commands Riva degli Schiavoni, 4196, in the Castello sestiere, its central wing the late-14th-century Palazzo Dandolo, built by the noble Dandolo family and converted into a hotel by Giuseppe Dal Niel in 1822. The Riva, Venice's grand promenade named for the Dalmatian merchants who moored ships here during the Republic, was widened to its present form in 1782. The Bridge of Sighs is one minute on foot, Doge's Palace two minutes, Piazza San Marco three, and Saint Mark's Basilica five, placing the hotel beside the Serenissima's ceremonial heart.
Restaurants and bars
- Terrazza Danieli — Restaurant · Contemporary Italian with a Venetian twist · Chef Adriano Rausa (Executive Chef)
Experiences
- Terrazza Danieli rooftop restaurant and bar — Rooftop restaurant overlooking the Lagoon with Executive Chef Adriano Rausa's contemporary Italian cuisine, tableside finishing and an aperitivo bar.
- Danieli Spa — Spa opening in late 2026 with three treatment rooms, one for couples, a sauna and a hammam.
Amenities
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
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