Luxury hotel holiday San Clemente Palace Kempinski Venice

San Clemente Palace Kempinski is a 5-star 'resort-style' hotel on a private island in the Venice lagoon, a few minutes by boat from St Mark's Square. There are 190 rooms and suites, overlooking the lagoon or the park. Three restaurants, outdoor swimming pool, tennis court and fitness room, as well as herb-therapy massage treatments, make this a magical place to stay whilst having the delights of Venice just across the water.
Included in your Expressions holiday
  • Accommodation in a double or twin room on bed and breakfast
  • Scheduled flights with British Airways London to Venice
  • Deluxe private water taxi transfers
  • Concierge service and Expressions Holidays regional helpful hints
  • Optional room and flight upgrades. Details on request

Luxury bespoke holidays and tours to San Clemente Palace Kempinski, Venice

San Clemente Palace Kempinski is an outstanding 5-star hotel with a historic atmosphere in a stunning location on its own island in the lagoon. Refined cuisine, a luxury spa and excellent facilities make it a restorative retreat.

Facts in brief

Official star rating 5

Location On its own island in the lagoon

Annual opening 21 March to 31 October

Closest airport Venice Marco Polo Airport

Distance from airport The hotel is 40 minutes by water taxi from the airport

Closest railway station Santa Lucia Station

Hotel facilities and services

Insieme Restaurant, Acquerello Gourmet Restaurant, La Dolce Restaurant, Clemente Bar, La Dolce Bar, Garden Bar, Tennis Court, Golf Course, Heated Outdoor Pool, Kempi Kids' Club, Complimentary Shuttle Boat to Piazza San Marco, and Merchant of Venice Spa with Hot Tub, Turkish Bath, Lounge, and European treatments.

Complimentary

WiFi.

Land sports

Jogging Trail, Tennis.

Out and about nearby

The attractions of Venice are known across Europe, from the romantic gondola rides down the Grand Canal to the historic buildings on the Piazza San Marco. The atmosphere and the depth of history is wholly unique, topped off by the captivating maze of waterways that both draw the city together and keep it apart. The most popular sights in Venice include the Doge's Palace, the Bridge of Sighs, the Grand Canal, the Accademia, and the Rialto Bridge, though a self-guided tour around the city will uncover many more secrets of history and architecture. Short stays over the time of the Venice Carnavale, rich in costumed parades, music, and elaborate parties, are always popular, though many prefer to visit in the cooler, quieter seasons for a little more exclusivity.

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I just wanted to thank you for putting together our recent trip. We thoroughly enjoyed it, We were happy with all the hotels.
Mr and Mrs S, June 2023

Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Superior room for 3 nights

From about

£1,180

Holiday Code IE735

The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.

Luxury bespoke holidays and tours to San Clemente Palace Kempinski, Venice

Room descriptions

San Clemente Palace Kempinski has 190 rooms and suites with climate control, Italian marble bathroom, HD LCD television, safe, Wifi, and desk.

Superior Room
Deluxe Room
Deluxe Lagoon Room
Grand Deluxe Room
Grand Deluxe Lagoon Room
Junior Suite
Junior Suite Lagoon
Navigante Suite
Venice Suite
Lagoon Suite
Lido Suite
Giardini Suite
Marco Polo Suite
Tiepolo Suite
Tintoretto Suite
San Clemente Suite
Two-bedroom Suites and Residences available upon request

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I just wanted to thank you for putting together our recent trip. We thoroughly enjoyed it, We were happy with all the hotels.
Mr and Mrs S, June 2023

Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Superior room for 3 nights

From about

£1,180

Holiday Code IE735

The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.

Luxury bespoke holidays and tours to San Clemente Palace Kempinski, Venice

The journey and how you get there

For a holiday to San Clemente Palace Kempinski in Venice, our clients usually either fly to Venice Marco Polo airport or arrive by train at Venice Santa Lucia railway station. From the airport and the station, we recommend a private water taxi which we include in our holiday price. The journey time from the airport to the hotel is about 40 minutes and from the station to the hotel about 30 minutes, depending on the route taken. If you want to arrive in Venice by car (either your own car or a hire-car), you have to leave or park the car at the Piazzale Roma which is at the end of the causeway from the mainland and the furthest that cars can go.

Additional information

Children: The Kempi Kids' Club is complete with indoor playroom and outdoor park. There are facilities for watching films and playing more organised games, including Venetian mask-making, badminton, treasure hunts, and hide and seek. The club welcomes children aged 4 to 11 years from 11am to 5pm. The service comes at an added cost. Babysitting is also available on request. Extra beds can be added to all rooms except Superior Room and Superior Lagoon Rooms. Children under the age of 6 stay free when sharing a room with their parents. Baby cots are free of charge for children up to 3 years.

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I just wanted to thank you for putting together our recent trip. We thoroughly enjoyed it, We were happy with all the hotels.
Mr and Mrs S, June 2023

Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Superior room for 3 nights

From about

£1,180

Holiday Code IE735

The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.

Luxury bespoke holidays and tours to San Clemente Palace Kempinski, Venice

Cultural highlights of Venice

St Mark’s Square, Doge’s Palace, Bridge of Sighs, The Grand Canal, Accademia, Museo Correr, Rialto Bridge, La Fenice theatre, The Church of the Redentore, The Church of Santa Maria della Salute.

Festivals in Venice

Venice’s most famous festival is the Carnevale in February, the actual dates of Carnevale vary from year to year, but it generally spans three to four weeks ending on Shrove Tuesday. Costumed and masked people parade around the streets of Venice and there are numerous private parties and dances, but the atmosphere on the final night of Carnevale itself is electric. Alternatively, there is the Regata Storica on the first Sunday in September, when boats and gondolas race against each other along the Grand Canal, or the Feast of the Redentore in mid-July to celebrate the end of the plague in the 16th century. A makeshift bridge is constructed to link the Giudecca island with the Dorsodouro island and there is a huge firework display.

Gastronomy in Venice

Venetian food is naturally fish and sea food orientated and popular dishes include the sweet and sour ‘sardee in saor’ or sardine salad, cuttlefish risotto with its black ink and ‘caparossoi a scota deo’, which are large clams cooked with lemon and pepper. Liver is also popular as are several sweet fried delicacies or ‘fritole’, popular particularly around festival time. This area is famous for its Prosecco and is the home of the ‘Bellini’ cocktail.

Travel around Venice

Gondola rides are always popular, but are expensive. The vaporetto and motoscafo services are good and will take you from A to B and are essential to reach the islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello in the lagoon unless you hire a private water taxi. The services can be disrupted at high tide or ‘Aqua Alta’, which usually occurs in the autumn, or if the lagoon is particularly choppy. To cross the Grand Canal the precarious ‘traghetti’ are like large Gondolas, but you are expected to stand up in order for the maximum number of passengers to board, so it is an art, as well as an experience to remember!

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