Belmond Hotel Cipriani

The Cipriani sits on the tip of Giudecca with something almost nothing in Venice has — space. Three acres of garden, the city's only Olympic-length pool, and a vineyard that supplies the kitchen. The hotel's launch runs to San Marco around the clock and takes three minutes, which means you can be in the Piazza at seven in the morning before the crowds and back for breakfast under the pergola.