The Restaurant at Aman Venice

"There is plenty to admire about the results, not least the dramatic sweeping staircase connecting the reception level and the Asian-Italian restaurant, the original frescoes and a spectacular ceiling painted by Tiepolo in one of the suites"

"Two private gardens are at guests’ disposal: The canal-side one houses the Japanese restaurant, while Thai and Italian cuisine are served in the damask-walled dining room and lounge, where ancestral portraits preside over art- and film-world movers and shakers and stylish Venetians"

"But it's also nice to visit for lunch, (the hotel has one of the city's only Thai-themed restaurant menus) and spend the afternoon sipping cold mojito's on their cozy garden chairs next to the Grand Canal"