Oro Restaurant Venice

Oro Restaurant sits inside the Belmond Hotel on the Giudecca, overlooking the water. It holds a Michelin star.

While the city’s historic core relies on the constant, frantic energy of the Rialto Bridge and St Mark’s Square, this room chooses isolation. It is a twenty-five-minute walk from the Doge’s Palace, a distance that effectively filters out the day-tripping crowds. The kitchen focuses on modern Italian seafood, and the room runs smart; however, the primary draw is the quiet. Choosing Oro means trading the crush of the mainland for a perspective that is actually removed from the tourist path. In a city where privacy is a rare commodity, this distance makes the meal feel more like an escape than a standard night out.