Where could be more chic than the Aman Venice (www.aman.com/resorts/aman-venice) the venue for George Clooney?s wedding night" This is truly a grand and splendid late-Renaissance Palazzo set midway along the Grand Canal. And it?s surely here in Venice, of all places, that it is most rewarding to have a spa treatment. Escape the heady mix of visual stimulation, the imbalance of water travel, the frenzied tourists and the tight passageways with dead ends. All this can be left aside as soon as you enter the graceful pace and spacious expanse of the Aman Venice.

Tucked away down a narrow passageway from the street is a discreet gateway. From the front there?s an impressive jetty along with the rarity for the Grand Canal of a garden. There are only 24 guest rooms. Go up the main staircase with leaded windows and frescoes, and you reach the piano nobile which houses the ball room. Here the silk wall coverings are by the top Italian textile houses Bevilacqua, Fortuny and Rubelli. Up on the second floor, while keeping its original ceilings, there?s a modern Italian styled chic room with big mirrors making it light with long white silk drapes. Everything that happens in Aman Venice is done with immaculate and graceful ease. The spa is no exception with special attention to detail paid in the massage table heated to the perfect temperature. This intimate, tranquil setting on the third level has three rooms and uses chemical-free products with plant essences and extracts.
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