Orient Express Venezia at Palazzo Donà Giovannelli, former home of the Duke of Urbino, is a treasured palace built in 1400. Renovated in 1800 by Gian Battista Meduna then owned by the Donà and Giovannelli families, it will become a hotel for the first time thanks to the design of architect Aline Asmar d Amman. Inspired by the cultures and eras that are forever a part of its history, Orient Express Venezia is be home to 47 rooms and suites, overlooking the city, gardens, or the canals of Venice.