French Hotel Brand Loved by Celebs and Royalty Comes to Venice

French hospitality brand Airelles is expanding outside its home country for the first time, opening in Venice next autumn. Airelles Venezia, on the island of Giudecca, will overlook a canal with views to St. Mark’s Basilica and will have a sizable garden with an outdoor pool, a rarity for Venice. A night’s stay will likely start at more than €1,000 ($1,060).

It’ll be the ninth property for the group, known for luxurious boutique properties, like the opulent Grand Contrôle, the only hotel on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles and where staff wear Louis XVI period costumes, and the winter wonderland that is Les Airelles in the ski resort of Courchevel, designed to evoke 19th century Alpine castles.