Venice Travel Tips
Venezia, La Serenissima, Queen of the Adriatic, city of canals and palaces… or tawdry sewer alive with crowds and charlatans?
For a thousand years Venice was one of the most enduring mercantile sea powers on the face of the earth. Today the brilliance and influence have long since faded, leaving a town of tarnished glories, out of time and out of place, so achingly beautiful it's hard not to look for the back of the set.
Visiting Venice in Winter
Written by Jessica, USA, November 2012
Most of our romantic ideas of a trip to Venice involve being outdoors, wandering through the narrow streets, taking a gondola ride ,
or sipping wine at a canal-side cafe. When you imagine these ...
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Walking Venice
Written by Philippa Burne, UK, August 2011
Venice is famous for Carnevale, when people wear masks and cavort in the streets. To me this annual event is symbolic of the city itself: Venice wears a mask most of the time. Don’t get me wrong: ...
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Walk like a Venetian
Written by World Traveler, USA, October 2010
Forget the vaporettos, and just start walking. Venice is connected by pedestrian bridges going over the canals that bring you through more quaint passage ways then you would see by using the public ...
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What Not to Do in Venice
Written by Jessica, USA, September 2012
Anyone can tell you what to do in Venice – get lost, visit the St Mark’s Basilica ,
take a gondola ride, yadda yadda yadda. When you hear people talk about
Venice, however, it’s all love ...
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When Venice Floods: What to Do if You Get Caught in High Water
Written by Jessica, USA, November 2012
It may not be surprising to learn that Venice
floods on a regular basis. The city is built on the water and it’s
sinking – if it didn’t flood regularly, that would be the shocking piece
of ...
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Venice Walking Tour and Gondola Ride
Photo by: Diva Style, USA
Doing what: Venice Walking Tour and Gondola Ride
