Venice: Cultural Experience
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Gondola Rides & Canal Tours
Water is a fundamental element of Venice. While in any other city you might take a bus or the subway to get where you’re going, in Venice it’s the boat that reigns supreme. No doubt the most ... Continue Reading »
Venice Art & History Tours
Any town with a couple of canals can claim to be the Venice of the North, the Venice of the East or the Venice of Minnesota. But there will only ever be one Venice. The incomparable architecture ... Continue Reading »
Venice Carnival
In stark contrast to Carnival festivities in Rio, New Orleans and elsewhere, the Carnival of Venice, like the city that hosts it, is straight out of a historical drama. Resurrected by the Italian ... Continue Reading »
Carnival in Venice
Life and theater, all in a mask. This is the theme of the 2012 Venice Carnival and what better stage setting could you find for acting out your daily life than Venice. Carnival marks the beginning ... Continue Reading »
Countryside Villas in Veneto
The mainland region surrounding Venice is called the Veneto. This is where the nobility of Venice would escape to when the canals became too stinky to bear in the hottest months. Most of us think ... Continue Reading »
Glass Blowing at Murano
The island of Murano in the Venetian lagoon has been the setting of the glass blowing art work since 1291 when the Republic of the Doges decided to protect the secrets of the art and preserve Venice ... Continue Reading »
Teatro La Fenice
My interest in in Venice, a beautiful opera house and a famous theater in Europe, began with a book: The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt. In his particular ‘creative non-fiction’ style he ... Continue Reading »
Touch Venice's Stone Heart - Find Love
I always say never try to find an address in Venice : the street numbering system is a mystery only understood by fifth-generation Venetians, and the street layout is equally baffling. However, if ... Continue Reading »
Valentine's Day in Venice
This year, the 14th February, the time we celebrate San Valentino, the patron saint of lovers, falls very close to the most important time of the Carnival, the weekend following the last day of ... Continue Reading »
Venice Literature Festival
In the last four years Venice has been the venue of an international literature festival and so will be this year: in four intense days, started on the 13th of April, there were opportunities for ... Continue Reading »
Venice Wine Tours
While historic Venice itself is enough to make your trip worthwhile, if you have any love of wine at all you should take the opportunity to head inland for a day or so and see where those whites and ... Continue Reading »
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