How to Avoid Tourists in Venice
It’s the conundrum that many travelers to Venice face: how to be a tourist but avoid other tourists.
20 May 2015
It’s the conundrum that many travelers to Venice face: how to be a tourist but avoid other tourists.
20 May 2015
If you’re in Venice for the Biennale, consider stopping by Fondazione Prada’s “Portable Classic” exhibit, which features mini models of famous Italian sculptures, including the Farnese Hercules and the Laocoön. Source: Prada Exhibit Showcases Miniature Reproductions of Classical Sculptures : Architectural Digest
12 May 2015
Veronese Green is named after Verona-born painter Paolo Caliari, also known as Veronese. I used the color to guide me on my travels in Venice.
22 April 2015
The exhibit “Leonardo da Vinci, The Universal Man” will be at Venice’s Accademia, which owns 30 Leonardo works. It will bring together 27 other Leonardo masterpieces from various European museums such as the Uffizi, the National Gallery of Parma, the British Museum, and the Louvre. The iconic “Vetruvian Man” will…
22 August 2013
Although Venice has been sinking into the Adriatic sea for centuries, visitors, as well as many residents, pay little mind to this fact other than keeping close watch on the acqua alta forecasts. Few of the millions of people that tread on Venice’s cobblestones and stroll over its storied canals know…
2 July 2011
As of today, the elite Lido di Venezia, the summer playground of the Lion City’s elite since the 1900s, will be open to all who wish to visit its shores. In what is being called a “mini-revolution,” Venice’s Mayor Giorgio Orsoni has signed an ordinance that requires that the exclusive,…
28 June 2011
Dining is one of the best parts of the Italy travel experience. Of course, as you’ve probably read before, there are rules when it comes to enjoying a meal in Italy. I hate rules. But I do appreciate tradition, as well as learning about how Italians use and eat different…
14 September 2010I just learned that today is Venice’s 1,588th birthday, according to blogger and Venice Kayak businessman René Seindal. Here’s a nice, brief history lesson: Dear Venice, happy 1588th birthday – René Seindal.
25 March 2009
Venice commemorates the last day of the Christmas season - Epiphany - with the Regata delle Befana, a boat race through the lagoon.
6 January 2007
There will come a time when all of this is over and we will wonder what Italian cities looked like during the COVID-19 quarantine.
29 March 2020