• As the opening of Venice Film Festival gets more and more closer, with its usual corollary of gossip about movies and celebrities, memories of my adolescence related to this event resurface and become sharper day after day. I remember … Continue reading
• Compared to the centuries-old history of Venice, Rialto Bridge can be considered one of the youngest symbols, though perhaps the most famous. What is today one of the most well known landmarks in the world, was born as a … Continue reading
• Cà Foscari (last at right), the palace of the Foscari family, one of the oldest and most prestigious families of the history of Venice, a forge of doges and leading (and controversial as well) political figures of the Venetian Republic … Continue reading
• A legend just as well accepted as little verified, explains the vivid colouration of Burano houses with the need for local fishermen in past times to be able to spot their own home even in foggy or rainy days, … Continue reading
• May is one of those times of the year when weather conditions can make the light particularly beautiful in the lagoon. As in this case, where after a few days of rain and wind, the clean fresh air from … Continue reading
• When I get tired of the endless crowds of visitors and tourists who throng the most popular spots, I often start to wander into less frequented areas of the city; as for a spell, alleys turn suddenly empty and … Continue reading
• Every time I’m around Piazza San Marco, I can’t avoid to be intrigued by the many tourists who want to be photographed with pigeons roosting on them. It really seems that of all the things to be seen and … Continue reading
• A thin indefinite strip of palaces in the distance, magically floating on the waters on a morning mist. This is, more or less, the same stunning scenario that for several centuries welcomed travelers arriving in Venice after a long … Continue reading
• For this couple of newlyweds from Asia, a gray and dull day without sunshine can turn, as for the wizardry of a fairy tale, into the most beautiful and unforgettable day of their life at the precise moment they … Continue reading
On a night of wind and rain, staring at the moon on the way back home. ⇒ Visit Imaginevenice.com
• As soon as the cruise season reopens, a separate, and even more flammable, chapter in the broader debate on tourism in Venice, regains popularity: the access to the harbor for large cruise ships. It is undeniable that the entry … Continue reading
• On one of those first sunny days of late winter, when the sun slowly starts again to warm up, the square immediately resumes its best-known aspect of an amazing and unique open-air lounge. All cafes get suddenly busy with … Continue reading