These posts are about the local people we meet, with insider tips we gather from locals, Q&As with locals, as well as great local spots and hidden gems we discover.
Jun
25
We normally leave our Local Knowledge post (interviews we do with locals who have helped us get beneath the skin of a destination), until the end of our two-week stay in a place, however, we thought we’d move this one to the front of the queue as it dispels a lot of myths that seem …
Jun
12
A coastal oceanographer working for Venice’s Institute of Marine Science, specialising in the study of the sea and wetlands, 47 year-old Luca Zaggia spends most of his time in Venice on the water. Luca’s work involves everything from investigating contaminants in the lagoon, estuaries and canals to studying the environmental effects of dredging and commercial …
Jun
09
I first spotted My Local Guide to Venice in June 2009 when we were in town for the opening of the Art Biennale. It was actually our last day of a weeklong stay at the Novecento Hotel and we’d been using another excellent local guide produced by the hotel’s owners, the Romanelli family, so we …
May
29
Local Knowledge is a series of posts in which we interview and shoot a portrait of a local person we’ve met in a destination who has helped us get beneath the skin of the place. Effervescent Anna Rosato knew the meaning of hospitality well before the 23 year-old graduated with her tourism degree from the …
May
10
Local guide Vesna Alavanja doesn’t walk, she bounces. And she skips. And she sprints up the steps when Terence suggests he shoot her portrait at the top of a stone staircase in the Stari Grad or Old Town of Kotor. The woman oozes energy, even though she tells us she’s a little tired when we …
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