Venice Travel Guide
A Grantourismo Guide to Love, Romance and Local Travel
I was asked to craft a Grantourismo-style romantic city escape or luxury honeymoon holiday, a break focused firmly on love and romance but one involving a slow, local and experiential travel, and a lot of food …
Lessons in Venice on Wines of the Veneto
The wines found in Venice are as misunderstood by most travellers as the city’s cuisine – which is probably why we see more Sicilian chardonnays than Veneto soaves on restaurant tables. Of course wine isn’t …
Cooking with the Countess in Venice – A Full Day Cooking Class with Enrica Rocca
Cooking with the Countess in Venice should be at the top of your Venice to-do list. A full day spent shopping Rialto markets, doing a Veneto wine tasting, and cooking and eating in the home …
Venice Take-Homes: Distinctive Souvenirs
When you visit Venice you can easily buy a Venetian mask, ‘Murano’ glass made in China or an I love Venezia t-shirt from any one of the souvenir stands that dot Venice and line Campo San Marco …
No Pizza, No Lasagne, No Tourist Menu: Our Favourite Venice Restaurant
"No pizza, no lasagne, no menù turistico" says a sign posted outside Antiche Carampane, one of our favourite restaurants in Venice, and one of the city's finest. Here's why we love this special eatery, secreted …
Paolo Olbi, Venice’s Master of Paper, Printing and Bookbinding
Bookbinder Paolo Olbi, and his typesetter Beppi, may be Venice’s last great artisans, making every component of their beautiful products by hand in Paolo’s atmospheric workshop in Castello. I first stumbled across one of Paolo’s …
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