Venice Travel Guide
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No Pizza, No Lasagne, No Tourist Menu: Our Favourite Venice Restaurant
Our favourite restaurant in Venice, Antiche Carampane, has a warning sign outside so you know what kind of restaurant it is: “No pizza, no lasagne, no menù turistico”. Here’s why…
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, Venice. I…
Understanding Venice, a City Built on Trade and Tolerance – By Foot
“The most important thing to Venetians has always been money,” social historian Monica Vidoni tells us as we begin her Venetian Renaissance walking tour. It’s something we’re hearing often –…
Understanding Venice, the City Built on Water – By Boat
Venice, the city built on water, is essentially a series of 117 islands crisscrossed by canals, connected by bridges, and surrounded by seawater. The key to understanding Venice is get…