Italy is by far one of the best places to visit because of its beautiful buildings and extravagant tourist attractions. There are dozens of places to visit in this outstanding country, but there are only a few that truly make the trip worthwhile. People everywhere flock to this part of Europe everyday, and all [...]

    Noventa Padovana is just a few miles down the road from Padua and it is in fact the connection point between the city and the famous Riviera del Brenta, an area characterized by beautiful villas, built between the sixteenth and the eighteenth century by the noble Venetian families, witness to the power of [...]

Dear me, I know the title sounds pretty tragic, but at the end of the beautiful ecological walk of Venice I took on Sunday 6th Feb organised by Context Travel and guided by Luca Zaggia, that is the way I felt! Professor Luca Zaggia is a geologist who works for the Science Marine Institute of [...]

VENEXIA XE BELA FABRICÀ SUL MAR, CHI NON LA POL VEDAR NO LA PO STIMAR (Venice is beautiful, built on the sea, who cannot see it cannot appreciate it)   This is a very old Venetian saying and well, who has been to Venice can only agree with this! (For more Venetian sayings you can [...]

Tomorrow will be another big celebration for Venice: Santa Maria della Salute or Madonna della Salute.Unfortunately I have been extremely busy for the last two week and I really did not have time to sit down and write a porper post about this, but I feel it is right to let you know a little [...]

Carrying on with our series of posts about which memories people remember the best about Venice, this time it is the turn of Julie Gilley, another Facebook friend, who has travelled to Venice many times but who remembers one in particular: Venice—Not For The Suitcase Laden Traveler! I credit Venice as being the city that [...]

November has arrived in Venice with a vengeance: today the sky is grey, the rain is pouring and the wind is howling! And the wind is also blowing in memories of Venice from some other dear Facebook friend: Jessica from Bootsnall! Jessica has been to Venice many times but it always amazes me how she [...]

Memories of Venice keep flooding in ( just like acqua alta ):  this time it is my new Facebook friend Raleigh McDonald Hussung who tells us how she feels about the City of Dreams. Raleigh owns LovefromItalia.com, where you can find all the Italian products you can ask for! Thank you very much Raleigh for [...]

San Martino – A Venetian Celebration Here in Venice every occasion is good to celebrate with either cakes, drinks or else. This time we celebrate San Martino and we do it tomorrow, 11th November. All over the province of Venice bakeries and cakes shops sell the traditional San Martino cake, a short-crust cake covered in [...]

      Yesterday I started my new series of posts on what people remembered the best from coming to Venice. This is the second post and it is written by Shelley White, who I would like to thank very much for accepting to do this! Best Memory of Venice   Venice is our anniversary [...]

Pumpkin with candle: √ check. Fake spider webs : √ check. Scary customs: √ check. “Trick or treat” street itinerary planned through the town: √ check. Yes, all ready to go for Halloween, but one things is wrong: this is not the U.S.A.!!!! This is Oriago, a small town near Venice, the town where I [...]

Sunday 24th October 2010 the 25th Venice Marathon will take place like every year. The race will start from Stra on the Riviera del Brenta and will run along the Brenta river up to Venice and through its calles and small street. The finish line is along Saint Marks. Do not miss it!

Thanks to Twitter over the last year and half I have been meeting  so many new, fascinating and interesting people which I have lost count of it. But one person in particular I would like to thank for giving me the opportunity to visit one of the most amazing places in Venice, Orsoni Smalti Veneziani, [...]

One of the most interesting, precious and enchanting places in Venice is the Ancient Jewish Ghetto.  As I already said many times before, I always try to go there as much as I can, since it is one of the few places in Venice where really time stands still. I have talked about the Ghetto [...]

HISTORIC REGATTA VENICE 2010 Sunday September 5th 2010 The Regata Storica is one of the most typical celebrations of Venice and it is the main event on the annual races calendar of Voga alla Veneta, a unique style of rowing practised for thousands of years on the lagoon. The Regatta is held on the water [...]

Sumptuous Homes on the Canal Grande The other day I was taking my son and a young friend around Venice and I decided to use the Vaporetto (water bus) line 1, even though it is August (hot and sticky) and the boat would be packed with tourists. I wanted to ride on the water slowly [...]

One of my young students, Erica Stefanini, has written this interesting short research on Venetian Emigration for a history exam. I translated it for you, because I found it very very interesting. ” Emigration in the last 19th Century: Veneto The first big migration of modern history has been the Italian one, starting with Venetian [...]

Save on average 41% on your weekend city break The weekend city break has become increasingly popular amongst holidaymakers. The attraction of romance in Paris, or the outstanding sites to Barcelona, a weekend visit is featuring more in holidaymaker’s things to do. With such a trip bearing a price tag, you can find comfort in [...]

Another year goes by, another hot and sticky summer strolls in through the canals of the lagoon and another major appointment for all Venetians is fast approaching. It is Festa del Redentore (The Redeemer’s Celebration) which this year will take place on July 17th and 18th. This event draws thousands of people to the City [...]

Burano, the Rainbow Island I have been away from my blog for few months now, been very busy (cannot moan about that, busy means work, so…) but it has also been very hard to get back into writing. The ideas were there, the post titles where ready, but the will to write was all gone. [...]