Venice must be lived, Venice must be experienced. Venice cannot be seen in a day, but unfortunately the majority of people visiting, will be here only for one day.Thankfully Martha Bakerjian choose not to and she wrote this lovely post telling us all about it! Another lovely guest post for The Best memory of Venice [...]

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Just a very quick post to let you all know that I am definitely taking part in this challenge “Italy in books” – reading challenge 2011. It has got all I love: books and Italy. So prepare yourselves for some very biased reviews of the next 12 books about Italy which I am going to [...]

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The posts on the Best memory of Venice keep coming in and I am very pleased that the Best memory which Robin Locker Lacey of My Mélange has taken back is that  of food (my best memories are always of our Venetian food) and of the kindness of Venetian people, which many times is overlooked by [...]

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Here are some of the images of yesterday’s Acqua Alta , which rose up to 136 cm, taken by people living in Venice. The water was so high, that in Saint Marks Square they could not even put up the walkways! Look at the video as well, to see how the Venetian just cope with [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Venice: The Arsenal Back in May 2010 I was lucky enough to visit the Arsenale in Venice. The Arsenale is usually closed to the public; it is currently used only in small part as one of the venues of the Biennale di Venezia, but for a few days a year, thanks to an event called [...]

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Have you ever wandered around Venice and got blisters on your feet and could not find a pharmacy where you could get some plasters? Have you ever run out of toothpaste, shampoo or you ladies “know what” and looked everywhere for a supermarket and could not find one amongst the calles of the city? Well, [...]

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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 [...]

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Facts, figures and bizarre things about the beautiful city of Venice OK, so here you are: getting ready to come to visit Venice, the Serene city of Europe, the great Dame of the Water! You have booked your holiday, your luggage is ready, your passport is up to date, you have got your map and [...]

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As probably many of you know, there are more than 430 bridges in Venice. I am going to try to list some of the most famous and explain to you why they have been named that way. Originally all bridges were made of wood or stone and they did not have any side protection, which [...]

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