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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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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      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 [...]

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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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My Top 10 Free things to do in Venice Unlike many other cities around the world which offer the tourists many free museums and exhibitions to visit, Venice unfortunately does not do that. It is a city which lives off tourism, therefore every possible site is exploited one way or another, by charging the tourist [...]

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We just came back from a wonderful day in  Venice. The sun was shining, there was a light breeze, there were not so many people around.  First we went to visit Casa Goldoni, the birth house of the famous Venetian playwriter. I have to say it was a bit dissapointing (only 3 rooms to see), [...]

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