San Pietro’s Church in Castello Positioned on the small island of Olivolo, in a strategic position towards the East and protected to the North and the South by two strips of land which forms a small bay, there is the beautiful church of San Pietro di Castello. This used to be the site of the [...]

  Venice: beautiful, unique but expensive. So what’s the best way to sample all the variety of Venetian cuisine without breaking the bank? Simple: go on a Bacaro Tour of the city!   Try the famous Venetian cicchetti (little snacks similar to Spanish Tapas) in the Osterie (also called Bacari), typical Venetian inns where often [...]

Why is Venice the city of the Masks? First of all let’s define what is a Maschera (mask): in the Venetian culture the term “maschera” refers to “putting on a beard and mustache” and “maschera” was also the nickname given to women who disguised themselves as men and men who disguised themselves as women. Soon the [...]

  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 [...]

The “Altane” are structures located above the rooftops of Venice characterizing the architecture of the city, a sort of wooden terraces supported by pillars. If you have the opportunity to stand on a church tower or rooftop of a building, or if you just look up while walking through the calli of Venice, for sure [...]

    Next Thursday, on 17th March 2011, Italy celebrates its 150 Anniversary as a united country. This is happening in the middle of a very difficult political and economical crisis. You would have thought that this anniversary would have been the occasion to put all this behind and start fresh. But I am not [...]

  I remember last year around this time complaining because the Carnival of Venice had changed and was not anymore as I remembered it, see my post Venice Carnival: bring back the old days!   Well, this year I am much much happier. Even though the Venice Carnival is still a major setting for people [...]

Here comes another beautiful memory of Venice, this time from my dear friend Karen who owns a lovely holiday house in Umbria, Vecchia Casa. I hope she will find some time soon to come over to see me so we can then go around Venice enjoying some bacari. Magical, mysterious, wonderful Venice! My body & [...]

The Undrowned Child by Michelle Lovric         Cover of The Undrowned Child Venice 1899.  That is the setting for this very original fantasy children book by Michelle Lovric which I red for my “Italy In Books – Reading Challenge 2011″Venice has been used as a stage for many books before, but this [...]

  IL VOLO DELL’ANGELO – THE FLIGHT OF THE ANGEL Sunday, February 27, 12:00 in Piazza San Marco HISTORY OF THE EVENT Image via Wikipedia The Carnival 2001 marked a return to the tradition of eighteenth-century carnivals re-staging, after centuries, the Angel’s Flight, as it used to be at the times of the Republic of [...]

  Carnival: never before in this period, the proverb “Semel in anno Licet insane” seems to fit the reality of a city in celebration, not only with its masks, but also the sweet treats that are the delight of gourmets and also of those who would tend to avoid calories in excess. It is impossible [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

    The end of the year event. As is now tradition, the first part of the concert will be purely for orchestra. With soloists and choir, the second part is dedicated to melodrama and will end with what has now become a tradition at the Fenice New Year’s Concerts, with the choir “Va’ Pensiero” [...]

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 [...]