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Celebrating La Festa di San Rocco
Another mid-summer feast, celebrated on 16 August, and it has a special history: This red baldachin called TENDON DEL DOGE has been waiting for the past couple of days for today’s FESTA DI SAN ROCCO: So yes, summer feasts in #Venice continue throughout August and well into September, and La Festa di San Rocco comes…
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Returning to Venice
Saturday afternoon in Venice. At the Arsenale, people are invited inside, participating in guided walks and listening to stories about the oldest shipyard in Europe. Fashion shows are taking place, also in the Piazzetta, just in front of the Doge’s Palace. At the Rialto Market, about 250 people are learning how to use spices in…
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The Venetian rose itinerary
By mid-May, roses bloom all over Venice, and the good news is that la stagione delle rose – rose season reaches fairly into June! As you know, Venice has a very special relationship with roses, not only with regard to the boccolo tradition (roses given on 25 March to women). But are there certain roses, and colors…
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Can slow tourism work in Venice?
Could traveling with a small group and a travel agency acting as host be the solution for visiting historical cities? Could this be a glimpse into the future of traveling, a sustainable way of discovering cities, whom so many people think they know, but only scrape the surface? In my opinion, if you’re coming to…
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Miele di barena – Lagoon secrets
May is the month dedicated to bees, with 20 May being World Bee Day – La Giornata Mondiale delle Api. 75 per cent of the plants we use for food and medical purposes (more than 50000 species) depend upon pollination by bees. And there are also bees on the marshlands in the Lagoon of Venice,…
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Discover the Live in Venice Week 2021
Exactly a year ago in May 2020, we published an article on “how Venice was doing” after going through the first three months of the pandemic. We wrote about the neighborhoods, where residents were planning a new start for their city, and that in some ways, it would have to be a complete relaunch: Venice…
Verde Venezia – Green Venice
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Why does Venice flood in the midst of summer?
Continue Reading: Why does Venice flood in the midst of summer?
Collect Venetian Moments
Late summer tips – beaches, drinks, and introducing the islands shielding the Lagoon from the sea.
Our new series The Gift of Memory includes grandmother’s thoughts about the past and future of Venice.
Coffee houses and luxury: How Venice coined the culture of luxury for more than 1000 years in Europe.
Summer Escapes
Rialto Fish Market
Island Breakfast