La Venessiana is a social business and travel journal dedicated to Venice, written by Iris and her Venetian family.
In our travel journal (blog), you can read stories told by different generations (grandmother, cousins, uncles, and myself). In particular, we love cooking, gardening, and exploring ancient Venetian history, so we share quite a lot about these topics :-)
I started writing on Venice in 2012 (!), so I’m one of the first Venetians blogging about their city in English. In 2015, Grandmother Lina and I started work on La Venessiana, as private travel journal and social business to (1) support inclusive life in Venice and (2) offer resources such as travel books and culinary courses to responsible visitors. As hosts, it’s our (= Venetian) responsibility to offer high-quality offers to our visitors, and La Venessiana is our small contribution in the field of sustainable tourism.
As social business, we are working on resources for responsible travelers and hobby cooks, and everyone who has an interest in historical Venetian recipes for food, beauty, and perfumery. We are also writing a book on Venice, telling Lina’s experience of life in the Lagoon and her favorite recipes.
Thirty per cent of revenues from these resources go into social initiatives here in Venice, supporting people in difficulty and homeless animals.
What we do have available for you now is the Blog, a free secret Venice – Mini Guide and our Monthly Email Magazine from Venice for subscribers. In late summer 2018, Part One of our online course on Venetian heritage, Seven Steps to Discovering Venice, to help you design your stay and understand Venice better, will be ready!
Both Lina and I love gardens and gardening, so you will find many green stories on the blog. In particular, we write about Lina’s lush paradise, and how we use fruit, herbs and vegetable from the garden to cook delicious and healthy dishes :-) This will be online soon!
Yes, the gardens in Venice are as lush as you can see in this image! I just LOVE exploring them … but first, do join me for a walk around my neighborhood, Castello in Venice, which is east of San Marco. We will stop for coffee and breakfast, and it all takes place on a morning in early spring … Join me here!
I’m always happy when readers write to us, sharing comments, suggestions, and questions, of course! That’s why I started collecting our answers in the Venice FAQs section. If you have a question about life or food in Venice, we’d love to hear it! Click here to get in touch and read the answers to the other questions!
I’m so pleased to have recently discovered your site. Venice is a favourite place of mine, I’ve been a few times and we have recently booked to spend the entire month of October there. I’m very excited about this! thank you for all the information on your site which will be most useful for us and I look forward to your updates. best wishes jj
Dear Jackie, so nice to meet you here! October is a good time to visit Venice, it’s usually quite warm, just right to go for long walks. We are updating the blog 1-2 times a week, and if there’s a topic you would like to read more about, please get in touch! best wishes, Iris