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How to capture the heart of Venetians
Quando la turista dice ti canto una canzone .. enjoy this video that has captured the heart of the Venetians – and believe me, this almost never happens :-) Just because this time, it’s not the gondolier but the tourist singing in the gondola. Tourists singing for Venice and the Venetians. A video taken on […]
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 […]
Ferragosto in Venice
BUON FERRAGOSTO from this special island in the Lagoon where VENETIANS CELEBRATE FERRAGOSTO, a lush paradise overgrown with silver olive trees and emerald cypresses. And there are vineyards, in which the ancient vines of the Doges are cultivated. In spring, white tamerisk shrubs line its winding canals, leading into secret corners with surprising views of […]
Why does Venice flood in the midst of summer?
It just happened a few days ago .. Acqua alta is a phenomenon we expect in autumn and early winter, when tides change TWICE a day (TWO PEAKS of high tide per day). It happens less often and less pronounced in summer when the tides change somewhat irregularly but just ONCE a day (ONE PEAK […]
The long story of cats in Venice
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Luxury in Venice
What is Venetian elegance and luxury? Can you learn to “imitate” it? And how did the Venetian concept of luxury coin European style in the first time, for centuries? And by style we don’t just mean fashion and architecture, but also food and “manners”? What is Venetian luxury? It gets as simple as this when […]
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Why Venetians love early breakfast
I was going to name this post “Venetian summer morning breeze “. For we start exactly here on the brink of the water where a soft breeze comes in from the sea on Riva degli Schiavoni. This area is almost empty in the early morning and looks VERY spacious now. A fact you may overlook if you […]
