Venice Food Art and Gourmet Travel
Tell-tale scents you can’t miss in Venice during these final ten days in April … so looking up in Venice these days is a must ! Our city is now enveloped in fragrant blossom cascades, for il glicine – wisteria is blooming. Probably every Venetian has a favorite place they visit in mid-April to see how “their”…
Spring in Venice pops up overnight, we’ve had a few beautiful examples of it during the last few years. Come March, we are accustomed to yellow mimosa blossoms, rose-golden morning light reflecting the turquoise blue skies on the water. This year, the first day of meteorological spring brought snow to the city, ice-cold weather. The…
Ombriola. Crevan. Ammiana. Pisotta. Ancient terms describing forgotten islands. One island changed its name in the late 15th century. Another resumed its former function of providing hospitality only three years ago. Yet another was submerged and a fourth appeared in the Lagoon in the early 18th century. One forgotten island which was given up in 1439 began re-emerging from…
This is the seventh article wrapping up our course series “Venice for Beginners” on this Blog . Here we are telling you about the real background of Venetian feasts and why we still love and need them to this day. The season of Venetian feasts peaks on 25 April with La Festa di San Marco.
