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    40 tips to explore Venice in 2022

    40 tips to explore Venice in 2022

    What’s changing and what’s new in Venice in 2022? We’ve collected 40 resources and tips for you to re-connect with our city in 2022. This post is for all history, art, gourmet food, and Lagoon lovers. Rediscovering Venice online Piazza San Marco – 1: Always good to start with Saint Mark’s square .. did you…

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    Camelias and Carnival: Our guide to Carnival in Venice

    Camelias and Carnival: Our guide to Carnival in Venice

    In Venice, spring begins when the yellow-flowering calycanthus give way to the first white-pinkish almond blossoms, light purple crocuses, and .. mimosa smelling of vanilla and lemon! Usually; this happens in early February when all of a sudden, we can detect the first blossoms on the mimosa trees in Venice, appearing over night. Such as…

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    It’s world pasta day – this is our favorite from Venice

    It’s world pasta day – this is our favorite from Venice

    25 October is world pasta day – time to introduce our “family favorite”: You can taste this dish in a little restaurant tucked into a magically green palace garden looking like a fairy tale! It’s called Al Giardinetto da Severino. Just two corners from my home in Venice, it’s located on Salizzada Zorzi, inside the…

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  • Returning to Venice

    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

    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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    Miele di barena – Lagoon secrets

    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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    La caigada: A misty spring walk in Venice

    La caigada: A misty spring walk in Venice

    It looks like it’s raining any minute in Venice .. and the city is clad in thick mist called caígo. Just before a soft drizzle sets in, the gardens turn completely quiet, and the scent of the spring blossoms is overwhelming. That’s why a misty spring day has its advantages: It’s an opportunity to take…

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    Secret Lagoon: Vineyards and beaches of Sant’Erasmo

    Secret Lagoon: Vineyards and beaches of Sant’Erasmo

    Walking along Fondamente Nove on a limpid day, you can make out a long island in the distance, stretching forever behind La Certosa: This is Sant’Erasmo, the greenest spot in the Lagoon. Such a bounty grows on Sant’Erasmo, the island of artichokes and vineyards. It’s home to the finest ingredients, tasting slightly of sea salt,…

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  • Three ways to make Risi e Bisi: The original recipes from Venice

    Three ways to make Risi e Bisi: The original recipes from Venice

    Risi e Bisi (garden pea risotto) is a favorite spring dish in Venice: By mid-April, the Rialto Market looks like this, and everyone who loves fresh peas will feel like heaven: You’ll see peas of all sizes, from the estuary, the northern Lagoon, and even from southern Italy (Campania, south of Salerno). So it’s really…

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