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Touring the Jewish museum and all the five synagogues in Venice will finally be possible in 2025. The good news is that after many years the restoration is almost finished. At the moment I am [...]

Marco Polo is one of those characters a tourist guide in Venice will always mention. Born in Venice in 1254, Marco Polo accompanied his father and his uncle when he was only 17 and reached Asia [...]

Rosalba Carriera was one of the best known painters from Venice who reached an international fame in the 18th century but got almost forgotten for a long time. However, Save Venice has recently [...]

The library of San Francesco della Vigna in Venice is a true jewel. In a city where many libraries are fascinating, such as the Marciana National Library or the Querini Stampalia library or the [...]

Wooden molds are hollow containers used to give shape when you blow your glass object, whether we talk about goblets, vases or lamps. Visiting a glass factory in Murano is a great experience as [...]

Murrina is a term used in Venice and in Murano to address both a fascinating, ancient technique and a specific creation, which can be a finished work of art or can serve to create more art in [...]

Venice and its rivers Rivers connecting south and north with Venice, explain why this city was built. Still nowadays, even considering how much geographical surroundings of Venice have changed [...]

The plague was a constant problem for Venice in the ancient times. A city devoted to trading could not simply reject foreign ships reaching the city for fear they would bring diseases, otherwise [...]

Gelato is one of those words tourists do not need any translation for. Actually, if I say “ice cream”, some give me a suspicious look as if I am proposing them something which is not truly [...]

Venetian gardens are unexpectedly quite a few. At least five hundred. In Venice, gardens are not so easy to spot, though. Most visitors, after spending a few days in Venice, get the feeling they [...]