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Flags as a prize for a rowing champion, Maria Boscola There is a painting in the Correr Museum which will attract your attention. It portrays a woman, proud of holding some colorful flags in her [...]

Lace tradition in Venice: a Venetian invention of the 15th century Lace tradition was invented in Venice. By “lace”, I am not referring to embroidery, but that kind of art in which [...]

Luciano Vistosi and his Murano glass art was and is indeed unconventional. Fifteen years after Vistosi passed away, a wonderful showroom in Murano dedicated to his art has finally opened. Over [...]

Luana Segato, better known as Luse, opened her Venice atelier in 2013 in Dorsoduro, along the Calle lunga San Barnaba. This little place is inundated with light with its windows and glass door. I [...]

In the year 1800 the Conclave to elect the new Pope was held in Venice, on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. It was the last time a Conclave did not take place in the Sistine Chapel in Rome. [...]

Tours for blind or visually impaired travelers in Venice? You will find this city more accessible than you think. Since 2020 I have run many tours with blind tourists who have asked me to design [...]

The remains of a Roman Villa in the northern Venetian lagoon, near Lio Piccolo, have been under investigation since the archeologist Ernesto Canal started in the 1980s.  Every year new [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Winter in Venice: pros and cons for a visit Winter in Venice is a special time for several reasons. First of all, the city is quiet(er than normally). Nowadays most tourists choose to visit the [...]