Shakespeare started Act III of Merchant of Venice with the line “Now, what news on the Rialto?”. This important and historic bridge in Venice, Italy was the first to be built across [...]

Venice is one of my favourite cities to visit, I think it is beautiful and calming in spite of the crowds. After a long, hot day trip to Trieste it was refreshing [...]

This picture is taken from the Campanile di San Marco and looks out to the northeast over the Cathedral and the rest of Venice. The campanile is a reconstruction of the tower [...]

I am not sure when I will make it back to Venice but I am reminded of my trip each time I walk through my living room. Of all the photos that [...]

As long as we are talking hearts, flowers and romance this week, what could be more romantic than a gondola ride in Venice? One of the things I love most about Venice [...]

If you don’t recognize this photo as the top of St Mark’s Cathedral in Venice then perhaps you need a longer zoom lens on your camera. The whole story of Venice deciding [...]

I have always liked this picture of Piazza San Marco taken looking down on it from the campanile on the square. I loved the black and white nature of the scene offset [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Ira Bernstein about why he continues to go back to Venice and the Veneto (the Italian state where Venice is) annually. Learn about other parts of Venice [...]

The bridge of sighs is a well known Venice landmark. This is the bridge that the prisoners crossed between the palace of the Doge and the courts on the right to the [...]

VeniceHotel.org has a great feature for those traveling to Venice in the very near future. It has a forecast for which days will have the biggest crowds. I assume they are predicting [...]