In Venice you walk a lot. But in order to cross the Grand Canal, you sometimes use the "vaporetto" (water bus) or the gondola ferry available at several points around the city.Going on foot, one has the chance to run into people,…

It's hard to believe, walking along the beach of the Lido in winter and seeing it silent and deserted. The only sound is the tide with its successive roll of waves onto the shore. It has a particular charm, with its long line of c…

Around the end of January and the beginning of February the city is awaking from its winter hibernation.For the streets and squares it's a lively, colourful, noisy awakening, attracting a diverse crowd of people.It's the Carnival…