In the past, both in the city and, above all, on the many islands dotted around the lagoon, there were vegetable gardens and orchards with fruit trees, as well as animals raised to provide eggs, milk and meat.These would all be fo…

For tourists with enquiring minds and who love literature or cinema, a novel way to tour Venice is to wander through its alleyways and squares in search of the places described in books and seen in films.Venice is a city that, sin…

Each season in Venice offers surprises. Some you can encounter whilst wandering through the "calli" (Venetian alleys) and discovering unusual places, others are, so to speak, under the surface of the city and, sometimes, rather pe…