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…

Today, as in the past, everything in Venice still travels by water. The only modern touch being the use of motorized boats. Motorized watercraft of all types ply through the canals in place of more tiring oar-powered ones, but a l…

St Mark’s Square, known as “the drawing room” of Venice, is undoubtedly the main attraction for any tourist coming to the city.Even for a native like me, who has spent over half a century living in Venice, the square still has the…