In autumn, Venice becomes a mystic place. Covered in fog, it unveils a scenery like in a movie. It is a good time to visit Venice. During the day, it can get warm and sunny, at night, you need a jacket. The fog and the occasional fog just add to the scenery – it hardly […]
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The island of San Michele
On the northern shore of Venice, on the Vaporetto line towards the island of Murano ...
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The islands in the lagoon
Several islands in the Venetian lagoons are waiting to be discovered. Each one of them ...
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San Pietro di Castello
Almost all the way towards the east of Venice lies the small island formerly known ...
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Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore
The Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore was designed by Andrea Palladio and built in the 16th ...
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Santa Maria della Salute
The church Santa Maria della Salute is located at the very easterly tip known as ...
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Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
Typically only called “the Frari”, the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari is built ...
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Nave de Oro
In Venice, you can find a handful of small, simple and authentic stores, where you ...
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Via Garibaldi
The Via Garibaldi is a very nice and broad street at the eastern end of ...
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Time to reflect
In Venice, looking at the sea and letting your thoughts go. You have all the ...

The Venetian sandwiches Cicchetti
Cicchetti are small sandwiches which come in many different variations and are typically Venetian. They artfully combine local food – meat and seafood alike – and are a perfect companion to a glass of Aperol Venetiano or wine. Typically you would order several of the sandwiches at once and receive them on a plate you […]

Trattoria al Ponte
This nice restaurant lies idyllically at the cannal and a bridge, which is where it derives it name from (al ponte means bridge in Italian). It is located in the district of San Croce, in an area where there are a lot of inhabitants and a little far off the tourist tracks. Therefore, locals go […]

The Traghetto
In Venice there are seven thraghetti. A thragetto is a gondola, which goes back and forth across the Canale Grande like a ferry (thraghetto in Italian actually means ferry). In our point of view, the thraghetti are a major attraction to visit more than once while visiting Venice. On the one side they are very […]