Look down instead of up on almost any Venetian canal and you’ll notice something that rarely makes it into guidebooks:
Rising on a dolomite limestone spur above the village of Cison di Valmarino, Castelbrando has watched over this stretch of
Somewhere between a church and a private chapel sits a category of Venetian building most visitors never learn the word
Somewhere along the Strada del Prosecco, the winding road connecting Conegliano to Valdobbiadene, the hills fold themselves into a natural
Walk along almost any minor canal in Venice, away from the Grand Canal’s palazzi, and you’ll notice something that would
New visitors to Venice usually arrive expecting one boat: the gondola. Within about ten minutes of actually being here, that
Most visitors driving through the Prosecco Hills toward Valdobbiadene are chasing vineyards and wine cellars. A short detour north, tucked
Venice trains you to look down, or straight ahead — at the pavement for the next nizioleto, at a doorway,
It’s easy to assume Venice has always looked the way it looks today — pale stone arches curving over green
Somewhere among the steepest terraced vineyards of the Prosecco Hills, in a hamlet so small it counts exactly four year-round
Stand in almost any campo in Venice and look past the marble doorways and the Istrian stone trim, and you’ll
Most Americans planning a trip to Venice have never heard of Lake Garda, and that’s a genuine oversight, because it
Long before Venice had street numbers, or even reliable street names, its shopkeepers solved a much older problem: how do
Peschiera del Garda occupies one specific, genuinely unrepeatable spot on the map: it’s exactly where Lake Garda, Italy’s largest lake,
Ask most visitors to name a Venetian bridge and you’ll get the same two or three answers: the Rialto, the
I’ll say this plainly, the same way I say it to every guest standing in the courtyard on Via Cappello:
Every visitor to Venice eventually has the same experience: phone out, blue dot spinning uselessly in the middle of a
Most people come to Venice looking down — into canals, through doorways, along the pavement for the next nizioleto sign.
You enter through a tall archway cut into a medieval wall, cross the courtyard of what used to be a
Stand at the right spot on the Grand Canal and you can watch four centuries of Venetian taste go by
I'm Igor Scomparin. I have been a Venice graduated and licensed tour guide since 1997. I will take you through the secrets, the history and the art of one of the most beautiful cities in the World.
