A practical guide to Venice’s public drinking fountains, the official map, refill etiquette and planning a comfortable walking day with less disposable plastic.
The official 2027 access-fee calendar is available. Here are the dates and hours, with a clear distinction between confirmed details and rules still pending.
After Venice’s 2021 large-ship restrictions, cruise passengers may use Fusina, Chioggia, Trieste or Ravenna. Learn where each port is and how to arrange a private transfer.
A practical guide to Venice acqua alta: how the raised walkways at St. Mark’s Square work, what tide levels mean, and how to use the hi!tide Venice app.
An essential Venice emergency guide: call 112, understand water ambulances, and learn what Polizia, Carabinieri, municipal police, firefighters and the Coast Guard do.
The practical 2026 guide to ACTV vaporetto routes, Murano and Burano connections, the official Venice transport app, fares, water taxis and gondolas.
Not running the Venice Marathon? Plan your October 25 Venice visit around race routes, transport changes, the clock change, and waterfront crowds.
Why are there no cars in Venice? Discover the history, transport, water taxis, deliveries and practical arrival advice behind the car-free city.
Venice hides an unusual amount of its best architecture in the act of climbing between floors. Where most cities treat
Most visitors who stumble across the fruit and vegetable boat moored at the foot of Ponte dei Pugni assume it’s
Stand across the Grand Canal from Ca’ Dario and, curse aside, you’ll notice something a photograph often flattens out: the
Along the narrow road connecting Refrontolo to the hillside village of Rolle, tucked directly against a rock face at the
Long before Venice became a city people visit for its art and its water, it was, for the better part
South of Padua, the flat, unbroken Po Valley plain suddenly rises into something entirely unexpected: a compact cluster of 81
Most visitors learn the word “campo” within a day of arriving in Venice — it’s unavoidable, printed on nizioleti at
If a single image comes to mind when someone says “the Dolomites,” there’s a genuine chance it’s this one: three
Most visitors assume every bridge in Venice belongs to the city, the way a bridge would anywhere else. It’s a
When Oasis arrived in Venice for the world premiere of Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger, the story was never
Tucked into the volcanic folds of the Euganean Hills south of Padua, Arquà Petrarca is the kind of place that
Ask most visitors what a Venetian palace was for, and they’ll picture something purely residential — a noble family’s grand
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.
