I’ve walked the Ghetto with hundreds of visitors over the years, and it never fails — even people who’ve read

1. The Twin Doorways of Scuola Grande di San MarcoNow the entrance to Venice’s civil hospital, this Renaissance facade hides

Venice has more than a hundred campanili — bell towers — rising out of the rooftops, and after thirty years

You don’t need a reservation to experience some of Venice’s grandest interiors. Several of the city’s historic hotels occupy genuine

Venice doesn’t have grand boulevards lined with monuments the way Paris or Rome does — there simply isn’t room. Instead,

Ask most visitors to picture Venice and they’ll see canals, gondolas, maybe a mask shop. Few picture Fendi, Cartier, and

Venice’s history spans roughly 1,100 years as an independent republic, and in that time thousands of doges, merchants, artists, and

Venice has somewhere north of four hundred bridges, and I’ve written elsewhere about what that number really means for the

After nearly thirty years of walking this city with visitors from every corner of the world, I still get asked

I’ve already written the practical case for a July trip — the access fee windows, the heat management, the crowd

Here’s what most people don’t realize about the Venice Film Festival: you don’t need a ticket, an invitation, or a

Most visitors watching a gondolier glide past assume they’re seeing a performance for tourists. What they’re actually watching is the

If you only have one day for the Biennale, here’s exactly how I’d structure it — a realistic hour-by-hour route

If you’re planning your first visit to the Venice Biennale, here’s the thing almost no first-timer expects: it isn’t one

If you’re planning a July trip to Venice and want to see the city at its most unguarded, time it

Every visitor to Venice notices the winged lion within the first hour — perched above the Piazzetta, carved into a

Why This Angle Works Better Than Anywhere Else in the CityMost of Venice’s famous viewpoints put you among the buildings

Starting Point: San Zaccaria (Vaporetto Lines 1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2)Begin at the San Zaccaria vaporetto stop, just past the

If Dorsoduro is Venice’s art-and-elegance side, Castello is its working memory — the sestiere that quietly ran the Venetian Republic

Everyone who comes to Dorsoduro sees the same three names: the Guggenheim, the Accademia, Ca’ Rezzonico. They deserve their fame.