About Venice
Venice is a labyrinth of canals, bridges, and marble palaces set across more than one hundred small islands. With no cars, daily life moves at walking pace or by boat, and the soundscape shifts from lapping water to church bells and soft conversation. St. Mark’s Basilica shimmers with golden mosaics, and the Doge’s Palace recalls centuries when Venice was a powerful maritime republic. Beyond the main square, you’ll find quiet neighborhoods where laundry hangs over narrow alleys and morning deliveries arrive by barge. The city’s beauty is heightened by its fragility—stone and wood resisting the tides—with each reflection turning streets into rippling mirrors.
The best way to experience Venice is to get pleasantly lost: turn down an unnamed lane, cross a low stone bridge, and follow the light to a small campo where children play. Take a vaporetto to the islands—Murano for glass, Burano for brilliant colors and lace, Torcello for its ancient cathedral—and return by evening when lanterns glow along the canals. Plan around tides and crowds, buy transit passes on arrival, and give yourself time to sit by the water with a gelato. Venice rewards slowness; each corner reveals a composition of arches, boats, and sky.
