Venice, Italy Travel News

Venice's gondolas are expensive. Buy a three-day pass for the far more affordable vaporetto - canal boat-buses. Photo / Thinkstock All the old English couple probably wanted was to be out of the rain, but when you choose a restaurant as your refuge you need to order something.

The MGallery Collection's second address in Venice boasts an exceptional location since it is the first hotel on the Island of Murano, which has been a renowned glassmaking center for centuries.

American artist Charles Ray's eight-foot-tall sculpture "The Boy with a Frog" that stood at the entrance to the Grand Canal for the last four years has been removed by order of the city council.

New York forensic accountant Joan Lipton always thought of her father's cousin, Belle Burke, as her "exotic, bohemian" relative.

It hasn't happened yet - it's not the most obvious destination for a holiday home - so when my husband Alex booked a surprise three-night stay for us in the Italian city, I was delighted.

DAN Brown's forthcoming novel, Inferno, is set principally in Florence, and already the city is gearing itself up for an even greater influx of tourists than usual after the book's publication on Tuesday.

The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today the acquisition of two exceptional European paintings-a recently rediscovered self-portrait by one of the most celebrated painters in history, Rembrandt, and a light-filled view of the Grand Canal by Canaletto, Venice's most influential painter.

Northern Italy consists of several different regions including the Italian Riviera, The Veneto, The Lakes, Lombardy and Dolomites.

Tourists look at the technicians who prepare the removal of the sculpture of a boy holding a frog.

In terms of infrastructure, Venice is maybe not a world leader. But when it comes to efficient green transportation, a human-powered gondola is pretty great.

Gondolas have long played a part in the Venetian tourist experience. But as tourism has grown and the local population has declined, everyday gondolas called traghetti have all but disappeared.

With the Rain or Shine Theatre Company due to present Comedy of Errors at Glastonbury Abbey in June, the abbey's assistant education officer Julie Hayes recalls her own Shakespearean-style drama, but set in Venice instead of Greece... Not being a well-travelled person, I was delighted when teenager daughter requested a trip to Venice as her ... (more)

Water craft cruise Venice's Grand Canal lined by ornate pallazos, under the watchful dome of Santa Maria della Salute.

The 37th Music Under the Stars will be presented by The Hunterdon County Division of Parks & Recreation.

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