Gazzetta: Taxes, overtourism, and the Bezos wedding in Venice

Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos during their Wedding in Venice

In this edition of our bilingual feature, Tom Alberto Bull looks at the bigger story behind  Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s wedding in Venice Key words Useful Italian words and phrases to add to your vocabulary. Per attrarre i super ricchi To attract the super-rich Investire il loro denaro To invest their money Tassazione forfettaria […]

Love in Venice: Italy’s ‘City of Romance’

A couple in bridal wear on a Venetian street

Many towns are called the ‘City of Love’ – Rome, Verona and Paris, to name but three. For Sara Scarpa, however, none can match the claims of her native Venice, home to Casanova, Byron, Carnival, and countless secret little places where lovers have found the privacy they seek… Often during a brisk walk through the […]

Silent streets: Exploring the fascinating stories of Italian ghost towns

Civita di Bagnoregio, Italian ghost town

There are hundreds of Italian ghost towns scattered across the country. Jenny Oldaker explores their silent streets and tumultuous stories, and discovers the initiatives giving some of them a new lease of life. Think about Italy’s history and what comes to mind? The rip-roaring reign of the dynamic Ancient Romans? The cultural and artistic innovations […]

Glimpses of Christmas Past: Photos from Venice 2019

Christmas tree in front of Doges Palace, Venice

Joe and Patricia Gartman have spent the Christmas seasons from 2017 to 2019 in Italy. Here are photos from their time in Venice in 2019. Those who are tasked with decorating Venice for Christmas have a challenging job: it’s difficult to park a boom lift in the middle of a street to hang lights if […]

Discover Venice and its lagoon

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Its setting, history and architecture make Venice unique among the cities of the world! Elegance, romance, drama and mystery are abundant in this historic floating city and its lagoon… Think of Italy and you think of Venice: it seems impossible to have one without the other. The globally-adored city, and a UNESCO World Heritage site […]

Hidden depths: the Venetian lagoon

Camilla Purdon discovers the secret world of the Venetian lagoon with a culinary cruise on board one of the region’s last historic fishing vessels. Photos by Camilla Purdon unless otherwise stated   I’m standing on the deck of Eolo, one of Venice’s last historic fishing boats, looking out across the limpid green waters of the […]

Don’t look now: Venice after dark

Even the most familiar places tend to look a little different as night falls… Sara Scarpa bravely steps into the shadows in search of Venice’s spookiest legends. Photos by Iain Reid The maze of narrow alleys, combined with the tricks of the light reflected in the canals, the decaying palaces and the fog make Venice […]