Venice
The most improbable city ever built, and still the most beautiful
Venice defies reason. A city of 118 islands connected by 400 bridges, built on wooden stilts driven into a lagoon, still functioning after a thousand years. The acqua alta floods it seasonally, the cruise ships dwarf it, yet it remains completely, irreducibly extraordinary. Get lost in the calli away from San Marco. Take a vaporetto at dusk. Watch the light change over the Grand Canal. There is nothing else like this on Earth.
- 01Cicchetti (Venetian tapas) at All'Arco
- 02Sarde in saor at Osteria alla Vedova
- 03Spritz at a canal-side bar
- 04Fritto misto di mare at Trattoria da Romano in Burano
Visit in November or February for quiet canals and affordable hotels
Get lost deliberately, wandering without a map is the best Venice experience
Murano and Burano each require a half-day, take the vaporetto
St Mark's Basilica is free but book a timed entry slot online to skip the queue
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