Venice

  Are you planning a trip to Venice and want to experience the city’s authentic cuisine? As a popular destination, it can be easy to fall into tourist traps and…

  Cicchetti are a type of snack famous in Venice, Italy. They are normally small bites or bread topped with ingredients like anchovies and pesto, whipped salt cod, octopus, burrata,…

  Discover our ultimate insider guide for a one-day adventure in Venice! Immerse yourself in the local culture with our handpicked recommendations for the best places to dine, drink, and…

When planning a trip to Venice, one of the most popular activities on many tourists’ to-do lists is a gondola ride through the city’s romantic canals. While this can be…

  Ca’ di Dio is one of the most important recent hotel openings in Venice. While Venice is perhaps the most architecturally significant city in the world, it offers very few…

    Are you eating a lot of sandwiches for lunch these days? Here’s a vegetable-forward type of fried sandwich for you to try. Jacopo Nardi and Esmeralda Spitaleri from…

  The New York Times recently published a fascinating article entitled “Venice, Invaded by Tourists, Risks Becoming ‘Disneyland on the Sea.’” It’s actually really disappointing that what was once the most powerful republic in…

  Rent a car, and drive 45 minutes (or less) from Venice. Stay at an agroturismo (we stayed at Relais Alice). The food in the Veneto is delicious (see more of…

  After our tasting of Alice Prosecco, Cinzia handed us off to her husband, Umberto Cosmo, co-owner of Bellenda, who walked us through an educational tasting covering the history and various…

  One of our favorite things about traveling is the people we meet, especially when we have a shared interest like wine. On our first night in the Veneto, we…

  This year was the first time we dedicated any significant amount of time to exploring Northern Italy.  We’d both been to Venice several years ago, but only on a…