28/09/2020
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The Venetian Lagoon is scattered with tiny islands which look utterly abandoned and wild; many, however, were once not only populated but very well-kept, mostly housing convents or monastries. Sant’Erasmo is also known as the Garden of Venice, l’Orto di Venezia as it is from here that Venice imported its fruits and vegetables, essential on a fish-based diet.
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venetian lagoon
History
Traditions
venice islands
san giacomo in paludo
sant'erasmo
garden of venice
fauna della laguna
Self Guided Tours
27/09/2020
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Among Burano’s traditions, food is definitely up there, and at the top of that list are the Bussolà, the buranese biscuits.
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venice lagoon
History
Traditions
Burano island
bussolà
remiera
voga veneta
ascension day
Doge
Bucintoro
marriage of the sea
golden ring
Self Guided Tours
It is no surprise that Venice is one of the most famous tourist destinations in the world, having around 20 million visitors each year, you'll find it hard to discover a more sought after place. The real challenge of visiting…
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Self Guided Tours
Artisan experiences in Venice
Handmade mask
classic concerts
gondola tours
Venice islands tours
St. Mark's area tours
local experiences in venice
St. Mark's Square
St. Mark's Bell Tower
Gondola
vivaldi
Murano
Burano
Torcello
Top 5 things to do in Venice
25/09/2020
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Piazza Baldassare Galuppi is the only real square in the whole of Burano, dedicated to the 18th century musician who was of course a proud Buranelo.
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venice lagoon
History
Traditions
Burano island
san martino vescovo
Colors
coloured houses
bepi's house
art
Self Guided Tours
23/09/2020
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The Venetian Lagoon is a stretch of water 55km long comprised between two rivers flowing from the mainland.
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venice
venetian lagoon
History
Traditions
venetian republic
high water
lazzaretto vecchio
lazzaretto nuovo
sanità
venice islands
Murano
Torcello
Self Guided Tours
22/09/2020
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Burano Island is, next to the almost unpopulated Torcello, the one truly inhabitated centre of the northern lagoon.
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venice
venice lagoon
History
Traditions
Burano island
Torcello
Museo del Merletto
lace-making art
piazza gualuppi
Self Guided Tours
As Venice was surrounded by salt water but didn’t have drinking water due to its hydro-geological characteristics, wells were built all around the city to collect rainwater.
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venice
History
vera
wells
Venice walking tour
21/09/2020
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Although obviously not as famous or as important as its counterpart in Venice, the Canal Grande of Murano is rather splendid in its own right.
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venice
venice lagoon
History
Traditions
Murano
canal grande of murano
venetian canal grande
Murano glass
murano glass factories
palazzo da mula
santi maria e donato
santa maria degli angeli
art
Casanova
Self Guided Tours
20/09/2020
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The Faro, or lighthouse, you see was built in 1912 but ever since the middle-ages there had always been a wooden tower on Murano, even if more inland.
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venice lagoon
History
Traditions
Murano
faro of murano
St. Mark's Campanile
san pietro martire
gothic church
Museo del Vetro
Murano glass
art
glass-making master
maestro vetraio
Self Guided Tours
18/09/2020
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San Michele Island, recognisable by high leafy tress which stick out above the encircling walls, is also known as the Isola dei morti - the Island of the dead - as this is in fact the cemetery of Venice.
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venice islands
venice lagoon
History
Traditions
san michele island
Murano
Murano glass
art
glass-making master
maestro vetraio
Self Guided Tours
Venice counts more than a hundred islands, intersected by about 150 canals, linked together by more than 400 bridges that originally consisted of wooden planks because they served the passage of horses in use in Venice in 1400. They were later built in stone and brick, protected by side espaliers.
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venice
History
Rialto bridge
Accademia bridge
Scalzi bridge
Constitution bridge
Bridge of sighs
Redentore
Salute
secret itinerary of the prisons
bridges
canals
Venice walking tours
The Venice lagoon or Venetian Lagoon is located in the Northern Adriatic Sea, along the coasts of Veneto region, has long been under UNESCO protection.
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venice
high tide
venice islands
Murano
Burano island
Torcello
unspoilt nature
History
full venice self-guided tour
Formerly called Amuranium, the island of Murano lies North-East of Venice, facing the Fondamente Nuove and can be easily reached by vaporetto (the public boat-transport service. It was, along with other islands in the lagoon, a safe haven for the people of Veneto region, fleeing from the barbarian invasions.
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Murano
History
Traditions
Murano glassblowing
Museum of glass
Murano glass
Murano vase
Hall of Honor
murrine
glass-making masters
Island of Venice
pearl of venice
art
Murano island tour
Torcello was already inhabited in Roman times probably only as a retreat of some noble family, later was abandoned when the surrounding lagoon got silted up.
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Torcello
Island
Island of Venice
Hemingway
santa maria assunta
santa fosca
museum of art and archaeology
History
venice lagoon
pearl of venice
full venice self-guided tours
12/09/2020
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Mazzorbo, which is connected to the island of Burano via a long wooden bridge called Ponte Lungo, is often considered as an appendix to Burano.
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venice lagoon
History
Traditions
venice islands
mazzorbo
Burano
ponte lungo
Torcello
devil's bridge
attila's throne
Self Guided Tours
10/09/2020
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The small church in Torcello is dedicated to Santa Fosca; the story took place in the early middle-ages, when Fosca, originally from the Middle-East, converted to Christianity along with her maid.
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venice
venice lagoon
History
Traditions
Torcello
santa fosca
Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta
gothic structure
art
Self Guided Tours
With a ridiculous amount of things to do, and an obscene millions of tourists, it’s a great idea to be a well-organised tourist while looking for non touristy things to do in Venice. The Venice City Tours app has itineraries to bring you on self guided tours of to all the mega tourist spots in Venice, and also less famous but just as beautiful sites. A classic place to visit in Venice is Piazza San Marco.
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Piazza San Marco
Doge's Palace
Local food
Venice islands
Murano
Burano
Torcello
Grand Canal
Venice islands tours
Italian wines tasting
Self Guided Tours
Top 5 things to do in Venice
Considering that the island of Venice isn’t one of the biggest places in the world you’d be surprised with how many "gems" could be hidden here.
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venice
city of water
Piazza San Marco
italian wine tasting
local food
venice islands
Murano
Burano
Torcello
full venice self-guided tour
The history of Venice begins with the twilight of the Roman Empire, when barbaric invasions drove the inhabitants of the Venetian coast towards the islands of the lagoon.
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History
venice
Traditions
venice foundations
lagoon
rialto
venice walking tours
Burano is no doubt the most colorful island in the Lagoon of Venice, the facades of its houses are painted pink, blue, green, yellow, indigo. The inhabitants decided to paint their houses to give fishermen a way to see their homes when they returned from fishing and fog enveloped the island. A very popular landmark, painted in a plethora of bright colors, is “Bepi’s house”.
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Burano
Island
Island of Venice
Colors
Traditions
venice lagoon
lace-making
art
bussolà
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