Venice City

Visiting the city of Venice is a unique experience. Made up of 118 islands, 176 canals, and 435 bridges, it was the capital of the Serene Republic for 1,100 years. For its unique urban planning and artistic heritage, the city is universally considered one of the most beautiful in the world. Venice has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and is the second Italian city, after Rome, with the highest tourist flow in Italy.

St. Mark’s Square and its Basilica, the Doge’s Palace, the Church of the Apostles, the Grand Canal, the Rialto Bridge, and the Bridge of Sighs are just some of the names that immediately evoke Venice. The city was of Byzantine inspiration, founded in the 5th century and dominated most of the coasts of both the Adriatic and the Aegean Sea in the 13th century.

Venice is something more, and very different; it has to do with the senses, with unique life experiences, with a “fourth dimension of reality.” Venice is a gondola passing slowly in the background of a palace or a distant island or a couple of lovers walking in a silent alley at night, along a canal, while their steps echo in the darkness. It is also a master of glass from Murano or Burano, who blows into a long tube. It is a tall and mysterious figure dressed in an 18th-century costume, masked, crossing a lonely bridge during the most famous carnival in the world, which has been celebrated for almost a thousand years. Venetian culture is something not to be missed at least once in a lifetime.