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Venice will trial a ticketing system from spring next year, with day visitors charged €5 to enter the Italian city’s historic centre in an attempt to reduce tourist numbers. The city’s council executive backed the move on Tuesday, just weeks after Unesco recommended Venice be added to its list of world heritage sites in danger, in part due to the i...

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Three years ago, in August 2020, at the height of the COVID pandemic in Europe, as we were all getting used to words like "social distancing" or the "R" reproduction rate, the Venice Film Festival defied the odds and held an in-person celebration of cinema. It was an odd affair — temperature checks outside hotels, masking in the screening rooms — b...

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Did you know that one of the most haunted spots in Italy is located in Venice? Poveglia Island, consisting of three small islands, is exactly that. When it comes to this island, it’s a little hard to tell what is true and what is made up, as many suspicions and tales surround the island (mainly due to its previous uses). Poveglia comprises a set of...

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American Airlines is making it easier for travelers to get to Venice, Italy directly from O'Hare. The airline will start a new service beginning next year. Flights will run from June 5 to Oct. 26 but the tickets go on sale Sunday. The change will make O'Hare the fifth American airport to offer direct service to Venice. Direct flights from Rome and...

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Venice should be added to a list of world heritage sites in danger, the UN's cultural agency has said. The iconic Italian city is at risk of "irreversible" damage from overwhelming tourism, overdevelopment and rising sea levels due to climate change, according to a report from Unesco. The agency aims to encourage the better preservation of the site...

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Glasses, the ingenious invention that revolutionized vision correction, have a fascinating history intertwined with Italy, particularly wtih the city of Venice. While their exact origin is subject to debate, it is widely believed that the precursor to modern eyeglasses was likely invented in  La Serenissima around 1285-1289. Although historical evi...

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If you visit Venice in the springtime, one dish not to miss is risi e bisi. The creamy Venetian rice and pea creation was traditionally only eaten on feast days when decreed by the doge. It particularly played a large part in the feasts of 25 April, when the doge ate it as a ritual to celebrate the feast day of Saint Mark, the patron saint of the c...

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Pellestrina is a slender, elongated strip of land–to be exact, 11 kilometers long–placed between the Venetian Lagoon and the Adriatic Sea. Its width varies from a minimum of 23 m to a maximum of 1.2 km, which is also the distance between salty and brackish water. On the lagoon side, a necklace of small colorful houses–boats docked in front–each pai...

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The Venice Film Festival will pay tribute to late Italian icon Gina Lollobrigida, who died in January, with a pre-opening event featuring a double bill of freshly restored works in which she stars. The Lido’s annual pre-opening event on Aug. 29 will feature a 27-minute short by Orson Welles titled “Portrait of Gina.” In 1968, Welles interviewed Lol...

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Have you ever gazed upon a piece of art or a grand architectural feat, found yourself lost in its beauty, yet unsure of what makes it so captivating? Could it be the meticulous details, the profound history, or something more ethereal?  You know, perhaps, it’s all down to numbers. Yes, numbers or, to be exact, the application of an ancient mathemat...

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