Shops run by skilled artisans producing their artful hand-made objects are getting rare in a time where shops selling the same junky items can be easily found all over the world. In Venice [...]
The Doge’s Palace was up to 1797 the residence of the Doge (the Venetian leader), the seat of the government, the palace of justice and the archive for all records. Thousands of men walked up and [...]
Why must a staircase be internal? Venice has among the many external ones a really surprising external staircase reopened to Venetians and visitors in January 2016: Scala Contarini del Bovolo. It [...]
The English writer James Morris (now Jan Morris) describes in his Venice book (1960) in Chapter 27 Island Towns the charming island of Burano : “This is the island town of Burano. Its [...]
I started taking photos of colourful gorgeous Carnival masks in Venice when I started to work as a guide, nearly two decades ago. A great advantage of my profession: I work a lot outdoors; so I [...]
