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vismarkt Rialto

Food Venetian style, this is how it’s done

Where Spain is famous for its tapas and Italy for its paste and pizza dishes, Venice offers her very own special cuisine. What about chicchetti,[…]

lekker aan het water eten, relaxen

Venice is not that expensive!

It is probably one of the greatest misfits about Venice: the idea that it would be an expensive city. As tourists flood the city more[…]

Vetruvius-man

Once in a lifetime: the real Vitruvian man

Normally this drawing lies in the dark, not to be viewed by anyone and certainly not by you, simple tourist. It is well preserved in[…]

Santa Lucia Relics Venice

The relics of Saint Lucy of Syracuse

It is not just the mesmerising canals that make Venice what it is. Venice is also about stories, sometimes true, sometimes more or less true.[…]

Chiesa Santa Maria Formosa in de achtergrond

Church Santa Maria Formosa

This church dates back to the 7th century. According to the myth, Maria appeared to a bishop (bishop Saint Magno), disguised as a voluptueus lady[…]

Calle del Perdon

Calle del Perdon

Venetië is full of extraordinary places that carry a story. This also the case for example for the Calle del Perdon. The word says it[…]

achteringang Ca'Dario

Ca’Dario, the cursed palace

Fascinating, that you can say about this palace overlooking the Canal Grande. It is not just pretty, the building is also said to be cursed.[…]