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  • Drink & Think VENICE: the author’s choice of bars and cafés

    Drink & Think VENICE: the author’s choice of bars and cafés

    We asked author Robin Saikia to explain which bars he recommends in his invaluable Drink & Think Venice – The Story of Venice in Twenty-Six Bars and Cafés. Here are his descriptions of 10 of them: Each chapter of Drink & Think Venice begins with an introduction to one of…

  • WHAT TO SEE IN VENICE: TIPS for a great visit

    WHAT TO SEE IN VENICE: TIPS for a great visit

    Venice offers a huge wealth of museums, churches, architecture and other sights to see and visit.  Here, by district (“sestiere”) are the highlights selected in Blue Guide Venice, the definitive guide to the Most Serene City: 1. SESTIERE OF SAN MARCO Some highlights of the sestiere of San Marco. For much more detail…

  • Venice in Peril

    Venice in Peril

    The UK-based Venice in Peril Fund is one of several international charities devoted to safeguarding the future of this unique city. Guy Elliott, Chairman of Venice in Peril, outlines some of its recent projects. The Venice in Peril Fund was founded in 1971, succeeding an earlier fund instituted in 1966…

  • The Venetian Republic in times of plague

    The Venetian Republic in times of plague

    The Venetian Republic had to take steps to contain infection in the city as early as the 15th century. Their dependence on trade, bringing merchant ships from the East, meant that they were particularly vulnerable to the spread of disease (just as we are told today that globalisation has favoured…

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