Venice travel news
Longer church hours, La Fenice opera house, Venice Marathon.

Reader's report: A Venice trip
Beth Cordes Thompson offers advice on a hotel, restaurants, the Palazzo Ducale, and a bead shop.

Art

Bottega del Tintoretto
Learn printmaking and other art techniques in a 15th Century Venetian master's workshop.

Boat Charters

Venice Boat Rentals
Cruise the Venetian Lagoon as captain of your own vessel with a self-drive P�nichette from Locaboat Holidays.

Canals

Maintaining Venice's Canals
Over the decades, the smaller canals of Venice become clogged with silt and other debris. Cleaning out the gunk is a messy and time-consuming task.

Cruises

Venice Cruises
This page tells how to reach your cruise ship from the airport and includes links to other articles of interest to cruise passengers.

MSC Poesia Eastern Mediterranean Cruise
Our illustrated 10-page Europe for Cruisers review describes a roundtrip cruise from Venice to Istanbul on an Italian megaship with five official languages and a thoroughly European atmosphere.

Flooding

Acqua Alta
High tide, low atmospheric pressure, and a scirocco wind can make Venice feel like Atlantis. Our illustrated article tells what to expect and how to prepare for "high water."

Movies & Videos

Venice Movies and Videos
Peek at Venice before you visit, or refresh happy memories with our library of recommended feature films and travelogues.

The Wings of the Dove
An appealing movie set in the Venice of 1910, based on the novel by Henry James. (Q: Can you identify the mistake in the publicity photo?)

Spa Treatments

Hotel Cipriani's 'Gondola Massage'
Pressed for time and stressed by a tight vacation schedule? Get a soothing spa treatment and see the sights in one two-hour session.

Tours

Venice Gondola Serenade Tour
It sounded like kitsch, but floating down a canal with a baritone and a guitarist in the next gondola turned out to be fun--and maybe even a little magical.

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Hotel Advice:

Location can be important in a car-free city with 400+ bridges, especially when you're walking with luggage. Before you book, see:

Hotel Recomendations by Area
Find hotels that are handy to the airport, railroad station, cruise port, or Piazza San Marco, and in Mestre.

Aerial Venice Hotels
Read our tips on choosing the right sestiere or district. Then view individual hotels and their surroundings in large satellite photos and aerial close-ups.

MSC cruise ship in Venice

Venice for Cruisers:

Venice canal reflections

From our Venice Travel Blog:

A water taxi ride to Venice Airport
A warning about water taxis
Venice Railroad Station: a vaporetto view
Long lines at Venice Airport
Free boat trips to Murano
Need to pee? Prepare to pay
Crime in Venice
The perils of overpacking
Venetian daily life

Maggie in Venice

From Maggie in Venice:

A dog's life in Venice
A Beagle boards a water bus
Maggie in Venice video clips