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Travel Articles - Venice
Odds & Ends
Also see the 24 pages of links in my Venice
Travel Planner.
General Information
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 Pénichette 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.
Flooding
Acqua Alta
High tide, low atmospheric pressure, and a scirocco wind can make Venice
feel like Atlantis. My illustrated article tells what to expect and how to
prepare for "high water."
Laundromat - Internet Access
Wash 'n' Web
Now
you can soak your clothes and surf the Web at the same time, thanks to Speedy
Wash and Planet Internet on the Rio terrà S.
Leonardo in Cannaregio.
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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