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ABOVE: An indoor boatyard returns a boat to the water.

Venice Gondola Serenade Tour veniceforvisitors.com
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.

Acqua Alta veniceforvisitors.com
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."

Venice Boat Rentals veniceforvisitors.com
Cruise the Venetian Lagoon as captain of your own vessel with a self-drive Pénichette from Locaboat Holidays.

MSC Poesia Eastern Mediterranean Cruise europeforcruisers.com
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.

Bottega di Tintoretto veniceforvisitors.com
Archived article: Roberto Mazzetto manages a nonprofit graphics studio in the workshop of a 15th Century master.

History of Murano Glass
The Venetian glass industry has been centered on the nearby island of Murano since 1292. Murano glassblowers once risked death if they revealed their secrets, but today their techniques are published on the Web.

Lug Sail Association
The Associazione Vela al Terzo offers regatta schedules and information on sailing courses in the Venetian lagoon.

Official Gondola Site
Learn about the gondola's history, or assemble a bibliography of books (mostly in Italian) about gondolas and Venice. The site also discusses the traghetti or gondola ferries across the Grand Canal.

Travels in Europe: Venice
Rick Steves wrote this script for his travel program on public television.

Venice Marathon
The Venice Marathon takes place each year in October. If you're interested in running (or watching), use the e-form to get on the mailing list.

Venice Master Artisans veniceforvisitors.com
If you buy just one coffee-table book about Venice, make it this one. The large-format, 272-page book has 210 color photos and 30 profiles of artisans who use traditional techniques to make everything from glass to footwear to metal castings. (There's even an American-born gondola maker.)

Weird Venice
This blog is actually pretty mainstream, with up-to-date reports of interest to tourists and residents.

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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
The perils of overpacking
Flood warning: the sound of sirens

Stupid tourist tricks
Johnny Depp's palazzo
Venetian daily life

Maggie in Venice

From Maggie in Venice:

A dog's life in Venice
A Beagle boards a water bus
Venice Carnival for dogs

Venice cruise review:

MSC Eastern Mediterranean Cruise