Venice Odds & Ends
From:
Venice Links
ABOVE: An indoor boatyard returns
a boat to the water.
Venice Gondola Serenade Tour
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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
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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
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Cruise the Venetian Lagoon as captain of your own vessel with a
self-drive P�nichette 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
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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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