Our expert travel guide to the best things to do in Venice as a first time visitor: in this guide, we share the best things you can see in Venice, top tours and unique actives to make the most of your time in La Serenissima. I’m completely in love with Venice. I visit Venice as often as I can, and every time it visit feels like stepping into a dream. The quiet lapping of the canals, the play of light on the water, the timeless beauty of its bridges and squares…. Venice has a magic unlike anywhere else, and if you’re visiting for the first time, you’re in for a…

Practical travel guide to plan a trip to Venice at Christmas. Best things to do, what to expect from the weather, best tours in Venice for the holiday season. There’s something quietly magical about Venice in December. Venice is always a contemplative, romantic and dreamy place but Venice during the festivities, as the winter cold sun settles over the canals and Christmas lights brighten up the damp days, the city glows softly and makes you dream of lazy afternoons with a book and ruby red glasses of smooth red wine to ride out the cold. As you can probably tell from this introduction, I love Venice at Christmas. I actually…

Our guide to where to eat in Venice: our list of the best restaurants in Venice for a family meal, best bacari for cicchetti, best gelato and bakeries in Venice, based on our own experience. Finding good food in Venice can sometimes feel like an impossible task. The city has plenty of restaurants everywhere, so you’ll hardly go hungry here. However, the prices are sensibly higher than in other cities, the menus tend to focus heavily on seafood (great if you love it, not so great if you want variety) and we found the quality to be often a little lacking, especially at a price point that, in another city,…