Venice
Canals and seafood, Gothic splendour and Renaissance masterpieces
Take flights to Venice for Gothic bell towers, Renaissance palaces and gondola glides.
Things to do
Get your bearings in Venice on a waterfront meander past San Marco Basilica’s spangled Byzantine domes. Pigeons wheel into the air overhead as the Venice Lagoon whips up white caps, sending gondolas with gilded seahorse figureheads bobbing at their moorings.
Shopping
Visit the island of Murano where artisan glass-blowers whirl molten glass red-hot from the furnace into works of art while you watch. A shimmering vase or set of rainbow-coloured wine glasses are perfect souvenirs of your Venice city break..
Restaurants
Taste the fruits of the sea on Venice holidays, in bowls of seafood risotto or spaghetti with clams washed down with chilled soave wine. Gondolas glide past canal-side restaurants, where flower-bedecked balconies are shaded by vine-covered pergolas
Nightlife
Piano music, sweeping violins or live jazz issues from cafés lining Piazza San Marco as the sky turns indigo and the stars begin to twinkle. Sit back and sip a Bellini, Venice’s signature cocktail of sparkling prosecco and peach schnapps.
When to go
KLM has frequent flights to Venice. Book Venice flights in February to don a Carnevale mask or in September to watch the Historical Regatta of brightly decorated boats.
Upcoming events
- Market of Miracles
27 - 28 Mar 2010 (various dates)
- Caffè Florian
1 Nov 2009 - 31 Mar 2010; not Wed (various dates)
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Things to do
SpotlightSt Mark's Basilica
St Mark's Basilica is a sublime mix of Byzantine, Gothic and Renaissance architecture, standing majestically on St Mark's Square. Inside More about this item
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SpotlightVecio Fritolin
In a low-ceilinged 16th-century building in Santa Croce, Irina and her crew cook up impeccably presented variations on local Venetian More about this item
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SpotlightTeatro La Fenice
The Teatro La Fenice attracts opera fans from all over the world to this unique stage in San Marco. It More about this item
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