Venice’s top art museum, packed with highlights of the Venetian Renaissance, features paintings by the Bellini family , Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, Tiepolo, Giorgione, Canaletto, and
Bridge of Sighs – This much-photographed bridge connects the Doge’s Palace with the prison. Travelers popularized this bridge in the Romantic 19th century. Supposedly, a
Built in the 11th Century to replace an earlier church, this basilica’s distinctly Eastern-style architecture underlines Venice’s connection to Byzantium (which protected it from the
The small square between the basilica and the water is the Piazzetta. This “little square” is framed by the Doge’s Palace on the left, the
This grand square is surrounded by splashy, historic buildings and sights: St. Mark’s Basilica, the Doge’s Palace, the Campanile bell tower, the Clock Tower, and
Venice really needs no introduction. This incomparable union of art, architecture and lagoon-based living has been a fabled destination for centuries. No matter how many
Lots of interesting places to try in Varenna. We started first with a little Gelato – La Passerella was Jackie’s first taste in Varenna. I
The Hotel du Lac, filling a refined and modernized 19th-century villa, is classy and dignified. From its exclusive private perch on the point, it offers
Bellagio was built below a medieval fortress that capped its hill (today is is the Villa Serbelloni Park). The town’s chic image was stoked by
Writers from Goethe and Stendhal to DH Lawrence and Hemingway have lavished praise on the Italian Lakes, a dramatic region of vivid-blue waters ringed by