Venice Hotel Accommodation Guide Hotel Location: Cannaregio Castello Dorsoduro San Marco San Polo Santa Croce Lido Giudecca Hotel Rating: 5 star 4 star 3 star 2 … [Read more...]
Venice and the Lagoon
April 13, 2012 by
Venice and the Lagoon: Introduction An ever-growing range of features, links and practical information to help you plan and enjoy your visit to Venice, including guides to hotel accommodation, restaurants, bars, tourist attractions, city neighbourhoods and getting about. There's a lot here already and we are hard at work adding the sections to complete the menu, so just dig in! See Our Photo Highlights of Attractions Our Venice photo gallery covers not only famous venetian … [Read more...]
Gay and Lesbian Venice
March 23, 2012 by
Gay and Lesbian Venice: In February, Carnevale is a meeting point for gay people, but apart from that, although it's a marvellous city (and in spite of Truman Capote's famous quote: "Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go"), if you're looking for gay-specific action: "Masks off, Venice has not that much to offer to the GLBT community, that's why most gay people go to Padua (Padova), which is a short hop from Venice, for a drink in the evening or looking for some … [Read more...]
Some breathing space in our busy lives
February 16, 2009 by
Walking is becoming more popular as we get older, for all sorts of reasons. One of them is to obtain more "breathing space" in our busy lives. A walking holiday provides this and much more, such as the experience of engaging our senses with the land around us. Sure, there's sweat and some tears in walking, but that coffee and cake in a little village just off the track through the moors, or that cold white wine with dinner make the day's journey worthwhile. What about the culture and history … [Read more...]