Redentore Feast Day 2015

The Redentore festival is upcoming! A piece on Swide tells us what it is all about: http://www.swide.com/art-culture/festa-del-redentore-history-of-the-most-spectacular-festival-in-venice/2014/07/19

[Not for everyone] travelling on the Orient Express

The most famous (and luxurious) train in the world still exists and travels from one end of Europe (Alas, the end now is in Venice and not in Istanbul, but you can’t have everything in […]

[Only for connoisseurs] An old documentary about Wagner in Venice

A gem found in some obscure venetian attic: an old documentary about the relationship between Richard Wagner and Venice, featuring voice-over by no less than Orson Welles.