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The 20 must-do highlights of Venice
There's more to Venice than the Grand Canal and gondolas.
There's more to Venice than the Grand Canal and gondolas.
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Venice has been hit by some of the worst flooding for 50 years, inundating the vestibule of St Mark's basilica for only the fifth time in its 1200-year history.
How to see one of Europe's most famously overtouristed cities without adding to its overtourism woes.
Venice is so much more than the sum of a few of its more popular parts.
You can arrive or depart by water taxi - a novel way to begin a stay here.
Feeling peckish? Take the time to pull up a pew somewhere rather than eating on the run in Venice if you want to fit in.
Venice was an empire, not a city and its legacy is spread far and wide.
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There is no other city quite like Venice. In summer, its alleyways sink under the weight of tourists. In winter, it sinks under the weight of water; either way, this canal city is a spectacle. No trip is complete without getting lost for hours in its meandering laneways, being serenaded by a gondolier, gawping at St Mark's Square, or slurping risotto di seppie by the Grand Canal.