“Take as main rule to behave as you would behave anywhere, simple on not complicated. If you like to visit churches, visit churches, if you like paintings, go and admire paintings, but don’t force yourself by regarding it as a duty. In Venice you don’t HAVE TO, you don’t have to look romantic or fake to be an aesthete…juts take the beauty into you with attention and without vanity. You are not the first and certainly not the last. Nothing special about to be in Venice. 150,000 people do the same every day of the year, excluding the San Marco horses, doves, pigeons, dogs and cats.” (Henri de Regnier “Altana or Venetian Life ”1899-1924”).
To profit most of Venice you must of course walk, walk and walk again…
Impalpable, unique, marvelous. "La Serenissima" (The Supreme Serenity, as Venice is known) is a magical theater on the water. The smells of the stones and the canals, the music of Vivaldi and the paintings of Carpaccio and Tintoretto, the Zattere district and the Giudecca, the Palladio churches and the Jewish ghetto, the Caffe del Florian in Piazza San Marco and cocktails at Harry's Bar of Arrigo Cipriani... all these are unforgettable.
It is a place for lovers and lovers of art and beauty. But, the very thing that makes Venice so special is also a threat. The water has been rising and exceptionally high tides have been flooding the square and eroding the buildings. Much thought and care has been given to finding ways to preserve this special city, but we would waste no time in visiting Venice as soon as you can. It is worth a lot to see this treasure before it is too late.
The best way to visit Venice is to get lost. You will always find your way back with Sasha’s help and it will be the most thrilling experience of your lifetime!
