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Traveling in Venice

editor — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 21:13:00 +0000

Traveling in Venice SAN GIORGIO MAGGIORE AND GIUDECCA BASILICA Dl SAN GIORGIO MAGGIORE. Standing on its own monastic island, S. Giorgio Maggiore contrasts sharply with most other Venetian churches. Palladio ignored the Venetian fondness for color and instead opted for an austere design. Light fills the enormous open space inside, although unfortunately it does not hit Tintoretto’s Last. Supper by the high altar; a light switch illuminates the wraithlike angels hovering over Christ’s table. The beautiful courtyard, to the right of the church, is closed to the public. Take the elevator to the top of the campanile for a marvelous

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Travel to Venice

editor — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:07:00 +0000

Travel to Venice CANNAREGIO AND SANTA CROCE The station area, around the Lista di Spagna, has some of Venice’s best budget accommodations. Although a 20min. vaporetto ride and a 30min. walk from most major sights, at night the streets bustle with young travelers and students. Ailoggi Gerotto Calderan, Campo S. Geremia 283 (041 71 55 62; www.casagerot- tocalderan.com). 34 big, bright rooms. Check-out 10am. Curfew 12:30am for dorms, lam for private rooms. Reserve at least 15 days in advance. Dorms ‚21; singles ‚41, with bath ‚46; doubles ‚7593; triples ‚8493. Locanda Ca San Marcuola, Campo S. Marcuola, Cannaregio 1763 (041

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Venice Travel

editor — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 21:39:00 +0000

Venice Travel GIARDINI PUBLICI AND SANT’ELENA. Those who long for trees and grass can stroll through the Public Gardens, installed by Napoleon, or bring a picnic lunch to the shady lawns of Sant’Elena. (Vaporetto: Giardini or S. Elena. Free.) JEWISH GHETTO. In 1516 the doge forced Venice’s Jewish population into the old cannon-foundry area, creating the first Jewish ghetto in Europe; the word ghetto is the Venetian word for foundry. The oldest schola (synagogue), Schola Grande Tedesca (German Synagogue), shares a building with the Museo Ebraica di Venezia (Hebrew Museum of Venice) in the Campo del Ghetto Nuovo. (Cannaregio 2899B.

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VENICE VENEZIA

editor — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 12:51:00 +0000

VENICE (VENEZIA) There is a mystical quality to Venice’s (pop. 265,000) decadence. Her lavish palaces stand proudly on a steadily sinking network of wood, treading in the clouded waters of age-old canals lapping at the feet of her abandoned front doors. Venice’s labyrinthine streets lead to a treasury of Renaissance art, housed in scores of palaces, churches, and museums that are themselves architectural delights. But the same streets that once earned the name La Serenissima (Most Serene) are now saturated with visitors, as Venice grapples with an economy reliant on the same tourism that forces more and more of the

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