Venice: Introduction

Welcome to Venice ! Approaching the Basilica San Marco, a buzz emerges from the crowd. Tourists, students in art or nuns, they all leave soon sucked into the special atmosphere of the lagoon city.

Venice is a theater with multiple sets: I Frari, the Gallerie dell'Accademia, the Scuola Grande di San Rocco and La Fenice ... Having toured these splendors, go behind the scenes and discover, behind the scenery A maze ofsottoporteghi (passages). It is in the calli (streets), down the main roads of San Marco , that plays the true spectacle of Venice bustling artisans in their studios, chefs preparing delicious cicheti (Venetian tapas), musicians visiting rehearsals of chamber music ... The streets resound muffled noises of neighbors by the wind or the patter of little dogs.

The Venetians painted masterpieces, designed new stylesarchitectural and musical. The rising water is one thing, but the waves of tourists are a new scourge. Each year, millions of visitors arrive for "doing" Venice in three hours. If they asked all the way to Piazza San Marco, each Venetian is arrested 333 times a year!

When to go

Visitors are particularly numerous periods of Christmas, Carnival (around February), Easter, the Art Biennale (June-November in odd years) and the Venice Film Festival (late August-September). The heart of the summer should also be avoided if you dread the crowd . The months of September and October, and the period from late March to May are the most pleasant. Winters can be cold especially in Venice, there are fewer tourists in late January to March (except during Carnival), prompting hoteliers to cut their rates

Seasons in Venice

The summer, which is peak season, is paradoxically the least favorable to a trip to Venice period: temperatures reach an average of 27 ° C and humidity, such as pollution, are important.In autumn, the temperatures are mild, the lowest rates and few tourists. The cool and quiet await you in winter. The snow made figure (nice) exception. Spring is nice, but it rains heavily in May and June.