The Italian city of Venice, world-famous for its romantic canals, has a smaller, little-known doppelgänger: Chioggia. But although it is only a short distance from the “original”, far fewer visitors ...

Venice teeters on the edge of cliché with its lacework of canals, its domes and gilded spires, its kiosks with straw gondolier hats and refrigerator magnets in the shape of the Piazza San Marco.

The picturesque Italian city of Venice brings a lot of images to mind. Idyllic waterways filled with the wakes of traveling boats and the sight of long wooden oars powering sleek, black gondolas.

Beguiling, mysterious and touchingly beautiful, Venice conquers all, as Larry Writer discovered on a leisurely tour around this legendary Italian jewel-box. Venice is one of the highlight cities of ...

For most people, Venice is the first destination that pops up when we think of canal cities. Sure, it’s iconic and amazing, but there are plenty of equally beautiful (and, more importantly, quieter) ...