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Tourists in the northern Italian city of Verona have once again created a hole in the right breast of a statue of William Shakespeare’s heroine Juliet. The bronze statue sits beneath the balcony in a tiny courtyard where Romeo is said to have wooed Juliet, attracting hundreds of visitors each day who flock there for a selfie and to touch the breast...

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“In fair Verona, where we lay our scene…” Doesn’t that opening line sound familiar? One minute we’re young adults studying Romeo and Juliet in school, and the next, we’re planning our itineraries for a romantic weekend in the city where literature’s most famous love storyis set. Fear not, lovers, our Verona travel guide isn’t solely based on all th...

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Venice represents the very best and the very worst of shopping in Italy. There is no denying that the streets around St. Mark’s Square and other headliners are crammed full of tacky souvenir shops that cater to daytrippers who have little time and need to grab a trinket from the Floating City quickly.  Strike out just a bit farther from the throngs...

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Gambling was a pervasive aspect of Venetian life, reflecting the city’s wealth and status as a major cultural and trade hub. In Venice, everyone gambled everywhere: people engaged in games of chance in private homes, public squares, and during festivals, with stakes involving money, goods, and even property. Venetian authorities, however, viewed ga...

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An innovative addition is looming in the tourism landscape of the Veneto mountains: temporary panoramic rooms. These facilities promise a unique experience under the banner of sustainability and accessibility. It is not just about offering luxury at high altitude, but allowing everyone to experience the enchantment of the Veneto mountains in a sust...

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An international team of female scientists from Ca' Foscari University Venice, Luleå University of Technology (Sweden), Italian National Research Council and Linköping University (Sweden) has created a new material capable of absorbing the full amount of solar radiation while retaining the accumulated heat. The project aims to produce new materials...

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Winter 2024 brought our residency in Venice, Italy! A sense of place is a key element of writing in the Alma program. For 10 days, we lived exposed to the place of Italy, the language and the people. The family-owned villa where we stayed, the Hotel Villa Franceschi, gave us more of a sense of being invited guests than hotel patrons. While we exper...

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Imagine strolling through Venice's Piazza San Marco, the echo of your footsteps mingling with the murmur of centuries-old secrets lying just beneath the surface. This isn't a scene from a historical novel; it's the reality of a recent archaeological find that has reconnected Venice with a long-lost chapter of its medieval past. Beneath the famed sq...

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Venice doesn't need any presentation, it is simply the most romantic and beautiful city in the world: with its canals cruised by the traditional Venetian boats called gondole, its squares where princesses and kings had strolled into and its monumental Palaces decorated with masterpieces made by the most famous artists. Venice is also renowned for i...

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When we think of Venice, we think of water and its maritime might, but its most famous citizen went by land. It was in the year 1271 that the young Marco Polo set off for China to accompany his father on a commercial expedition. Plagued by bad weather, war and disease, the long journey east along the "Silk Road" took more than three years. However,...

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