Venice famously struggles with overtourism, but I did three key things that helped me avoid crowds, starting with the time of ...

Venice Island, one of the lowest lying areas of the city, is a narrow wedge of land, just shy of 70 acres and roughly 1.7 miles long between the Schuylkill and Manayunk Canal. It was created ...

Northeast of Venice’s Cannaregio sestiere, the island of San Michele is a large cemetery. Tourists visit San Michele to view the famous tombs of composer Igor Stravinsky and poet Ezra Pound.

The one-way journey to the island takes around an hour, so make sure to leave that much time for your boat ride back to Venice at the end of the day. Venice In a Day: Basilica San Marco ...

Murano has been Venice’s glorious glass-making island since the 13th century. Tolerating life in Venice means constantly navigating its delicate collection of islands, bridges, boats and canals.