"The Queen of the Adriatic" a Venice Travel Page by csordila

In an awestruck fashion, its inhabitants used to call Venice La Serenissima - the most illustrious. Since the great car and railways bridge between the mainland and the lagoon city was built, Venice entered a new age: it became more easily accessible, and the people did come.
Today, more than ten million tourists per year visit the fascinating city with its 150 steeples, 150 canals, 400 bridges, a maze of 3,000 alleyways and about 45,000 pigeons.
Venice is a great place for walking, and much of the time no map is needed as long as you don't mind being slightly lost. Looking for someplace specific, like a restaurant you've seen reviewed and want to visit, can be more challenging. It is not easy to find your way in Venice - a perfect analogy to love: only what is difficult to conquer is actually interesting.

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There are many beautiful places in Italy, but the most special one is Venice. Venice has a lot to recommend, from sitting in Caffe Florian in San Marco to studying the art in the Gallerie dell'Accademia or the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.
Venice is a walking city for romantic dreamers who like strolling through car-free streets and for anyone who wants to see something really different and crumbling in a pleasing-to-the-eye.
It is really true what a Russian poet said: "I should say that, good though this place is for honeymoons, I've often thought it should be tried for divorces also."
Venice's true charm, however, lies in its inhabitants: at the fish market, vendors sing opera arias while filleting their goods, a craftswoman artfully decorates a pompous Venetian mask, a vegetable vendor skillfully navigates his full-packed gondola through the canals.

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