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CITY GUIDES
VENEZIA - VENICE
| Impalpable, unique, marvelous. "La Serenissima" (The Supreme Serenity,
as Venice is known) is a magical theater on the water. The smells of the stones and the
canals, the music of Vivaldi and the paintings of Carpaccio and Tintoretto, the Zattere
district and the Giudecca, the Palladio churches and the Jewish ghetto, the Caffé del
Florian in Piazza San Marco and cocktails at Harry's Bar of Arrigo Cipriani... all these
are unforgettable. Venice's enchanting byways have withstood flooding, fetid algae, mass tourism, the exodus of its citizens in favour of the more dynamic Mestre. To see the city in winter, fog hanging over the Canale Grande, is to experience
the true soul of the city. The nearly soundless movement of the water, the clack of window
against window, the ancient boats at their moorings. Like a theater back-drop, Venice
inspires and amplifies all sensations.
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| Altitude: 2 meters Pop.: 85.000 inhabitants International airport: Marco Polo at Tessera (13 km) Postal code: 30100 Country/area code: (+39) 041 APT information: Riviera del Brenta Castello 4421, tel. 041-5298711, fax 041-5230399 IAT information: S.Marco 71/c, tel. 041-5226356 Information center: train station,tel. 041-719078 Information center: Lido di Venezia, gran viale S.Maria Elisabetta, tel. 041-5265721 |
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