Though Italy is known for pizza and pasta, travel expert Rick Steves suggests eating a different (and sometimes "weird") kind ...

Chioggia (pronounced “kee-oh-dja”) is a small fishing town on the southern end of the Venetian Lagoon. So while the comparisons with Venice are partly due to proximity, they are also because ...

The Underappreciated Islands in Venice’s Backyard. These outer islands offer beaches, mosaics, shimmering lagoon vistas, fishing villages and the rhythms of traditional Italian life.

Today, the vast majority of “fishing valleys” in the northern Lagoon are used less for rearing fish and more for hunting feathered game, or selvadego in the local idiom.

From Torcello to the north to Chioggia to the south, almost every small island had its own settlement, town, fishing village and artisan village (Murano). However, at the heart of the lagoon, Venice ...