This is where Venice started—in the early medieval period, as Burano developed on fishing, Torcello became a boomtown port of 20,000 inhabitants. Tourists visit the church of Santa Caterina on ...

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.

The Messolonghi-Aitolikos Lagoons National Park in Western Greece is a testament to the enduring legacy of traditional ...

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 ...

It is 09:00 in Venice and a peaceful silence blankets the city's narrow streets and canals. Day-trippers begin to descend on the lagoon, while Luca Padoan leans against a wall near the Rio della ...