Venice is constantly drowning. Last year it was drowning in its almost unprecedented “acqua alta” and people were rowing across a submerged Piazza San Marco. For over a century, it has been drowning in the relentless flood of tourists that make it almost impossible...
For over a decade, gentrification has been a growing, apparently relentless phenomenon in most major cities, all over the world. From Berlin to the Silicon Valley, from the hipster renaissance of Shoreditch, in London, to the skyrocketing real estate prices in Rome,...
Italy is about the scent of lemons. Italy is about the sound of people murmuring and laughing in the streets on a warm summer night. And Italy is about people telling each other stories in a very passionate way – over a colourful table laden...
I visited Venice last month and was charmed, not for the first time, by that incredible city. Like many tourists, however, I let it blind me to the rest of the region surrounding it, to its beauty and its charm. It is not uncommon for tourists to only visit the...
Is it still possible to visit Venice and just bask in its beauty without the hassle of the ubiquitous crowds of tourists, that clog every street, every calle, and every canal? I was wondering about it recently, as I walked slowly back to my hotel on a quiet evening....
