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October 23, 2009 · 4 Comments
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Editorial // Jun 7th 2009 at 10:49pm
A couple of ideas for day trips from Venice: across the lagoon and up the Brenta canal by barge (highly recommended, particularly on a hot summer’s day); and the island of Murano, not only for its glassworks.
Bruce Coles // Dec 13th 2009 at 2:07am
Congratulations on the new (2007 ed) of the Blue Guide to Venice. The “lighter” format is excellent and you cover to a very good depth. It stands with the old Companion Guide to Venice (now many years out of date) as the best guide now available for Venice.
Publisher // Jan 25th 2010 at 6:38pm
I agree with you on Hugh Honour’s Companion Guide, also my favourite. Indeed we took some extracts for it in our recently-released pocket anthology, Blue Guide Literary Companion Venice, as well as from the other two contenders, in our view, for ‘best Venice guide book of the 20th century’, being JG Links (Venice for Pleasure) and Hugh Douglas (Venice on Foot of 1907).
San Giorgio Island // Mar 2nd 2010 at 6:31pm
Guided tours at the Giorgio Cini Foundation
The Giorgio Cini Foundation monumental complex will be open to the public starting from Sunday, March the 7th: individuals and groups can visit the foundation without reservation, from 10am to 4pm. The itinerary includes the Palladian and Buora Cloister, the Longhena’s grand staircase, and the Palladian Cenacle, the Refectory completed by Palladio in the late 16th century featuring Paolo Veronese’s Wedding at Cana in facsimiles. New in this tours series is the Nuova Manica Lunga, the ancient Benedictine dormitory, recently transformed into a modern library.
Venice, Island of San Giorgio Maggiore
Saturday and Sunday, 10am – 4pm
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