Floating BEAUTY
Known as La Serenissima, the most serene, Venice did for artistry what Greece did for democracy. With its surfeit of beauty, this is a truly special city and fascinating to explore. Ideally fused with its watery element, the implausible setting, with its Campanile and domes, colonnades and pinnacles, is an impressive sight and an architectural enthusiastʼs paradise.
For almost a thousand years this aquatic city of marble and stone at the northern tip of the Adriatic was the acknowledged mistress of the Mediterranean. Never once was it invaded or destroyed. The shallow lagoon that separates Venice from the mainland not only acted as
