Fifteenth Century Venice stood out of the Adriatic in a blaze of gold, ultramarine and many-colored marble. There Giovanni Bellini grew up, amidst a half-Oriental riot of clear colors. Scores of ...

The Skinny A literary tourist trap still delivers one of the better cocktails you’ll ever have. Here’s how to save some airfare and make it yourself. VENICE, Italy — Harry’s Bar is a Venice ...

When the new French envoy arrived in Venice in 1494 he was given a grand tour of the city. Bug-eyed at Venice’s multicolored palaces, its works of art and its citizens’ lavish hospitality, he ...

In Brideshead Revisited, Sebastian Flyte takes Charles Ryder to Venice to visit Lord Marchmain, who interrogates the naif about his artistic proclivities: “Charles is very keen on painting,” said ...