Italy

If you are in Venice for a few days, then you have enough time to divide your itinerary into half day chunks and explore the six main neighbourhoods (‘sestiere’) in separate sections. This helps you to explore beyond the San Marco sestiere and experience the different areas of the city...

All ‘roads’ seem to lead to, or through, the San Marco neighbourhood of Venice. So, after you have given San Marco the attention it deserves, you can easily explore San Polo and the Dorsoduro together in a day. That leaves you with the Castello, Cannaregio, and San Croce still to explore...

Venice is a made up of a series of islands, 6 central ones and then a large number of Lagoon islands of varying sizes and populations. In fact, the island of Torcello was the first populated island of the Venice area back in the day, until its people moved elsewhere. The islands have...