Mauro Lorenzon is known as the best wine connoisseur of Italy. He enjoys the reputation of a “wine pope” and is well-known from the media, particularly the television. Mauro owns its own winery and a wine bar in Venice, the Enoiteca Mascareta. At the gourmet restaurant PiacerMio in the Marina di Venezia, we first learned […]
Libreria Acqua Alta – an exceptional bookshop
The Libreria Acqua Alta, which means high water bookshop, is in the center of Venice, in Calle Longa S. Maria Formosa 5176/b. We enter the bookshop and stand amidst a myriad of books in shelves that reach to the ceiling. In the middle of the room is a Venetian gondola, which is also full of […]
Venice off the beaten path
From the Rialto Bridge, we reach the Campo Santi Apostoli, the square in front of the church of the same name. Curved Colonnades on the building directly on the canal Rio the S.S. Apostoli serve as a landing stage for gondoliers. A small bridge over the canal makes this place a popular photo scene. 4K […]
In the center of Venice
From the landing stage in Punta Sabbioni, we take a regular ferry across the lagoon to Venice. The crossing takes about half an hour. Right at the beginning of the ride, we pass one of the three huge barrages that will protect the lagoon in the future from flooding. Two of the three barrages seem […]
La Cremeria – the World’s Best Ice Cream
After the breakfast, we have the chance to learn more about the ice production in La Cremeria. As there is still some time left until our appointment, we walk around and shoot some video clips. We start with the Venetian Lion and the gondolier on the miniature golf course. Then we visit the fruit shop […]
The Beach of Marina di Venezia
The beach of the Marina di Venezia on the Adriatic is covered with the finest sand. Due to the alluvial sand here, the beach strip grows yearly by approx 10 m. 1.2 km of beach belongs to the Marina di Venezia. If you want to hike, you can walk along the sea in direction north […]