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Venice, Italy
City Facts
| Venice Population | 324,000 *
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| Italy Population | 57,253,000 *
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| Currency | Euro (EUR)
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| Time Zone | GMT + 1 hour
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| Language | Italian
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* Source: UN Population Division 2005 estimate
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| Our favourite hotel in Venice | |
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Hotel Cipriani
The cream of Venice's hotels, the Cipriani has won countless awards in its long history. Situated a short boat ride away from Piazza San Marco, this is the place to see and be seen, home to royalty and filmstars over the years.
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Facilities: Pool, spa, restaurants, bars, private boat and much more.
Why: It just doesn't get better than the Cipriani.
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Introduction
With water, water everywhere, Venice, Italy, is a small and entrancing city, said to have more great art and architecture per square inch than any other place in the world. Hot in July and August, its weather is generally mild through the rest of the year, though punctuated by thunder and rainstorms.
Founded more than a thousand years ago by refugees erecting houses on stilts on mudflats, Venice has grown into a city of 117 painstakingly constructed islands, connected by some 150 canals and 400 bridges. Its roads being canals of water it has no cars or lorries; its stone built sidewalks are elegant and historic.
Venice boasts luxurious shopping, an elegant fish-rich local cuisine and centuries of experience in giving pleasure to its numerous visitors. It is acclaimed by many as the "Queen of the Adriatic", sophisticated and stylish, romantic and mysterious - in short, the most beautiful city in the world.
Arts and Events
Venice is not only built over water, but celebrates on water too, holding more than one hundred regattas every year. February has the famously picturesque Carnevale, its celebrants adorned in wigs and masks. In May the ceremony of "wedding" Venice to the sea takes place, a reminder of its time as head of a maritime empire and trading network. Fireworks explode at July's regatta, the Festa del Redentore; September is the time for an historic gondola race.
The Biennale, one of the world's top festivals of modern art is held every second June, and a film festival in August.
Permanent attractions abound. At the city center is St. Mark's Square, home to a magnificent church, and close by is the Doge's Palace, the splendid residence of the city's one-time rulers. Gothic and Renaissance palaces and churches embellish the cityscape; galleries are adorned with works by, amongst others, Bellini, Titian, Tintoretto and Canaletto.
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