Most people visit downtown Venice to browse the mom-and-pop shops, grab a slice of pizza, maybe catch a concert at the gazebo in Centennial Park, and soak up its small-town charms. But there’s a ...

When Tiffany and Ronnie Fernandez started Venice Florida Tours four years ago, they never imagined how much they'd fall in love with Venice's history, and sharing that history with tourists and locals ...

Venice is taking on group tours and loudspeakers as part of its overall framework toward combating mass tourism. Starting Thursday in Venice, group tours won’t be able to exceed 25 people and guides ...

Fun Fact: Murano glassblowing was once so sacred that a law introduced in 1295 prevented glassmakers from leaving the island. Government officials feared local glassblowing secrets would be leaked to ...

There was a time when a perfunctory potter round the key sites with a dusty guide serviced by an even dustier script was the summit of our city-tour ambitions. Now, driven by a new breed of innovative ...

“Shoot,” says Marco Paladini, our guide, to a woman holding a temperature gauge, as we file through the thick-walled entry of the Lazzaretto Nuovo. “Go on, shoot.” She lifts the device to the first in ...

Capping tour group sizes may help mitigate overcrowding in Venice. But the city needs to do more. Venice authorities are limiting the size of large guided tour groups. Over the weekend, the municipal ...