What to do near Cavallino-Treporti, VE

Island of San Francesco del Deserto, Venice

How far do the paths of St. Francis take us? A place of absolute peace, among the green trees and the chirping of birds. A small serene corner inhabited today by the Friars Minor.

St. Erasmus Violet Artichoke

Special purple-colored "articioco" produced among the islands north of the lagoon. In April each year the "castraùre" season, the harvesting of the tender shoots, begins.

Jujube Festival in Lio Piccolo

In September each year, around the time the fruit ripens, a festival is held to celebrate "zìzola," a reddish oval drupe, a symbol and outcome of trade between Venice and the East.

Little Lio

A tiny hamlet in the lagoon north of Venice, among vegetable gardens and salt marshes and peace

The church of Santa Caterina in Mazzorbo

A small and ancient church stands in Mazzorbo, a small island in the Northern Lagoon of Venice. Besides visiting its interior, it is wonderful to listen to its bell: the oldest in all of Venice!

Celestial mosaics in Torcello

When the lagoon shone before Venice

St. Andrew's Fort and its island

On the edge of the island of Vignole, a fortress built in the mid-1600s in defense of the Serenissima...

Venetian Moeche

Small crabs bred in the Venetian lagoon, found only during the two periods a year when they molt. Beloved fried by Venetians who fight over them among the island's bàcari.

Impetus

That is: art and life aboard a 1950s tugboat.

Church of St. Helena

Art, spirituality and nature meet in a little-known corner of Venice

Madonna and Child Enthroned by Brother Anthony of Negroponte

This 15th-century painting in the Church of San Francesco della Vigna in Venice is a springtime of the soul. The flowers, fruits and animals tell us about it.