Venice
EUROPE · GOLDEN HOUR · LA SERENISSIMA
A city built on water that still doesn't quite seem possible — go early, stay late, skip midday.
The plan
San Marco at 7am
The square is empty, the light is pink, the pigeons outnumber people.
Get lost in Cannaregio
The local quarter: laundry lines, canal-side bacari, no crowds.
Cicchetti crawl
Venetian tapas and a spritz per bar — All'Arco near Rialto is the standard.
Burano & Murano by vaporetto
Rainbow houses on one island, glassblowers on the other.
A gondola at dusk — or the traghetto
The €2 gondola ferry across the Grand Canal is the local's version.
The full episode drops on our socials — follow along: