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SARAH REID
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V E N I C E
get shooting
Castello district’s campos
are refreshingly uncrowded
at this time of year, and
photograph even more
beautifully than in summer.
warm up
Stop for a steaming cup
of
cioccolata calda
– the
favourite breakfast
pick-me-up of Casanova
– at Tonolo pastry bar on
Calle San Pantalon.
look up
Ogle the gilded
Byzantine mosaics
decorating the ceiling
of St Mark’s Basilica
in St Mark’s Square.
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Dolce winter
Prices are cheaper, places are less busy: here’s how
to enjoy low season in Venice – for just €10
trivia corner
Stroll through the Ghetto
Nuovo in the Cannaregio
district, where Jewish
residents were compelled
to live and work until the
end of the 18th century.
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go to market
Rise early to see the
seafood and produce at
Rialto Market, in the San
Polo district, by the bridge
that was named after it.
art lesson
The Dorsoduro district is
the city’s artiest quarter.
Tour its galleries and glass
workshops for an insight
into Venetian craft.
R E G U L A R S
graze
Cicheti
– Venetian-style
tapas, often in the form of
gourmet sandwiches –
are perfect snacks and can
be found on café counters
until early evening,
be enchanted
Find a perch alongside
the Grand Canal to listen
to the operatic voices of
the gondaliers drift
through the fog.
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backstreet detour
Check out the Chisea di
San Nicoló dei Mendicoli
(St Nicholas Square,
Dorsoduro)
– some bits
are from the 7th century.
hit the stalls
Glug a glass of
vin brulè
(hot
wine) while buying Murano
glass jewellery at the festive
market in Campo Stefano,
San Marco district.
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