There’s lots of activity around the opening of “cruise season” in Venice, and citizens are mobilizing to continue to protest their presence. It’s a rainy weekend in the forecast, so it’s hard to say what the participation might be. In the meantime, here’s a rough translation from their Facebook page:
The cruise season resumes in full force the weekend of April 14 and 15: as many as 9 (nine!) ships will arrive and depart this Saturday and Sunday…
Though 54th edition of the Venice Art Biennale is winding down, there may be no better time of year for the off-season traveler to take it all in.
The new numbering system for vaporetto lines could, should help newcomers find the landing they’re looking for more quickly. Speriamo bene.
The news has got around by now the the Alajmo brothers of Le Calandre fame have taken the one-and-only Ristorante Quadri under their wing — and as is their habit, are aiming for the sky.
33,000 cruise tourists disembark in the lagoon city from seven super-size cruise ships and two ferries. There’s no pause in this Venetian August, as thousands of vacationers head for the People Mover tram, then to Piazzale Roma, already overrun with arrivals from the Liberty Bridge.
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On a sunny day, watch schools of fish bob by the underwater webcam of the CNR sea tower in the high Adriatic.