italyheaven
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Italy, history, Bath, travel, ballet, opera, art.
Travel writer & Italy consultant for TV
London - Venice - Italian islands
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Travel writer & Italy consultant for TV
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italyheaven
@italyheaven.bsky.social
· Jul 8
Venice news: the 2025 edition of my Venice guidebook is LIVE. Hugely detailed, months in the updating, the same favourite walks and sights, but with a few super additions, updated prices, layouts etc. Share my off-the-beaten-track Venice! amzn.eu/d/4IhENAC
I got glimpses this morning of the dolphin that has chosen to live in the lagoon near St Mark's (an attempted relocation failed yesterday; he came back). #Venice
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I got glimpses this morning of the dolphin that has chosen to live in the lagoon near St Mark's (an attempted relocation failed yesterday; he came back). #Venice
After-dark Venice from the Accademia bridge this evening. I'd just passed a gondolier trying to entice a Spanish couple into booking his last tour for the noche
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
After-dark Venice from the Accademia bridge this evening. I'd just passed a gondolier trying to entice a Spanish couple into booking his last tour for the noche
Venice Noir in the glamorous Ateneo Veneto. I switched to an early flight so I could get here in time for this interesting discussion about the many Venices in books, popular culture & the imagination #venicenoir
November 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Venice Noir in the glamorous Ateneo Veneto. I switched to an early flight so I could get here in time for this interesting discussion about the many Venices in books, popular culture & the imagination #venicenoir
From the archive: walking along the Murazzi, the great walls protecting Venice's lagoon from the sea. An unforgettable stroll
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October 20, 2025 at 6:44 AM
From the archive: walking along the Murazzi, the great walls protecting Venice's lagoon from the sea. An unforgettable stroll
italyheaven.blogspot.com/2016/04/veni...
italyheaven.blogspot.com/2016/04/veni...
Looking through some of my Venice photos and here's one that I like: early signs of spring, St Mark's Square (March 2024). Blue skies and optimism
October 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Looking through some of my Venice photos and here's one that I like: early signs of spring, St Mark's Square (March 2024). Blue skies and optimism
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Planning to come to Venice Noir in November? Well, it's time yo put down your name for free tickets to the events you'd like to attend. I explain a bit more here...
davidhewson.com/free-tickets...
davidhewson.com/free-tickets...
Free tickets to Venice Noir now available
Venice Noir 2025 goes live six weeks on Friday… and now you can reserve your free places for the weekend. You’ll find all our events, in English and Italian, listed on our Eventbrite pa…
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October 7, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Planning to come to Venice Noir in November? Well, it's time yo put down your name for free tickets to the events you'd like to attend. I explain a bit more here...
davidhewson.com/free-tickets...
davidhewson.com/free-tickets...
The dramatic Hogarth Stair at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London - restored and open to the public 2/3 times a week. bartsnorthwing.org.uk/history-and-...
October 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The dramatic Hogarth Stair at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London - restored and open to the public 2/3 times a week. bartsnorthwing.org.uk/history-and-...
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Italy to launch a festive rail service linking Rome with the magical Christmas markets in Arezzo.
Italy to launch new Christmas Markets train linking Rome with Arezzo
Christmas Markets train to operate every Sunday from 30 November until 4 January. Italy is launching a special rail service connecting Rome with the magical Christmas markets in Arezzo, with trains ru...
www.wantedinrome.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Italy to launch a festive rail service linking Rome with the magical Christmas markets in Arezzo.
I'm wearing tweed, cashmere, corduroy and MMM By The Fireplace and working in a library - autumn is definitely arrived in London 🍂
October 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I'm wearing tweed, cashmere, corduroy and MMM By The Fireplace and working in a library - autumn is definitely arrived in London 🍂
Bath Botanical Gardens today
September 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Bath Botanical Gardens today
The Combe Down Art Trail this weekend has been a wonderfully varied experience of art, with so many different styles and media to appreciate around the village. I really fell for some of the pieces! Lots of beautiful affordable art and gifts to buy too
www.cdarttrail.com
www.cdarttrail.com
September 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The Combe Down Art Trail this weekend has been a wonderfully varied experience of art, with so many different styles and media to appreciate around the village. I really fell for some of the pieces! Lots of beautiful affordable art and gifts to buy too
www.cdarttrail.com
www.cdarttrail.com
What would Jane Austen think if she looked out of her window into the future and saw today's Jane Austen Festival promenade passing her Gay St lodgings in Bath? #JaneAustenFestival #JaneAusten
September 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
What would Jane Austen think if she looked out of her window into the future and saw today's Jane Austen Festival promenade passing her Gay St lodgings in Bath? #JaneAustenFestival #JaneAusten
Regency ladies in the landscape 😍. The Jane Austen Festival is back and attendees are out and about enjoying sunshine between showers at Prior Park Landscape Garden
#janeaustenfestival
#janeaustenfestival
September 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Regency ladies in the landscape 😍. The Jane Austen Festival is back and attendees are out and about enjoying sunshine between showers at Prior Park Landscape Garden
#janeaustenfestival
#janeaustenfestival
Yesterday's RBO Tosca rehearsal. Set in 1800 yet somehow also the 1980s, with a justifed content warning for 'gore' & no concessions to an audience looking for beauty or sightlines. Gorgeous singing from Anna Netrebko & Freddie De Tommaso, but I'll miss the previous production
September 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Yesterday's RBO Tosca rehearsal. Set in 1800 yet somehow also the 1980s, with a justifed content warning for 'gore' & no concessions to an audience looking for beauty or sightlines. Gorgeous singing from Anna Netrebko & Freddie De Tommaso, but I'll miss the previous production
Today in Venice it's the feast day of St Roch/San Rocco, plague saint & useful instrument of healthcare messaging. Mass & celebrations still take place every 16th August, as painted by Canaletto. And there's €1 admission to the Scuola Grande di San Rocco www.scuolagrandesanrocco.org/home/
August 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today in Venice it's the feast day of St Roch/San Rocco, plague saint & useful instrument of healthcare messaging. Mass & celebrations still take place every 16th August, as painted by Canaletto. And there's €1 admission to the Scuola Grande di San Rocco www.scuolagrandesanrocco.org/home/
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A poem from this morning.
August 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A poem from this morning.
Back from seeing Shakespeare/Marlowe two-hander Born with Teeth. Edward Bluemel is fantastic as Shakespeare, a booming Ncuti Gatwa has a lot of tittering fans, the play has its moments (but I'd have liked more of them)
August 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Back from seeing Shakespeare/Marlowe two-hander Born with Teeth. Edward Bluemel is fantastic as Shakespeare, a booming Ncuti Gatwa has a lot of tittering fans, the play has its moments (but I'd have liked more of them)
One of my favourite Venetian secrets. Because of course you want to know who's arriving at your elegant, decadent or political gathering. Read about this & many other secrets from the city's past in my Venice guidebook: www.italyheaven.co.uk/veneto/venic...
#Venice
#Venice
August 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
One of my favourite Venetian secrets. Because of course you want to know who's arriving at your elegant, decadent or political gathering. Read about this & many other secrets from the city's past in my Venice guidebook: www.italyheaven.co.uk/veneto/venic...
#Venice
#Venice
Somerset countryside
July 31, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Somerset countryside
What a wonderful Summer Performance by the Jette Parker Artists yesterday at Covent Garden. Great young artists and witty staging - and only £5 for my ticket
July 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
What a wonderful Summer Performance by the Jette Parker Artists yesterday at Covent Garden. Great young artists and witty staging - and only £5 for my ticket
Cycle out into the Venetian lagoon - discover rural scenery & Roman history on an excursion from Venice to sleepy Lio Piccolo
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www.italyheaven.co.uk/venice/lio-p...
July 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Cycle out into the Venetian lagoon - discover rural scenery & Roman history on an excursion from Venice to sleepy Lio Piccolo
www.italyheaven.co.uk/venice/lio-p...
www.italyheaven.co.uk/venice/lio-p...
Poor Clare at @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social today: a touching, humorous & ultimately hard-hitting 'Clueless'-style take on the story of St Clare. Excellent performances & well-worth a trip to Richmond.
July 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Poor Clare at @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social today: a touching, humorous & ultimately hard-hitting 'Clueless'-style take on the story of St Clare. Excellent performances & well-worth a trip to Richmond.
Street art on Venice's mainland
July 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Street art on Venice's mainland
Coming up in Venice: the year's biggest party
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www.italyheaven.co.uk/veneto/venic...
July 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Coming up in Venice: the year's biggest party
www.italyheaven.co.uk/veneto/venic...
www.italyheaven.co.uk/veneto/venic...