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italyheaven
@italyheaven.bsky.social
Italy, history, Bath, travel, ballet, opera, art.
Travel writer & Italy consultant for TV
London - Venice - Italian islands
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Sunny Castello on Friday. I was on a special research mission, but not to any of the places in these photos 🤐.
Castello Contrasts is one of the walks in my guidebook that will help you discover Venice
November 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Nice little Christmas market on the Giudecca (Palanca) today & tomorrow. I've bought a couple of presents with profits going to a good cause. #Venice
November 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
There are a few churches in Venice that I always try to pop into when I'm in the neighbourhood, to admire their art. This Madonna & Child by Alvise Vivarini is one of several treasures in the lovely San Giovanni in Bragora
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Venice by night, from the water. Spot the Christmas tree!
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Also in Castello, where they clearly have a sense of humour
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Witty window text in a food shop on Via Garibaldi, near art venues.
#Venice
November 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Another day, another Venetian sunset
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A quick Venetian lunch
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Hello from Venice. A nice day for a general strike
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Venetians before Venice? Funerary monuments from Roman Altinum on the Venetian mainland. At the Museo Archeologico di Altino
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Lagoon sunset
November 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today I've been visiting the museum of Altino, Roman Altinum - the town where Venice's story begins. A hassle to to reach from Venice, but worth it.
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Spectacular sunset in Venice
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
In all these years I've never attended one of the defining tourist attractions of Venice: a performance of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. They pack out church venues several times a week, play the same music over & over for ever... Yesterday I paid up & went along - & enjoyed it
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Red house, grey day
#Venice
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Lunch with canal views at my favourite restaurant in Venice, La Zucca. Amazing seasonal flavours in the lasagne with Chioggia radicchio, mushrooms and fontina cheese
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A lovely & lucky Venice experience this morning: a free (optional donations) concert I'd seen advertised on a church door. The trio of musicians of the Ensemble Serenissimi filled the frescoed space of Ognissanti with beautiful strings. Small audience, but big applause.
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Book ahead for access to the museum & church circuit (€10). Some info boards are only in Italian. I was accompanied on my solo visit, but without much commentary or additional info/answers. Well worth visiting though
www.pietavenezia.org/servizi-info...
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Yesterday I visited the little museum of the Pietà church & institution, where parents left babies to be cared for. Heartrending little tokens & messages left by mothers. The Pietà was famous for its female musicians & for music director Antonio Vivaldi
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Some highlights of Neoclassical Taste, the current exhibition at Ca'Rezzonico, Venice, of works from the album Leopoldo Cicognara compiled for his wife. A great palace-museum which has very interesting exhibitions - I get good value from my MUVE museum card here
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Night reflections, Venice this evening. The rain stopped and it's a still night filled with atmosphere.
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Here's another! I shivered seeing these passengers out on the choppy Bacino this morning
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It's grey and drizzly in Venice today, so here's a photo from yesterday afternoon
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Venice tonight
November 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Carlo Goldoni's La Vedova Scaltra at Teatro Toniolo, Mestre. Worth the journey to the mainland. A widow looking for love chooses between 4 national caricatures. Milord Runebif is the English candidate: a rich man of few words. The jealous Italian wins though. Good fun & historically fascinating
November 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM