Tucked away among a grouping of islets off Italy's northeast ... such as Piazza San Marco and on any of the waterbuses. Travel experts say that you can walk Venice's dark alleys at midnight ...

As in-season crowds take over popular destinations, and overtourism abounds, more travelers are looking for slower-paced, ...

If you join one of the best Venice tours, you'll likely pass by ... The campanile is located in Piazza San Marco, just outside St. Mark's Basilica. The price for touring the campanile is 10 ...

Although Venice, Italy, has been called one of the most ... It was very accessible to everything," a Tripadvisor reviewer wrote. Piazza San Marco is only a five-minute walk from Hotel San Moisè.

But away from the glitzy designer boutiques that line the main thoroughfare between Piazza San ... Venice - it opened its ...

This story appears in the August 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. Nowhere in Italy, where calamity comes embellished with rococo gestures and embroidered in exclamation points, is there ...

Trieste in northeast Italy is located just five miles from Slovenia and was an important port for the former ...

Venice is famously a far-from ... the best of which is the upstairs loggia (the Museo di San Marco, €7) which affords spectacular views over the piazza. Worshippers enjoy the Basilica for ...

I've been to Italy a few times ... come for the sites on the main island, such as Piazza San Marco and the Doge's Palace. But Venice is made up of more than 100 islands that all include "Venice ...

Explore the best shopping in Venice, from where to pick up quirky bags made by local designers, and elaborate tricorni (three-cornered hats worn for the Carnival), to the best boutiques for ...