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February
Snow does occasionally fall in Venice, blanketing gondolas. Velvet costumes and wine
fountains warm February nights, when revellers party like it's 1699 at masked balls
until wigs itch and livers twitch - in its baroque heyday, Carnevale lasted three
months.
Carnevale
Masqueraders party in the streets for two weeks preceding Lent. Tickets to La Fenice's
masked balls run up to €230, but there's a free-flowing wine fountain to commence Carne-
vale (
www.carnevale.venezia.it
), public costume parties in every
campo
(square), and a
Grand Canal flotilla marking the end.
