Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Cárte
Wander northwest to this tiny
studio- boutique
(
Click here
) to browse lagoon-
rippled, marble-paper recipe albums, and dress for dinner with hypnotic paper-
cocktail rings.
Veneziastampa
Cross a couple of bridges until you smell ink drying on letterpress menus and
cookbook ex libris labels at
Veneziastampa
.
Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia
Learn the scientific names of the lagoon creatures you spotted at the market at
Venice's
museum of natural history
(
Click here
) , housed in a Grand Canal
palace that was once the Turkish trading-house. It's filled with curious specimens,
but architecture made from shellfish and fishbones steals the show.
Riva di Biasio
Walk this sunny Grand Canal footpath allegedly named for 16th-century butcher
Biagio (Biasio) Cargnio, whose sausages contained a special ingredient: children.
When found out, Biasio was drawn and quartered.
Alaska
Now that you've worked up an appetite, try a local speciality (besides sausages).
Venetians swear by the mood-enhancing properties of the handmade, organic,
roasted-pistachio gelato at
Alaska
(
Click here
)
.
Al Prosecco
Happy-hour temptations ring nearby Campo San Giacomo dell'Orio, but gourmet
adventures deserve natural-process
prosecco
(Venetian sparkling wine) toasts at
Al Prosecco
(
Click here
)
.
