Venice

This guide contains an encyclopaedic section on Venice, itineraries and a practical section, including addresses and telephone numbers, opening times of museums and details on hotels, restaurants, nightlife and shopping.;The encyclopaedic section takes a look at the natural history of the Venetian Lagoon and archipelago; a detailed history of the Venetian Republic and its institutions; the Venetian language, furniture, costumes, fiestas, carnivals, regattas, gondolas; mosaics and gastronomy; 30 pages of hand-drawn architectural drawings of churches, bridges, palaces and belltowers; literature - Venice as seen by Goethe, Byron, Ruskin, James, Jan Morris; painting - Venice as seen by Turner, Renoir and Signac.;The book also includes 11 detailed itineraries describing San Marco, the Grand Canal, Cannaregio, Castello, San Polo, Dorsoduro, Santa Croce, the Lido, Murano, Burano and Torcello, with 3 inserts presenting the Doge's Palace, the Basilica San Marco and the Venetian painting.