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The Bard’s Italy is a tour of piazzas, canals and Gothic architecture -- inspiration for the settings of Othello, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew and The Merchant of Venice.
10 May 2012
William Shakespeare set a third of his plays in Italy. Take a tour of Verona, Padua and Venice -- three fair cities in which he laid his scenes.
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10 May 2012
See the planet in a different light as the first rays of the day cast their gentle glow on some of the most incredible sights across the globe.
09 May 2012
Avoid the tourist traps and find the real Venice – Russell Norman shares the places that inspired him to set up his own Venetian-style restaurants in London.
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26 May 2011
Slowly, gradually, the city is going under water, and the decades-in-the-works plan coming this year may not save it.
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25 February 2011
Located just across the canal bearing its name, Giudecca is Venice minus the plastic trinkets, touts and camera-toting tourists.
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24 February 2011
From music to architecture to local food and drink, iconic images from around this Italian city.
22 February 2011
Raise your glasses and loosen your corsets: Venice Carnevale offers an extra weekend of parties in 2011, extending the city's marathon pre-Lent celebrations to three weeks.
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18 February 2011
Bàcari – tiny neighbourhood bars that serve up some of the city's tastiest food and wine – offer an authentic taste of Venetian culinary culture at an affordable price.
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22 February 0011
A selection of these Food & Drink articles were originally published on Lonely Planet.
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