Here’s some food for thought regarding cultural tourism. I have always insisted on visiting cultural and heritage sites on my travels however there seems to be mounting debate on whether governmental conservation efforts for tourism may actually contradict the cultural essence of the destination. In the journal article Heritage Tourism: The contradictions betweenContinue Reading

As I finally found some sanity to schedule a train ride for the late morning, we managed to squeeze some time to visit the REAL Rialto market before heading to the train station. Entering the Grand Canal, we were greeted by the awesome San Giorgio Maggiore. It had looked beautiful from our hotel balcony butContinue Reading

Our charming host Nicola prepared a simple breakfast for us this morning. He has two kids around the ages of Joel and Elizabeth. I asked him where he came from since he doesn’t live in Venice. He replied that he is authentic Venetian although he lives on the mainland as it isContinue Reading