Combining essential insider details, cultural information, must-see attractions, and detailed maps with glorious custom photography, Magical Venice is the ultimate handbook for modern nomads, including both savvy travelers and novice tourists. For some, the soul of Venice is found by wandering its narrow pathways, passing the bricks of its salt-soaked facades; others find it through the eyes of a Carnival mask, or perhaps within one of the city’s small squares,” begins Tournebize in the book’s introduction. If you want a book that makes you want to board a plane with a one way ticket to Venice, this is it!

Designed for twenty-first century globetrotters, Magical Venice features stylish graphics and an elegant visual design, as well as a breakdown of must-visit places, thematic double-page photographic spreads to help you discover and understand the city, and walking routes to explore each district away from the crowds. The most well-known area is San Marco, the heart of Venice, where Saint Mark’s Basilica dazzles, in front of which the Grand Canal unites one palace to another and another. Tournebize profiles leaders in Venice’s cultural and aesthetic scenes, such as design architect Carlo Scarpa, architect Philippe Starck and art collector Peggy Guggenheim. Go beyond the ordinary with this remarkable travelogue and guidebook filled with spectacular color photography that showcases Venice's magical beauty and hidden gems, from the Piazzo San Marco to the island of Giudecca, the banks of the Grand Canal to the Arsenal district--the second entry in the Hedonist's Guide travel series. Ich hatte mich auf eine angenehme Armchair-Travel-Lektüre gefreut und wurde von den klugen Begleittexten angenehm überrascht.

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Also, go to the Orsoni fornace (photo of its glass library, below) in the district Cannaregio, where it produces prized mosaics that are exported globally.Each of us has in mind a particular image of Venice, made up of snippets we glean from movies, art or literature. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). Most celebrated of all, the Bellini cocktail (photo below) was conceived in Venice via “a chance encounter of an American tourist, a Veronese bartender and [the inspiration of] a Renaissance painter,” explains Tournebize. The Spritz, a drink invented in Venice, is symbolic of Venetian’s pre-dinner hour — an aperitivo which commences as soon as the workday ends. Il libro presenta una corposa selezione di mete tra le più e le meno note della città di Venezia suddivisa secondo il criterio tematico e geografico.