What is there to say about Venice--a city like no other. A city unique in so many ways it defies logic and begs to be experienced through movement and the senses. The vast labyrinth of narrow streets and corbeled bridges lead one on a journey in which a map can only be of so much help. The great history of the city, its connection to the water, and its relationship to Byzantium produced a beautiful syncretism of art, architecture, and culture. Perhaps no other place in Italy best shows the beautiful rich oil paints of the North that saturate Venetian art. This is a city of amazing contradictions and astonishing beauty, combined with the reality of life sustained by the water.
