VENICE (the Keys to the City)

This book will entice you with hundreds of ways to unlock the secrets of Venice, one of the most impenetrable cities in the world. While everyone else is standing around staring, you will wander away from the crowds; take a selfie with a gargoyle; sip a Spritz while standing outside a bar; fill your bottle with water from a campo well; try baccalà; learn to make glass; venture into the Catacombs of San Zaccaria; ride the red escalator to the top of Tedeschi's for the best Grand Canal view ever; eat the local food; get high with your camera; visit an ancient monastery; visit the rainbow-colored island of Burano; learn to make perfume; climb the spiral Bovolo tower; see an Opera; ride a Gondola in Cannaregio; hold hands on the sunset waterfront of Dorsudoro. Above all, you will get lost in this wondrous labyrinth city, and come out only when it is time to go home. Fall in love with this ancient wonder that still exists in our modern world. This book is overloaded with fun new ways to travel back in time to the medieval days of "La Serenissima," the beautiful Venice.