Last summer took an amazing three-week vacation to France and Italy during the beginning of the kid’s summer break. We traveled to several cities along the French and Italian rivieras, spent five days ...

Murano Glass is not just a luxury; it is a masterpiece of craftsmanship that blends art with function. Originating from the ...

There's also some Murano glass jewellery – necklaces, bracelets, earrings – in the same fun and funky style. For Venice, prices are reasonable. Check the website for online sales. A golden ...

Murano's destiny was written when glassmaking activities were transferred here in 1291 because of the fire risk in central Venice, but there's more to this island than glass. After you've seen a ...

California-born Archibong was informed by references such as 90's West Coast hip-hop culture and the "old world elegance" of Murano, Italy where the designer has worked extensively with glass ...

Black gondolas in Venice, Italy Did you know the gondolas in Venice must be ... make some of the finest glassware in the world. Venetian glass is known as Murano glass, because in 1291, all of the ...

Barovier&Toso, the largest Venetian glassmaker by sales, opens Barovier&Toso Arte, a gallery on the Venetian island of Murano ...

Another is of a trabocco, or spiderlike fishing contraption, at Chioggia, a working-class town in the far south of the Venice lagoon. In one image, the tower of Murano’s basilica of Saints Maria ...

intent on bringing him to rest in Venice. (What made them crafty? They smuggled the remains to Italy in barrels of pork fat.) Crafted from many different styles of architecture, today the ...

I spent my last night in Italy at a hotel near the Venice airport The day before leaving Italy, my friend and I dined on a slow breakfast, packed our suitcases and ski bags, and crammed it all ...

The Venice entry fee is back — and this time ... those visiting the outer islands of the lagoon, including the Lido, Murano and Burano — though that will be a moot point for most vacationers ...