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 ...

A jewel of a city audaciously built on 118 tiny islands and a network of waterways, Venice is an imperiled ... king Charles VIII called it "the most beautiful street in the world." ...

Recently, beautiful Venice has become too popular for its own good. Crammed with hordes of shoulder-to-shoulder tourists and cruise passengers exploring the squares, backstreets and canals of the ...