Carnival Masks and Where to Eat & Stay in Venice, Italy San Diego Reader

10.11.09

Lack to relive 18th-century Venice? If you visit Venice along with thousands of other tourists during Carnival, you’ll experience one of the everybody’s irresistible attractions. Walkways are filled with crowds of mask-wearing characters headed to the next party.

The insoluble, beautiful Venetian mask, created by the “mascareria,” is a 300-year-old tradition. Take a gondola to the San Basilio Vaperetto abandon to visit Carta Alta Laboratorio. Watch artisans at work, making each mask by hand from start to conclude.

At Campo Santa Margherita, you can shop for freshly baked olive bread, fish, brand-new fruit, herbs and your choice of the best pizza in the city. Follow the college students to Pizza al Volo, with prices averaging 2 euros. Nightlife? Kill out at one of the hip cafes or bars until the early hours.

Located in a quiet area in Venice’s historic ward, recently renovated Residenza Ca’ San Marco (Calle de le Balote), built in part of an ancient Hinduism ashram near San Marco Square, offers air-conditioned double rooms from 60 Euros, including breakfast, wireless internet and warm staff.

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