Venice

Springtime has definitely arrived in Venice and April is is bringing us wonderful blooms all around the town: if you wish to enjoy your private one, don't waste any time and book your stay at Barbaria Terrace apartment: a wonderful, blooming wisteria is waiting for you! Get in touch with us at Luxrest Venice! 

Easter Holiday is coming! Warmer and longer days are coming, Springtime is the best season in terms of temperature. Take the chance of booking one of our last available flats for Easter and enjoy an aperitivo on one of our terraces! Get in touch with us at Luxrest Venice!

Venice Carnival is on again! You can love it or hate it, but it's undeniably a part of Venice identity. This crazy extravaganza still has the power to let us live, even if for just a short time, the fantasy of the Serenissima, the beautiful costumes, the parties and their mysteries...

The access fee to Venice is now active and Venice municipality issued the instructions.

The fee will be applied on the following days:

April 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 2024;

May 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26, 2024;

June 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30, 2024

July 6, 7, 13, 14, 2024.

The contribution is not due from 4.00 pm to 8.30 am.

Important: the fee is not applied to:

Christmas is coming, there's a festive air around in Venice! Take the chance to see Saint-Mark's square and its beautiful Christmas tree, the Procuratie arcades with their beautiful lights and Murano chandeliers, the sweets and crafts stall all around and the ice-skating rink in campo San Polo!

A topic many of you may already have heard about is the introduction of a future entry fee for visitors willing to access Venice. Rumors have been spreading for quite a long time and several guests contacted us to ask for more information.

It's now official and Venice municipality approved this local tax on the 12th September 2023, to be introduced from Spring 2024.

Living in Venice is always challenging, also in everyday life! It is very important that each of us makes their contribution to protect the environment of the city of Venice, so fragile and threatened on several fronts. Separate waste collection is surely a fundamental task, but it's true that it's not as simple to do as it may be anywhere else in the world.

Reassure yourself, garbage collection is puzzling also for residents, but you will find here a few tips which may help you understand how to make it correctly.

The 25th of April is always a very special day in Venice! Not only it's Liberation Day in Italy, a national holiday, but also Saint-Mark's day, the patron saint of Venice.

For this occasion, tradition has it that every boy should offer a red rose-bud to their sweetheart. and this feast is called Bocolo day (the Bocolo is the bud in Venetian).

Christmas holidays have just passed, some say that mid-January is the "blue period" because of that sort of melancholy coming after the festive time, during the cold winter days... the best way to get over it is to think of the next holidays and start planning your stay!

You won't have to wait too long, as Venice Carnival is on its way and it will start on Saturday, the 4th of February, with a beautiful parade by night on the Grand Canal, to officially open the celebration!

Christmas is coming to Venice! Feel the festy vibe and enjoy this joyful holiday among the canals! Saint-Mark's square has a particular and unique charm with its festively lit arches and the Christmas tree, and you can feel the holiday atmosphere all around!

You can ice-skate at campo San Polo, enjoy the Christmas markets at campo San Maurizio and the advent concerts at San Trovaso church.