A city built on water with no cars — gondolas, Byzantine mosaics, and getting happily lost in the back canals
Pale limestone towers that turn rose-pink at sunset — Italy’s most spectacular mountains
Romeo and Juliet’s city — a Roman arena still staging opera, and a romantic riverside old town
Palladio's home town — the architect who reshaped Western buildings, from villas to the US Capitol
See Giotto's revolutionary Scrovegni Chapel frescoes and Europe's oldest botanical garden
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