Business Insider UK visited three different workshops to see how the masks are made for the world famous Carnival of Venice. The traditional masks are made in papier maché and are decorated with ...

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Italian officials have cut short the Venice Carnival as they try to control what is now the worst outbreak of the coronavirus in Europe. Authorities in the Veneto region said the event would end ...

Rebecca Ann Hughes covers travel, culture and food in Europe. Venice Carnival 2023 officially kicked off on February 4th with a light-filled night parade down the Grand Canal. For the next two ...

Partygoers in Italy have come out in style for the annual Venice Carnival, several months after the city was hit by the biggest flooding since 1966. The historic sites hit by Venice's floods ...

As for Carnival—once a charming, neighborhood event, now a commercial frenzy ("a cultural hijacking," Robert C. Davis, a professor of history at Ohio State University, wrote in Venice ...

The eternally popular city of welcomed nearly 6m tourists last year, but are locals actively trying to make it the most ...

Carnival commences in February, and it's a huge event in Venice, so be prepared for large crowds of mask-wearing participants. Aside from Carnival, the city is relatively quiet this time of year.

The winter season in Venice has a rhythm-remember it will be busier, for example, during Carnival, though still nothing close ...

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No problem, you can still experience its essence and see some of its most iconic sights. Either way, Venice is a beautiful ...

During Venice’s seasonal floods ... bizarre mythical beasts, cartoon characters, carnival masks, snakes, and gargoyles. They had been there all along, waiting for my imagination to bring ...