"Time Out" Venice Guide

Comprehensively researched by writers who live, work, and float in Italy's magical city, the Venice Guide takes a lively critical approach to the established, and not so established, tourist paths of the Veneto.

With this indispensable guide you will be well equipped to see Venice's many sights -- from St.

Mark's to the islands of the lagoon -- crash its world-class film festival, navigate its canals like a true Venetian, and also venture into the neighboring historic cities of Padua, Vicenza, and Verona.

Here is everything you need to know -- and more -- to live, eat, and knock back an ombra like a true Venetian.