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Best hotels in Venice

<p>Venice Venice, a 13th-century Venetian-Byzantine palace, is located on the banks of the Grand Canal</p>

I visited the Venice hotel home to more than 600 works of art

<p>The view from the terrace at the Gritti Palace in Venice is unforgettable</p>

I have found the best hotels for your next Venice city break

<p>You could earn around €150,000 a year as a gondolier </p>

Venice is recruiting new gondoliers for a rigorous training programme

<p>The Uber Boat journeys start from €120 </p>

Gondoliers fear Uber water taxis will bring more crowds to Venice

Venice mayor begs Unesco to put city on blacklist

The Grand Canal

How to see Venice on the cheap

Live the high life for less

The best destinations for cheap five-star hotels

Get around Venice’s tourist tax ... by visiting nearby Padua instead

These are this year’s most ‘undertouristed’ places

Swap Amsterdam for arty Rotterdam this year

The best European cities to visit in 2019

Venice continues to crack down on tourist behaviour

Venice tourists could be fined €500 for sitting down

The tourist fell victim to an additional fee charged for customers wishing to sit in the feted St Mark's Square

Venice café sparks anger after charging tourists €43 for four drinks

Pigeons feeding on rubbish in Venice

Venice bans new take-away outlets for next three years

The gates at the Calatrava bridge at Piazzale Roma

Venice locals tear down turnstiles segregating them from tourists

Ristorante Upupa

Escape Venice's tourist trap restaurants with these local tips

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by United Airlines takes off at Los Angeles International Airport

Couple who spotted United plane fuel leak were ‘stranded’ by airline

No new hotels will be built in Venice

Venice bans new hotels as tourist crackdown continues

James Lee Byars’s posthumous ‘The Golden Tower’ is on display in Campo San Vio

What to see at this year's Venice Biennale

Tourists have ruined Venice and now it's time for them to pay, says Justin Francis

Why Venice needs to charge an entry fee

Feeling at home in Venice

Float your boat: see the Grand Canal by gondola

Venice travel tips: Where to go and what to see in 48 hours

<p>The living room</p>

Cima Rosa, Venice: A hidden palazzo just off the Grand Canal,