VENICE: La Serenissima is sublime

Michele Browne adores Venice and advises that it’s on the ether of your timeline, at least once. Thronged in summer, but quieter in winter the visitor will have to contend with floods off season — but the city, which heaves with art, architecture and history, is worth it.

IF ethereal is on your to do list, you should try the Venice experience. With the promise of summer sun tantalisingly close, the fog is now lifting from the City of Bridges and you can see its forms unfold before your eyes.

And what forms they are — facades of baroque,;Venetian flamboyant gothic; bell towers; door knobs with lions heads… unique combinations in every frame, from far and wide; old and modern.