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There are plenty of reasons to find a vacation rental in Venice or to find a villa in Veneto and plan day trips into the city as it stands but every second year there is one more excellent incentive to head to the famous city of canals: the Biennale Arte. This is a massive festival of art, design, and performance that sees artists and countries from all over the globe come to exhibit their creations throughout the city, transforming all of Venice into one massive and fascinating art gallery. For serious art-lovers, it is a once-in-a-lifetime experience to tick off your bucket list or a regular indulgence depending on your inclination and means but it is certainly worth experiencing for yourself if you get the chance. 

Venice is famously lovely and infamously delicate. Built on partially reclaimed marshlands, with buildings constructed directly over the water, the city has always been under threat and, as sea levels rise, this only becomes more pertinent. Despite this, Venice continues to fight back and live on and protect their city by all sorts of measures, including a new fee and booking system to enter the city that will be introduced later this year.

Should you wish to plan a vacation in Venice and pay a visit, you will potentially take in some uniquely Venetian sights caused by its unusual structure and origins, such as half-flooded bookshops still going about business as per usual and tourists sipping cups of coffee while their legs are encased in protective plastic boots and are lapped by water. For those willing to quite literally go with the flow of it all and to embrace all of the eccentricities and adventures of a holiday in Venice for what it is and the singular experiences that it can offer, this can add to the charm and allow for the making of some rather special memories. However, it is also cause for constant concern and planning, of course, for the city and all of its inhabitants.

Fuelled by these very concerns and the trend in recent years for Venice to flood daily in a different kind of way – with tourists disembarking from massive cruise ships to spend only a few hours in the city before suddenly leaving once more – there have been some new measures considered to help protect the city. 2022 is the year that will see the introduction of one of the main initiatives among these measures: the establishment of a fee and booking system for those wishing to enter the city of Venice, though no exact date has yet been announced.