Castello is Venice’s largest district and is home to some of the most precious architectural and historical attractions in the whole city. Located north-east of St. Mark’s Square, Castello is a fantastic area to stay in if you want to discover and experience a truly authentic Venetian holiday....of a culinary kind. Book your holiday rental in Castello and you’ll have the very best of Venice right at your fingertips. Follow our guide to the area’s best epicurean treats and you too can enjoy the bella vita during your Venice vacation. Corte Sconta, 3886 Calle Del Pestrin Corte Sconta is renowned as one of Venice’s best seafood restaurants, but it may be a little hard to find. The restaurant’s entry is unassuming and hides its treasures from the outside world in beautiful fashion. Once inside, take a seat in the gorgeous outdoor terrace and step into a heavenly garden enclave. As with most ‘local’ restaurants, Corte Sconta never bothers to print a menu as it uses only the freshest ingredients available at the daily produce markets. What that means for you, is that you need only order the ‘seafood antipasti’ platter and then sit back and drool in anticipation! What you will ...

Long considered a quintessential contemporary art exhibition, the Venice Biennale Art Festival draws in hundreds of artists and hundreds of thousands visitors to its shoreline every other (odd) year. Should you be planning a holiday in Venice, keep in mind that the next Biennale will be held in the spring of 2013, however, various ‘parts’ of the exhibition are actually presented every few months (of every year); so research a particular artistic discipline you’re interested in, and then book that perfect vacation rental accordingly. What started as a simple showcase of local Italian artists in 1894 has morphed into the most prestigious exhibition the world has ever seen. International interest in the Biennale was sparked soon after the exhibitions began, with curators showing preference for increasingly new, and innovative, art representations. Whilst this show may have relied almost entirely on decorative arts at the start, its transition into modern art, and all that is visually appealing was quite swift. By the early 1900s there were already several countries represented, yet the exhibition gained its premium momentum in the years between the two World Wars. By the mid-30s art disciplines like music, cinema and theatre were included, which saw the inception of the world-famous ...