Travel in Venice City

　　With water everywhere, Venice, Italy, is a small and entrancing city, said to have more great art and architecture per square inch than any other place in the world. Hot in July and August, its weather is generally mild through the rest of the year, though punctuated by thunder and rainstorms.

　　Founded more than a thousand years ago by refugees erecting houses on stilts on mudflats, Venice has grown into a city of 117 painstakingly constructed islands, connected by some 150 canals and 400 bridges. Its roads being canals of water it has no cars or lorries; its stone built sidewalks are elegant and historic.

　　Venice boasts luxurious shopping, an elegant fish-rich local cuisine and centuries of experience in giving pleasure to its numerous visitors. It is acclaimed by many as the "Queen of the Adriatic，" sophisticated and stylish, romantic and mysterious - in short, the most beautiful city in the world.