Venice's very existence inspires wonder, and during Carnival, this city of canals provides a fanciful backdrop for the festivities leading up to Lent. Costumes, and notably masks, have added to the ...

Venice's opulent Byzantine-inspired and Gothic architecture, crisscrossed by a network of canals, is an otherworldly sight at any time. Once a year, however, the people of Venice don decadent costumes ...