Venice

From the awe-inspiring Basilica of San Marco to the colourful Burano - explores the Accademia, with its world-renowned collection of Renaissance art - takes a trip along the Grand Canal, stopping off at numerous frescoed palaces along the way - finds the chapels and concert halls where the finest Baroque recitals take place 'Best of all is the Cannaregio in between, still wrapped in the silence that once enveloped the rest of Venice. Crumbling and piquant, it offers one of your best chances to see the city behind the glitz; here children play tag on the bridges on the broad fondamente, without fear of knocking a tourist into the drink; shirts, sheets and some amazing examples of Italian underwear flutter gaily overhead; old geezers and cats soak up the sun in front of unnamed bars'