Though the island city is not my favourite European destination, Venice offers at least two excellent reasons to come back again and again.
One (in even years) is the Biennale of architecture, a relatively recent spectacle. The other reason (in odd years) is the older, much larger Biennale of art.
I usually spend the hectic preview days of both biennales either scuttling from place to place, trying to take in everything, or holed up in my hotel room, pecking out a review on m… (View original article)