Venice (Italy): serious rants about an empty Venice that cannot afford to go back to normal but should go back to better
Venice: sunny, silent and empty. Nothing hurts more than an empty Venice, but at the same time nothing is better than a narrow and deserted Venetian calle flooded by the sun. Nothing hurts more than an empty Venice, but at the same time nothing is better than a campo where a lonely wellhead stands out without the crowded constant flow of tourists. Nothing hurts more than an empty Venice, but at the same time nothing is better than Ponte di Rialto without masses of tourists: on the ponte these days the only living thing is the glare of the sun on the closed shutters of the many jewelleries, blown glass and leatherware shops. Deserted Rialto Bridge in Venice It is because there is nothing that for Venice is just good or just evil, so it has always been in her complex history, and so it is also for the post-Covid Venice tourism rebound. After more than a year of Venice's closures and the absence of tourism, Venice can't take it anymore and wants to reopen. Empty Venice in