Bardolino, I think I can really call it my love by now - my dream is to some day own a house on Lake Garda! I'm even slightly hesitant to tell you about my super secret & favorite Italian town. It certainly isn't a secret to people that live within a days drive, but overseas it's definetely a hidden gem. I would hate to see Bardolino loose it's small town charme, but since there's mountains everywhere I don't think anyone will be able to expand it into a monsterous city and so I gracious....

To find a valuable accommodation in Venice could be quite a bad experience. Iwould like to suggest a very nice hotel in the historical center: Locanda AnticoFiore, a first class inn with a Bed and Breakfast feeling, very well fournishedlike an old Venetian Palace.A charming place with a misterous flavour, hidden and still very well located,just 10 minutes walk from St.Mark´s square.