A dream city and a carnival city, Venice is the leading tourist destination in Italy and even all of Europe. The beautiful medieval Venice, which is rapidly sinking under the water of the Adriatic, is good at any time of the year. It is always noisy and crowded here, and the motley crowd in Piazza San Marco does not diminish, even in the winter season in Venice.
About weather and floods
Located at the latitude of Crimea, the Venetian lagoon boasts a fairly long summer. The air temperature in mid-July and August reaches +26 degrees, and due to high humidity and fairly frequent precipitation, walks around the city at this time of the year may not seem very comfortable. Another problematic season for excursions in Venice is the period from October to January. During these weeks, the numerous rivers flowing from the Alps often overflow their banks due to the wet Mediterranean winter weather. The water area of the Adriatic, narrowing in the north, meets flood waters and creates a surge effect. This is how the famous Venetian floods are formed. Melting snowfalls and torrential rains during this period intensify the effect, and if in former times the lowest point of the city - St. Mark's Square - was under water for up to ten days a year, now this phenomenon can be observed much more often.
Spring in Venice
The most enjoyable season in Venice is spring. The air temperature is already at a stable level of +18 degrees by mid-April, and the winds blowing from the Adriatic are becoming warm. At this time, walks along narrow streets and bridges, riding on gondolas and vaparetto are especially comfortable, and the large influx of tourists, typical for Venice in summer, has not yet been observed.
For those in the frame
Another popular time for tourists is August-September, when Venice becomes the venue for the traditional international film festival. It has been arranged for more than eighty years, and during this time all the most brilliant actors and directors have become guests of the film forum. In 1965, the famous fairy tale Frost by Alexander Rowe received the “Lion of Saint Mark” award at the Venice Film Festival in the nomination of the best children's cinema.
Mask, I know you …
The February Carnival is a popular event that does not reflect the winter season in Venice. Guests are not stopped either by the chilly wind or by the minimum temperature for these latitudes of +3 - +5 degrees. A luxurious holiday is a symbol of a legendary city, which every year goes below the water and leaves no hope for our distant descendants to enjoy its bridges and canals, as we happened to.
