AQUA ALTA: High tides occur in Spring & Autumn & sometimes St. Marks Square & other parts of the city flood. People flock from all over Italy to see it & there is even a hotline you can call to find out when it will next happen. When it does flood- St. Marks Square looks fantastic! It is also not that big a deal to get around as temporary walkways are erected in the busiest areas to keep the tourists & the Venetians on the move- they even draft in traffic police, with whistles, to keep things moving! I have been lucky enough to see Venice flooded on two separate trips to the city. On the first trip, I took some stunning shots of the Basilica & square, bathed in sunlight & Venetians going about their usual routines- deliveries, reading a paper at an outdoor cafe in their wellies, Fed Ex making a delivery etc. On the second trip- I took photographs of the sea washing in, past the tethered Gondolas, into the square. It was dusk & the waves looked so cool breaking over the frontage to the city.

AQUA ALTA: High tides occur in Spring & Autumn & sometimes St. Marks Square & other parts of the city flood. People flock from all over Italy to see it & there is even a hotline you can call to find out when it will next happen. When it does flood- St. Marks Square looks fantastic! It is also not that big a deal to get around as temporary walkways are erected in the busiest areas to keep the tourists & the Venetians on the move- they even draft in traffic police, with whistles, to keep things moving! I have been lucky enough to see Venice flooded on two separate trips to the city. On the first trip, I took some stunning shots of the Basilica & square, bathed in sunlight & Venetians going about their usual routines- deliveries, reading a paper at an outdoor cafe in their wellies, Fed Ex making a delivery etc. On the second trip- I took photographs of the sea washing in, past the tethered Gondolas, into the square. It was dusk & the waves looked so cool breaking over the frontage to the city.