Modernity is moving in at the site of the Grand Hotel Des Bains in the Lido di Venezia district: The hotel has closed to make way for a modern apartment complex.

Madonna directed her new film, 'W.E.', and will present it to audiences and critics for the very first time at the Venice Film Festival in September 2011.

Holiday apartments for Festa del Redentore 2010 should be booked well in advance. Venice is often fully booked in summer. Festa del Redentore is a very important event in Venice.

The 2010 Venice Carnival will take place mainly in Piazza San Marco from February 6 to 16, 2010. The lagoon city is expecting hundreds of thousands of visitors for the Venice Carnival.