Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, Venice nd its Lagoon are recognized for their extraordinary architectural masterpieces and unique urban landscape across 118 islands. As of 2026, the city faces significant pressures from overtourism and climate change, leading to major management updates.
Venice
Venice is a city that shouldn’t exist—and yet, it does, floating stubbornly on a hundred islands. The buildings, with their peeling facades and faded grandeur, look like they’ve been exhaling history for centuries. Every alley leads somewhere, nowhere, and sometimes both at once.
