Festivities including water parades, grand balls, concerts and mask contests will recall Venice’s luxurious 18th-century past ...

The Venice Carnival kicked off on Saturday under a motto inspired by the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, celebrating the ...

Venice's very existence inspires wonder, and during Carnival, this city of canals provides a fanciful backdrop for the festivities leading up to Lent. Costumes, and notably masks, have added to the ...

Long before social media and curated personas, Venice Carnival perfected the art of controlled anonymity-and that legacy ...

On Saturday, February 28 and March 7, 2026, Dampierre Castle in Yvelines will host its charming Venetian Carnival. Against a ...

VENICE, Italy -- In another year, masks would be a sign of the gaiety in Venice, an accessory worn for games and parties as big crowds parade about to show off their frivolous, fanciful costumes, ...

When the former owners of Mezzanotte finally closed that long-running fashionista-favorite restaurant/nightclub last year and opened Carnevale, a self-billed “Venetian café,” two questions instantly ...

A young man walks in an empty St. Mark’s Square in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. Gondolas and other vessels are moored instead of preparing for Carnival’s popular boat parade in the lagoon.