Venice, Time Out (8th ed. Jan. 18)

The Time Out Venice City Guide conducts you along the misty canals and beyond to hidden churches and concealed courtyards, showing you how to avoid the tourist traps along the way. Time Out Venice's team of local experts gives the lie to La Serenissima's reputation as the `unchanging museum'. Charting new openings and major revamps in a city where it pays to look beyond the tourist-trade veneer and take a peek at its own unique way of life, the guide leads you to restaurants where Venetians dine, shops where the glass really is blown in Murano and exquisite corners where the visiting hordes seem light years away.