5. Ideal for discovering a slice of Venetian life: Corte Nuova
When many visitors think of Venice, they picture a gondolier paddling the canals, but Venetians think of laundry drying in the sun. “It is forbidden to dry your laundry in Venice [heavily touristed] Saint-Marc district, says Mazzola. You must keep your laundry inside. But not in other neighborhoods. In Castello, there is a street called Corte Nuova, and it’s fantastic because every morning, as soon as the weather is nice, the women who live on this street dry their laundry. The street becomes multicolored. »
Many Italian cities prohibit the practice of air-drying laundry in tourist areas, but line-drying laundry is one of Italy’s most typical customs, even in romantic Venice, where you will smell the powdery smells of Marseille soap as you cross the street. Street. “You see sheets, shirts, you see all the laundry, all the laundry, and it’s amazing. It’s very famous,” Mazzola said. “Castello is a neighborhood full of Venetians so it’s part of everyday life. If you go to San Marco, you won’t hear anyone speaking Venetian. You will hear German, English, Russian, Chinese. If you go to Castello, you I will hear Venetian.