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Average Monthly Rainfall (Venice)
MM Inches Rainfall Chart
80 The mountains and sea
3 combine to give Venice
60 and the Veneto higher
rainfall than is normal
2
40 in the rest of Italy, with
the possibility of rain
20 1 on just about any day
of the year. The driest
months are February
0 0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec and July.
(see p225). The colourful
festivities feature dance, poetry,
cabaret and music competitions.
Autumn
Expect to see a profusion of
market stalls selling a huge
range of wild fungi as soon as
the climatic conditions are right
for them to grow. Local people
go on expeditions to harvest
them, and mushroom dishes will
also feature high on the restaur­
ant menus along with game.
Another feature of autumn is Grapes ripening in the Bardolino area
the grape harvest, a busy time
of year in the wine­producing starts with an historic pageant November
regions of Soave, Bardolino and down the Grand Canal. Festa della Salute (21 Nov).
Valpolicella (see pp214–15). Partita a Scacchi (second Deliverance from the plague is
weekend in Sep, in even- celebrated with the erection of
numbered years). Marostica’s a pontoon bridge across the
chequerboard main square Grand Canal to La Salute (see
hosts a human chess game in p139). Venetians light candles
medieval costume (see p176). in the church to give thanks
Palio dei Dieci Comuni (first Sun for a year’s good health.
in Sep). The liberation of the
town of Montagnana is Public Holidays
celebrated with a pageant
and horse race (see p188). New Year (1 Jan)
Epiphany (6 Jan)
October Easter Monday (variable)
Bardolino Grape Festival (first Liberation Day (25 Apr)
weekend in Oct). A festival that Labour Day (1 May)
celebrates the completion of Republic Day (2 Jun)
the harvest.
Festa del Mosto (first weekend in Assumption (15 Aug)
Oct). The Feast of the Must on All Saints (1 Nov)
Medieval costume at Montagnana’s Palio Sant’Erasmo, the market­garden Immaculate
dei Dieci Comuni island in the lagoon (see p153). Conception (8 Dec)
Venice Marathon (mid-Oct). Christmas Day (25 Dec)
September This run starts on the Brenta Santo Stefano (26 Dec)
Venice Film Festival (early Sep). Riviera and finishes in Venice.
The International Film Festival
attracts an array of film stars and
paparazzi to the Lido (see p161).
Regata Storica (first Sun in Sep).
Gondoliers and other boatsmen
compete in a regatta which Rowers practising for the Regata Storica

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