I came across this garden as I crossed the Ponte dell’Accademia. The garden caught me by surprise, not just for its beauty, but because the open space had survived. So I went looking for more.

Hidden entrances everywhere © A. Harrison

In a city rising from the water, gardens seem a luxury, yet I kept finding them at every twist and turn (for no where in Venice runs in a straight line). Many were largely hidden, perfectly suitd for this city of intrigue and mystery.

Half my delight came from finding inner courtyards, for Venice is a place of high walls and solid fences, a city which is notorious private to prying tourists.

A riot of flowers © A. Harrison.

Yet Venice is still so much alive, as these gardens hidden in full view show. To live in such a place would be a sheer delight.

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