Home to the prestigious Venice Film Festival, the Venice Lido was once one of the most glamorous beach resorts in Europe: elegance, comfort, and style remain on this separate island, a ten-minute vaporetto ride across the lagoon from Venice itself. More personal than guidebooks, the Travel Monograph...

Home to the prestigious Venice Film Festival, the Venice Lido was once one of the most glamorous beach resorts in Europe: elegance, comfort, and style remain on this separate island, a ten-minute vaporetto ride across the lagoon from Venice itself. More personal than guidebooks, the Travel Monographs, published by the Blue Guides, are well-written, erudite literature on destinations.