Gianni Basso is one of the oldest and most reliable printers in Venice. From visiting cards to personal diaries - it takes orders for all types of printing. It also has a handset custom printing facility and offers discounts to aspiring writers in the Cannaregio area. The company's credibility is endorsed by the fact that it has celebrity clients like Hugh Grant. Come loaded with cash, as it's the only form of payment they accept.
In the area of Rialto Market, a few steps off Rialto Bridge, Mascari still stands as the oldest grocery shop in Venice. The Mascari family sells spices, teas, oil, balsamic vinegar, truffles and artistically made pasta since 1948. The accent lies on the ingredients commonly used in Italian cuisine. Many products, such as porcini mushrooms, tomatoes and aubergines are available sun-dried, and are sold in packets or in jars preserved in olive oil. Truffle butter, Sicilian capers and wild oregano are also for sale. The grocer's shop is also well-known for its many different types of infusions (some of them quite unusual), the large honey selection (50 different kinds!) and for its coffee blends from all over the world.
Studio D'Arte Vio art works include Venetian sculpture, architectural decor and ceramics. They are specialized in terracotta articles for wall ornamental decorations. Their production includes tiles, bas-reliefs, plaques, medallions, lions, fountains, angels, panels, borders, friezes. Their art is frost resistant and can be used outside. Insert them to your wall tiles and mosaics, and it will bring to your interior a touch of elegance and prestigious atmosphere of Venetian palace.
This big shopping center choose the name Piazza (square) in order to preserve the human aspect neverthelesse the hyper dimension of the structure. It includes restaurants, bars, shops of every kind of goods, from food, to clothing, and shoes. It's spreads on a ground floor and a first one, free parking. Occasionally it also hosts fair and event like the one of Autumn during which is possible to eat and buy typical product of this season.
Time comes to a halt at La Casa di Loto and so do most shoppers who pass by its attractive window displays. Inside, the atmosphere of the 1920s pervades throughout with old-styled tables covered with tablecloths and cutlery, vintage lighting, and old dressing tables and cupboards preserving the secrets of a bygone era, replete with vintage clothing and accessories. Whether you are looking for soft brown fur to dress up like a grand lady, lustrous silk trousers and dresses, sequined outfits, layered skirts, tulle frocks, vintage jeans, apparel sewed from Venetian lace or traditional local garbs, you are sure to find it here. Dress up like a glam doll, an early 20th Century princess or a fashionista from the 1950s: pick your style and show up at a party as a classic Venetian icon.