The canal-lined streets of Venice come alive in February during this decadent festival, featuring extravagant costumes, elegant masks, and fun public events.

Carnival masks on sale during the Venetian historical carnival in St. Mark’s Square, Venice, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. ...

Masks for sale in Venice during Carnival season - a tradition with ancient, and much wilder, roots. Photo by PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP Carnival celebrations around Italy are set to peak over the next ...

VENICE, Italy (AP) — The opening weekend of Carnival ... and check out people in elaborate costumes and masks who wander the narrow alleys and gather in Piazza St. Marco to be photographed.

Business Insider UK visited three different workshops to see how the masks are made for the world famous Carnival of Venice. The traditional masks are made in papier maché and are decorated with ...

Three million people travel to Venice every year for the Venetian tradition, according to the website of the tourist group Walks of Italy ... attendees don Venetian masks and garb as they attend ...

Also this year in Piazza San Marco in Venice there will be a bit of Sardinia. The protagonists will be the two masks of Neoneli, a small town in Barigadu. On Monday, March 3, there will be “Sos ...

The opening weekend of Carnival in Venice culminated with a water procession along the Grand Canal that finished in front of the Rialto Bridge with a flourish of colorful streamers and confetti — all ...

Revellers participate in the celebrations of the historic Venetian Carnival in front of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) ...