JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa

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"On Venice’s waterfront I joined a mask-making workshop offered by the JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa, led by renowned artisan Giorgio Galasso in his San Marco studio: the class begins with a history lesson about masks’ cultural role and then has participants decorate papier-mâché forms with feathers, pigments and gold leaf; the experience is popular with families, though adults often become just as absorbed, and Murano-style glassmaking classes are also available. Rooms from $450; mask-making workshop from $82 per person." - Jordi Lippe-McGraw