From Venice's famed waterways, to small towns that produce some of the world's most beloved wines and cheeses, here's how to have a sensory journey through Italy's Veneto region.

Voters in Lombardy and Veneto have overwhelmingly supported nonbinding referendums seeking greater autonomy. Italy's wealthy north has long called for greater control over finances and security.

Italy is currently recording around 40,000 new Covid cases per day, around 7,700 of which are in the region of Lombardy, around Milan, and some 5,000 in Veneto, of which Venice is the capital.