Our favourite part of Monday morning is putting together this delightful wrap up of destination news for our faithful readers. Just kidding! We don’t like anything about Mondays.

Taking inspiration from Brexit and Catalonia, the floating lagoon region of Venice is mulling breaking away from the larger metropolitan area.

The city’s mayor, who is known to enjoy the occasional cigar, said he was inspired by Tokyo’s smoke-free zones.

A world-renowned architect has been slapped with a fine over his design of a bridge in Venice that’s allegedly unable to handle the number of tourists who cross it each day.

It appears the plans of Italy’s transport minister to curb cruising in Venice’s historic city centre have been given a bit of a reality check.

Venetians are set to have some relief with the news that Italian authorities are making progress toward rerouting large cruise ships away from the overburdened Guidecca Canal.

Of all the places to set up your travel cooker, the city’s most famous and historic bridge is probably not the best choice.

Thousands of protesters have marched in Venice demanding cruise ships be kept out of the city’s lagoon.

What better way to cure your post-long weekend blues than to jealously read about our deputy editor’s adventures in Venice?

Like a scene from Speed 2: Cruise Control, a ship has collided with a popular wharf and a tourist vessel, injuring several people and scaring the living daylights out of onlookers.

The destination is also set to introduce a new system requiring tourists to “request access” to the city. We’d like to create a similar system for our corner of the office, but our boss said no.

Mount Agung is back at it, Flight Centre is expanding and Venice is introducing a new fee for day trippers. Welcome back folks! Here’s everything you need to know to kick start your year.