Romance has another name, and that is Venice. The Repubblica Serenissima (Most Serene Republic) has 117 small islands, 150 canals and countless nooks and crannies ideal for lovers.Spend the day away from the hordes, tiptoeing into the backstreet churches and holding hands over cappuccino and brioche. When dusk falls, and the day trippers are no longer filling the streets, saunter to St Mark's bridge where gondoliers should be slouching agains the wall waiting for your custom. The curled wrought-iron risso of the boat will rise magnificently over the the Grand Canal which twists and turns from San Marco to the railway station. As you pass under the Bridge of Sighs take a deep breath. May we suggest one knee? A yes, and you may lay back and look at the stars as the Queen of the Adriatic smiles benignly down on you.