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If you're a serious foodie, pick Bologna (or Modena). Bologna has an interesting historic center and one of the oldest universities in the world. Venice is largely a big tourist trap with crowds and overpriced bad restaurants with bad service. It's especially bad in high season, which would be summer (and also hot, muggy, and somewhat smelly along some of the canals), but April might hit the school vacation period.