“La Serenissima” and duck shooting: live like Hemingway did in the 1940s. It is now possible to stay in the Gritti for a day or two enjoying everything that Venice has to offer as well as staying one night in an aristocratic hunting lodge on the lagoon and shoot wild wigeon, teal and mallard. The wild duck hunting season in Italy opens on the third Sunday of September and ends on 31st January.