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Why the
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The Venetian canals and their gondolas provide one of the world's most romantic experiences.
Canals of Venice
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The
romantic icon of
the Canals of Venice
It's clearly the gondola. Imagine gliding slowly down the narrow canals in a gondola on a moonlit night to musical accompaniment.
The
Grand Canal
This is the broad, 3-kilometer (2-mile) long main water thoroughfare. The Grand Canal is lined with luxurious centuries-old palazzos with ornate Renaissance-style facades - and is spanned by the elaborately designed Rialto Bridge.
Getting
around
The 150 canals of Venice are its streets - roads for land passenger vehicles are nonexistent. Everyone must travel by foot or boat, tourists and locals alike.
Walking
The chief and often the fastest means of
transportation is the foot - thanks to the 400 pedestrian bridges that link Venice's many small islands.
Vaporetto
When distance is far, locals use the vaporetto (water bus) or the swift but
expensive water taxi. Although Venetians once used gondolas
extensively, they now leave this man-powered vessel for the tourists.
Origin
of he
Canals of Venice
They date back to the 5th century when regional inhabitants built nascent Venice in a swampy, sparsely settled lagoon in order to escape the swords of the invading Barbarians.
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