Gondola

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Learn How to Row Like A Pro In Venice: Voga alla Veneta

by rebeccawinke | Thu, 03/23/2017 - 07:30

There is nothing more iconic in Venice than the sleek black gondola, steered by the standing gondoliere decked out in his (or, since 2010, her) black and white…

Travel

A Gondola Ride for Two Euros

by Katia Amore | Tue, 01/21/2014 - 03:17

I lived in Venice for five years without ever going on a gondola stroll along the Grand Canal. My friend and I used to say it was too touristy for us, but…

Lifestyle

Venice wants to stop Gondoliers who are fleecing tourists

by ITALY | Thu, 02/14/2013 - 07:19

Codacons, one of Italy's top consumer group, has called for dishonest gondoliers to be stripped of their licenses for fleecing tourists at above-market rates…

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200 Steps From San Marco

by Anne Harrison | Wed, 08/01/2012 - 09:13

The morning mists still swirled over the lagoon as the ferry approached Venice. At first all we could see were wooden channel markers (bricole) as they drifted…