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Venice is installing speed cameras on its canals after a series of deadly accidents
Venice will deploy speed cameras to monitor boats in its canals following a series of deadly accide…
Joshua Zitser
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The tourist tax in Venice didn't deter enough travelers. Now, the hot spot is limiting tour groups.
Venice tried to mitigate overtourism with a tax pilot program, but it didn't solve the problem. Now…
Joey Hadden
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Venice tourists who refused to stop taking selfies sent tumbling into a cold canal after their gondola capsized
The gondolier was attempting to get under a bridge near St Mark's Square when the group ignored his…
Nathan Rennolds
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Mystery as Venice's famed Grand Canal turns a fluorescent green, leaving Italian police and locals stumped
Venice's Grand Canal is sporting a growing patch of fluorescent green, with local police and enviro…
Riddhi Kanetkar
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Pictures show grounded gondolas and miserable tourists in Venice as canals run dry due to drought and low tide
Normally, the "floating city" of Venice must guard against flooding. But a mixture of factors have …
Mia Jankowicz
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A Venice penthouse that overlooks one of the city's canals went to auction with a guide price of $3 million check it out
The penthouse overlooks the famous Piazza San Marco.Wesual
Amanda Goh
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Venice mayor calls out 'arrogant imbeciles' who were filmed illegally surfing along city's iconic canal
Footage shows two men using electric surfboards to zoom along Venice's Grand Canal. The city's mayo…
Joshua Zitser
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Venice may be added to a list of sites that have irreversible damage due to overtourism
On Monday, UNESCO recommended Venice be added to its list of world heritage sites in danger, citing…
Monica Humphries
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I stayed just outside of Venice to save money on a hotel. It was the biggest mistake of my entire trip to Italy.
I thought I'd save money by staying outside Venice, a major city in Italy, but it ended up being a …
Juhi Modi
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Visit these popular tourist traps before they succumb to climate change
Most of these places are severely threatened by rising ocean levels that stand to erase large swath…
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Venice's world-famous 'streets of water' left dry after dramatic low tides drained its canals
The Mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro, maintains that the rapidly alternating water levels are linked…
Naina Bhardwaj
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A group of women in Venice are using gondolas to deliver groceries to people across the city
Row Venice typically hosts lessons for tourists, but now the nonprofit organization is using its go…
Monica Humphries
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Dolphins return to Italy, Venice canal shines, China’s air clears up – the impact of Coronavirus isolation says we need to rethink our ways
But not strangely enough, all of this isolation has had a positive effect on the climate and env…
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Venice authorities are cracking down on tourists who are skinny dipping and destroying historical landmarks: 'The city must be respected'
"Those responsible must not go unpunished, they must 'pay'!" Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said in a …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Satellite images show just how much Venice's canals have cleared up since the city went under coronavirus lockdown
Venice's waterways have gotten clearer since Italy went under lockdown last month to help prevent t…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Tourists to Venice will soon have to pay an entry fee as the city moves to better handle 'overtourism'
Starting next summer, visitors will reportedly have to pay a fee, book in advance, and head through…
Juliana Kaplan
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Venice has hired armed guards to control tourist overcrowding as the city faces pre-pandemic visitor numbers
According to CNN, boat workers requested that armed guards patrol key tourist spots amid reports of…
Maria Noyen
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Video shows the first cruise liner sailing into Venice since the start of the pandemic met by hundreds of protesters demanding 'No Big Ships'
Hundreds of people waved banners - some on land, with others in small boats in the canal - and chan…
Mikhaila Friel
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Venice is reducing the number of tourists allowed on gondolas because it says some are so fat 'it's like bombs loading on'
"Tourists are now overweight," said the president of a gondolier association, adding that from some…
Rachel Hosie
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What life is like during lockdown for a couple living on a 57-foot boat in the UK
Annemarie Uren and Kath Hopkins have been traveling through the UK's canals for years, but the lock…