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Take a Gondola Ride Along the Grand Canal Venice

Published September 14, 2009
Kristin Cowles, Editor-in-Chief

With 118 islands poised atop a marshy lagoon, it's no wonder you can't find a single car in Venice. All means of transport here take a more placid form: gondolas, vaporetti (water buses) and traghetto (gondola ferries). With buildings emerging directly out of the water, a gondola ride along the Grand Canal Venice remains one of the best ways to see the enchanting reflections of this marvelous city. Gondola rides hail tired visitors, drained from wandering Venice's maze-like streets, to sit back in their lushly appointed seats draped in velvet and Persian rugs. Melting into the well-preserved old world extravagance of a gondola, one can hardly refrain from rampant day dreams. This traditional Venetian rowboat is also a popular evening pastime for love birds—whom, if ...

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