A gondola ride in Venice is one of the most iconic experiences in Europe. When I recently visited Italy with my children, it was one of the experiences I was most looking forward to sharing with them.

The Venice Gondola Association told CNN there was no damage to the gondola, although the chairs and blankets were soaked. A UNESCO World Heritage site, Venice has been cracking down on badly ...

Juanma Aparicio/Adobe Stock Gondolas are no cheap mass-produced boats. Bognolo says his hand-carved and inlaid vessel cost €60,000 ($59,000), and he spends €3,000 each year repainting it.

Venice gondola tours are reducing capacity on their boats because of too many overweight tourists, the Guardian reported Tuesday. The smaller boats running through the city’s charming canals ...

VENICE, Italy – Cross any bridge in Venice and listen for the accordion music drifting up from the canal. Look down, and there will be a gondolier ferrying starry-eyed tourists along the narrow ...

Andrea Balbi, the president of Venice's Gondola Association, which oversees the city's 433 licensed gondoliers and 180 substitutes, said the decision was made to reduce the capacity of the boats ...

VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - The sleek black gondolas that whisper through Venice bear the hallmarks of a tiny but proud group of artisans striving to keep alive the traditional building methods for ...

The capacity of Venice's gondolas is being reduced from six to five people due to the growing weight of tourists. The iconic boats have been taking on more water in recent years as visitors to the ...