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.

Boats are pictured in a canal during a severe low tide in the lagoon city of Venice, Italy, February 17, 2023 Manuel Silvestri/Reuters ...

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 ...

People take a gondola ride by the Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal in Venice on September 9, 2020, on the eighth day of the 77th Venice Film Festival, during the COVID-19 infection, caused by the ...

But if you want to go out as a pair, each boat's official tariff of 80 euros (£68) works out at £34 per person for 30 minutes, with the price rising after 7pm to 100 euros (£85) - or £42.50 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...