Venetian Canal, Italy

Venice is one of Italy’s most popular tourist attractions as well as a major port on the Adriatic Sea. Built on more than 100 islands, the city is known for its canals, which substitute for streets in many areas. Venetians traditionally used gondolas, long, narrow, flat-bottomed boats propelled by standing navigators using a single oar, to travel along the canals; today these have largely been replaced by motorized water buses called vaporetti.

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Venice; Italy

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