Gondola

Travel
by rebeccawinke | Thu, 03/23/2017 - 07:30
There is nothing more iconic in Venice than the sleek black gondola, steered by the standing gondoliere decked out in his (or, since 2010, her) black and white…
Travel
by Katia Amore | Tue, 01/21/2014 - 03:17
I lived in Venice for five years without ever going on a gondola stroll along the Grand Canal. My friend and I used to say it was too touristy for us, but…
Lifestyle
by ITALY | Thu, 02/14/2013 - 07:19
Codacons, one of Italy's top consumer group, has called for dishonest gondoliers to be stripped of their licenses for fleecing tourists at above-market rates…
Travel
by Anne Harrison | Wed, 08/01/2012 - 09:13
The morning mists still swirled over the lagoon as the ferry approached Venice. At first all we could see were wooden channel markers (bricole) as they drifted…