Venice’s picturesque canals every year attracts millions of tourists, but a trip with one of the city’s gondolas are the closest they can get on the water.
It is not allowed to bathe in the canals of Venice, and the authorities are clamping down on tourists who defy the ban. It taught two German tourists on the hard way when the last week decided to take a dip.
the Ride in the Canal Grande, which as the name suggests is the city’s largest, ended up costing them 350 euros each – corresponding to about 2600 pounds and an expulsion from the city in 48 hours.
It writes CNN Travel.
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According to the media was the tourists discovered and even videotaped during the swimming of the military police, Lagunari Regiment, which at the same time to be able to call the Venice of the ordinary police.
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judging by the video, went swimming under the old rialto bridge, which is one of the city’s major tourist attractions.
Venice has for several months been completely free of tourists because of coronakrisen, and already in march it was reported that the water in the canal had become remarkably cleaner during the decommissioning.
According to the Financial Times re-opened Italy’s borders to european tourists 3. June.