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The Land of Gondolas : Venice

by Rodallega on 09/11/08 at 8:52 am

A visual tour to the capital of romance and trading.

Venice, better known as the city of gondolas and canals, is located in the east of Northern Italy. The city consists of 118 small islands and 170 canals. Islands are linked to each other by 400 bridges. In this structure, it differs from all other cities around the globe. Due to this, public transportation is provided by gondolas which are peculiar to Venice. Most of the time, you can see nobody walking on the foot and driving cars.

Venice is also known as the capital of romance. Many people dream of a wedding party or honeymoon in Venice owing to its marvellous nature and serenity. However, in summer, serenity may be broken down with the sings of gondoliers. Most people prefer to listen those songs while visiting city. However, hiring a gondola may be expensive for middle classes.

Venice has been favourite places of visitors for more than centuries. Not only its nature but also its history attracts many tourists. Its history dates back to Middle ages when sailor Venetians dominate the seas and battled against brutal pirates.

During the centuries, Venice has been also the capital of trading. Venetians improved the number systematic and trading arithmetic after they had learnt the fundementals of them by Arabians and Turks.

Even though the city has a beautiful nature, the population decreased drastically from 300 thousands to 72 thousands since the best bread and butter oppurtunity is tourism for many. The rate of youngs in overall population is very low. However, city is visited by average 70 thousands of tourists daily in summer season.

The must-see places of Venice :

Campanile Bell Tower, Watch Tower, Canale Grande, Fine Arts Academy, Palazzo Corner, Palazzo Grimani, Palazzo Dario, Palazzo Foscari.

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celegiqui

Nov 9th, 2008

After reading this I NEED to know Venice!

shaun simpson

Nov 9th, 2008

make me want 2 know more

papaleng

Nov 9th, 2008

thanks for sharing this nice article. how i wish that someday I could ride in one of those Gondolas.

Bunny got Blog

Nov 9th, 2008

very beautiful.

Liane Schmidt

Nov 9th, 2008

Such a nice article – loved the pictures and the narrative!

Blessings.

Sincerely,

-Liane Schmidt.

school workers

Jan 12th, 2009

this is for school work
Ciao

Juancav

Feb 13th, 2009

Venice and its spectacular scenery and gondolas.

nutuba

Feb 14th, 2009

Beautiful photos and a great article!

Traveler

Feb 24th, 2009

I’ve been to Venice and would love to go back. It’s a truly beautiful and unique city.

a happy reader

Mar 16th, 2009

that was very informal, thanks! That helps me with my travel plans for my honeymoon. too bad the gondolas are so exspensive. haha thank you again!
-a happy reader

Niomi

Mar 16th, 2009

I do not like water so I do not like Venice. I went there and I fell in. The water smells terrible and the man steering it pushed me in because I had no more money left to pay him. That’s why I do not like water anymore.

TanadyNina

Jun 26th, 2009

Beautiful photos,nice post!

After reading this post I want to visit Venice,what a nice country it is

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