Tag: Venice Canals

Grounded gondolas and dry canals have sapped the romantic energy out of Venice, disappointing tourists in one of Italy‘s most visited cities. A general view of a dry canal for low tide on February 16, 2023, in Venice, Italy. Getty Images Weeks of dry winter weather and no rain have turned Venice’s iconic waterways into muddy pits; the water levels in some canals are so low that gondolas and other water-based vehicles like taxis and ambulances cannot travel. Story continues below advertisement Read more: Venice mayor calls for hunt for ‘idiots’ filmed surfing along Grand Canal Read next: Part of the Sun breaks free and forms a strange vortex, baffling sc...