Venice shut down in February in the last days of its annual Carnival celebration when the coronavirus hit Italy and has become the epicenter of the outbreak with over 30, cases. Correction March 20, : A previous version of this story mentioned that dolphins were found swimming in the canals and ports. According to National Geographic , the dolphins were actually filmed at a port in Sardinia, hundreds of miles away.
I hadn't been there for many years and so it was great to return and see that nothing much had changed. Grand Canal in a Gondola The best way to see Venice is from a gondola. But when in Venice, right? AFAR Traveler. Mark's Square. The piazza was filled with officers and naval cadets for graduation today.
Victoria Sterling. The moonlight, the water, the gondolas, the ultimate romantic destination. A dream of the past that shimmers in its own beautiful reflection, La Serenissima. No matter how many times I have been to Venice, I fall in love all over again.
Come, stay, spend several days without a map just wandering the city. The silence of the narrow streets and passages after dark are worth paying the outrageous hotel prices to experience. Eat truffle risotto at Da Ivo, stay in the tiny Hotel Flora, and walk walk walk- discover the places far from the crowds of the Piazza San Marco and the Rialto.
Listen to the silence of life with no vespas and no cars. Travel back in time Marc Einsele. Venice Gondola Gliding through the canals Murissa Shalapata. Vogalonga: Paddling Venice Vogalonga is a yearly festival that occurs in May and is a 30 Km race through the Grand Canal to the small lagoon island of Burano. The public water bus, the vaporetto, shuts down and you are left to either take the pricy water taxis or walk the island. There is no rush on this day and even a taxi will take twice as long so not to disturb the rowers' momentum.
It is well worth taking a taxi to get to wherever you are going simply for the view - modern kayaks and paddle boats propelling themselves on the historic canal against a backdrop of crumbling 15th Century buildings. The festival celebrates the history of the gondolier when Venice used to pit the rowers against each other to determine who was the fastest and most talented rower and who was truly born to be a gondolier rumoured to have webbed feet no less.
There are no winners but participants. This year, , the festival takes place on May 19th. Carlos Alvarez. Grand Canal We were extremely tired this afternoon.
I'm not a huge fan of Venice , but just had to take this beautiful picture of the Grand Canal and it's busy water streets. Guy Needham. The Best Way to Enter Venice Surprise the one you love by taking a private water taxi from the airport to your hotel. What could be more impressive than walking down the airport footpath and suddenly being welcomed aboard your own private boat in Venice.
As for the clear waters? Though Thyng does not have first-hand knowledge of the data and current situation in Venice, she is a professor of oceanography. Thanks to the temporary closures of factories in northern Italy and fewer water taxis and buses emitting exhaust, air quality in the region has significantly improved—so much so that the European Space Agency has been able to capture the vanishing pollution from satellites monitoring Italy.
While the lockdown remains in place in Italy, for now, most citizens of Venice have to be content with admiring the swans and schools of fish from a distance, ordered to stay within their homes as they wait until the day when the city can once again welcome visitors. Correction: This article originally appeared online on March 18, ; it was updated on March 20, to clarify that the dolphin videos were captured in a port in Sardinia and not Venice.
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