Venice: Gondoliers and Gondolas

The Grand Tour

Jun 3 2022 • 17 mins

How did the Grand Tourists get around Venice? The flat bottomed gondolier was the main means of transport. Rencently, in 2010 the first female gondolier, Giorgia Boscolo was given a licence !

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