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Article: weekend: travel: Quiet side of Venice unmasked; CROWDS THRONG THE TOURIST SIGHTS BUT JUST MINUTES AWAY ARE HIDDEN CANALS AND ALLEYS GIVING TRUE FLAVOUR OF CITY.(Features)
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- Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
- Article date:
- May 3, 2003
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Byline: Noreen Barr
FLINGING open the shutters of my Venetian flat, I see the "rush hour" is in full swing.
Barges, loaded with provisions and building materials, chug along the canal; sharply-dressed commuters hop off their water buses and stride along the pavement, shouting greetings to each other in passing.
Others, in less of a hurry, linger on the nearby Tre Archi bridge - with its distinctive three arches reflected in the shimmering water - gossiping in the soft light of morning.
Venice, with its pastel-hued, centuries-old buildings, ...