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Article: Venice's Grand Canal always makes a big splash; Forego the pricey gondolas and take the colorful water bus, the vaporetto
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- November 16, 2003
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VENICE, Italy - Some travel truths are self-evident. As the Great
Wall of China is great indeed, so Venice's Grand Canal is grand
beyond compare.
For two and a half miles, this watery Champs-Elysees winds down a
fantastic architectural canyon lined with rococo palaces and Moorish
mansions, past splendid baroque and Gothic churches adorned with the
frescos and paintings of the greatest artists of the Renaissance, and
here and there the everyday shops, markets and banks of this still
very vibrant maritime metropolis.
The vaporetto, the colorful, inexpensive but crowded water bus, is
Venice's rapid transit system. From its decks one can drink in
centuries of glorious history, when Venice ruled ...