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Here, a gondolier takes you on a loop around an enchanting residential Naples Island.
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Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
These silk velvet slippers have been handmade in Veneto for centuries, crafted with recycled bicycle tires and traditionally worn by gondoliers.
—Jenn Rice, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
Shortly after the tourists jumped into the canal, gondoliers at the nearby San Vidal station notified the local police, who arrived at the scene along with a service boat to remove them.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
According to a local outlet, there have already been 10 violations of swimming in the canal in 2025
Two tourists in Venice caught swimming in the Grand Canal were reportedly fined and banned from the city after gondoliers reported them to authorities.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
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Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
These silk velvet slippers have been handmade in Veneto for centuries, crafted with recycled bicycle tires and traditionally worn by gondoliers.
—Jenn Rice, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
Shortly after the tourists jumped into the canal, gondoliers at the nearby San Vidal station notified the local police, who arrived at the scene along with a service boat to remove them.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
According to a local outlet, there have already been 10 violations of swimming in the canal in 2025
Two tourists in Venice caught swimming in the Grand Canal were reportedly fined and banned from the city after gondoliers reported them to authorities.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Gondolier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gondolier. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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gondolier
noun
gon·do·lier
ˌgän-də-ˈli(ə)r 
: one who drives a gondola
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