https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Taking a gondola ride through the canals of Venice is something most people can only dream of, and it doesn’t come cheap. https://www.thelocal.it/20171006/venice-gondolier-despairs-as-tourists-spend-ride-glaring-at-phones-instead-of-citys-splendour Fri, 06 Oct 2017 12:25:52 +0200 venice-gondolier-despairs-as-tourists-spend-ride-glaring-at-phones-instead-of-citys-splendour With their straw hats and their stripy shirts, the gondoliers lining the canals of Venice are proud members of one of Italy’s oldest and most impenetrable clubs. Each holds the coveted gondolier licence, the prize reward for lengthy training and exams, and many were born into gondolier families. https://www.thelocal.it/20140304/becoming-gondolier-venice-career-canals-alex-hai Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:40:00 +0100 becoming-gondolier-venice-career-canals-alex-hai Police were shocked to find a young Italian couple asleep in a stolen gondola on the Grand Canal at 3am on Friday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20150814/drunk-couple-nicked-for-romantic-gondola-joyride Fri, 14 Aug 2015 18:47:53 +0200 drunk-couple-nicked-for-romantic-gondola-joyride Prosecutors in Venice called on Tuesday for four people involved in the 2013 gondola death of a German tourist on the Grand Canal to be jailed. https://www.thelocal.it/20150512/prosecutors-demand-jail-for-tourist-gondola-death Tue, 12 May 2015 19:10:03 +0200 prosecutors-demand-jail-for-tourist-gondola-death The family of the German tourist who was killed in a gondola accident while on holiday with his family in August 2013 are seeking €6 million in damages. https://www.thelocal.it/20141016/gondola-crash-victims-family-want-six-million Thu, 16 Oct 2014 19:12:00 +0200 gondola-crash-victims-family-want-six-million A video of the collision on Venice's Grand Canal which killed a German tourist in August was made public on Thursday, as prosecutors continue to determine how the accident happened and who is responsible. https://www.thelocal.it/20131205/video-of-fatal-gondola-crash-made-public Thu, 05 Dec 2013 13:03:00 +0100 video-of-fatal-gondola-crash-made-public Two months after a German tourist was killed when the gondola carrying him and his family collided with a vaporetto waterbus, the iconic boats are set to get a major revamp as part of a plan to reduce traffic along Venice’s clogged waterways. https://www.thelocal.it/20131007/venices-gondolas-to-get-gps-and-number-plates Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:20:00 +0200 venices-gondolas-to-get-gps-and-number-plates Venice has teemed with boats for centuries but a tragic gondola death has stirred anger on the canals and could change the face of the floating city's most famous waterway. https://www.thelocal.it/20130830/venice-makeover-looms-after-gondola-death Fri, 30 Aug 2013 14:10:52 +0200 venice-makeover-looms-after-gondola-death Five people are being investigated after a gondola crash in Venice left a German man dead and his daughter injured. https://www.thelocal.it/20130827/five-people-probed-in-fatal-gondolier-crash Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:15:00 +0200 five-people-probed-in-fatal-gondolier-crash The president of a union representing Venice’s gondoliers has complained that there are too many private ferries using the city’s waterways after a collision between a gondola and a vaporetto waterbus killed a German tourist. https://www.thelocal.it/20130819/gondolier-union-protests-after-tourist-death Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:35:00 +0200 gondolier-union-protests-after-tourist-death