Visiting Venice this summer: a very different experience

Sep 03, 2020 238

BY: FIONN DAVENPORT

In normal times, the idea that you’d get a clear view of the Grand Canal from the Rialto Bridge or that you wouldn’t have to wait in line for hours to visit the Doge’s Palace is a fanciful delusion. But these aren’t normal times and in 2020 we have the rarest of sights: Venice without the crowds.

It’s mid-August and my wife and I are wandering the narrow streets of Dorsoduro. We pass the occasional cluster of German-speaking visitors stopped along the path looking inside a shop window or consulting a map. Any other year and these paths would be a steady throng as dense as a crowd leaving a stadium.

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SOURCE: https://www.lonelyplanet.com

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