Venetian canals
Venice's watery streets
Venetian canals are the waterways that serve as streets throughout Venice, Italy, where boats replace cars and the famous gondolas navigate narrow passages between buildings.
The city is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon, connected by canals rather than conventional roads.
The Grand Canal is the main thoroughfare, winding through the city center.
We spent the afternoon exploring the smaller Venetian canals by water taxi.
- gondolaSuspended transport cabin
- gondola rideTrip in narrow boat
- lagoonSheltered coastal shallows
- palazzoItalian grand residence
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
brackish water · sea level rise · water · Rialto Bridge · Doge's Palace · stone foundations · tidal flow · mooring post · boat · Rialto · maritime trade · reflections · morning mist · murky · estuary · winding · Bridge of Sighs · narrow
Venetian canalshighways
Major intercity roads
freeways · motorways · interstate highways · autobahns · roads
Venetian canalslevees
Earthen flood barriers
dams · sea walls · flood barriers · storm sewers · culverts