Tourists fined and expelled from Venice for riding motorized surfboards down Grand Canal, called out by mayor as “overbearing imbeciles who made a mockery” of UNESCO World Heritage Site
2022-08-26
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Two surfers filmed whizzing along Venice’s busiest canal have evoked the wrath of the city’s mayor. Videos of the two people foil surfing between boats and water buses on the Grand Canal sparked outrage after being posted online. Surfing – along with sports such as paddle boarding and canoeing – is prohibited on Venice’s Grand Canal. In footage posted online, the two appear to be whizzing