Mesmerized by the canals and gondolas, millions of people flock to Venice each year. Venice has a reputation for romance, delicious food, and charm. The city was built as a merchant center, representing one of the first banking capitals in modern history.
Venice may be one administrative city, but it is geographically a series of 118 islands. The islands lie within a lagoon, between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers (which feed into the Adriatic Sea).
Many visitors find it thrilling to live life without automobile transportation-life on the waters. To get around from site to site, one uses the canal bridges, gondolas, or motorized boats. It’s by foot or by ferry. And in that way, Venice is a very green city that does not contribute much to climate change through vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.
