Earn your （土地などの）細長い一片s! An oarsome way to see the beauty of Venice is by 列／漕ぐ／騒動ing your own gondola

  • The City of Water has 433 licensed gondoliers recognised by their （土地などの）細長い一片d shirts
  • You’ll 支払う／賃金 ?80 (£70) for a daytime half-hour ride or ?120 (£100) after 7pm
  • Toby Walne has a go at 列／漕ぐ／騒動ing a gondola and finds it's やめる the workout?

By TOBY WALNE FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY

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Venice?lived up to its 法案ing as the City of Water during the autumn ? 80 per cent of its streets flooded に引き続いて an unusual November high tide.

Thankfully, tourists are now once again able to 調査する this 群島 without the need for wellies.

Venice is made up of 118 islands. 訪問者s can marvel at the architecture of St 示す’s Basilica and take in the magnificent art of Titian and Tintoretto, but at some point they would do 井戸／弁護士席 to 調査する the 迷宮／迷路 of 150 水路s and the Grand Canal from a different 視野.

Earning his stripes: Official gondoliers wear red or blue-striped tops

収入 his （土地などの）細長い一片s: 公式の／役人 gondoliers wear red or blue-（土地などの）細長い一片d 最高の，を越すs

There are 433 licensed gondoliers ? recognised by their tourist-friendly red or blue-（土地などの）細長い一片d shirts and straw hats. You’ll 支払う／賃金 ?80 (£70) for a daytime half-hour ride, and ?120 (£100) after 7pm. But if you fancy an exciting new experience, why not 得る，とらえる 持つ／拘留する of that long oar and have a go yourself?

列／漕ぐ／騒動ing a gondola 供給するs the perfect antidote to art 評価 of Byzantine altar-pieces, 同様に as a 広大な／多数の／重要な new workout 決まりきった仕事 ? 燃やすing off those delicious ‘cicchetti’ 軽食s and glasses of ワイン that are part of that necessary Venetian lifestyle.

A one-hour gondolier training 開会／開廷／会期 for two can be enjoyed at the Canottieri Querini 列／漕ぐ／騒動ing club as part of a ?430 (£370) 一括, 含むing breakfast for two with a deluxe room overlooking the canal at the Splendid Venice in the central Rialto 地区. The introduction to the 技術s of a gondolier is 存在 法案d as an unusual romantic excursion or a fresh activity idea for groups ? even a 女／おっせかい屋 or stag party.

Gondolier Antonio Visentini 申し込む／申し出s an introduction to the ‘voga alla veneta’ 列／漕ぐ／騒動ing style. First, you are taught how to stand up straight and 直面する 今後 without 落ちるing into the murky water. It sounds simple enough, but for good 推論する／理由 your gondola is 最初 strapped to a floating 壇・綱領・公約.

The ‘remo’ or oar never touches the ground. Instead the 13ft 政治家 sits in an oar-lock 直す／買収する，八百長をするd on the 後部 of the boat. Do nothing and it 自然に turns 権利 because a gondola is designed lopsided ? so an 時折の 押し進める 今後s is 要求するd to move in a straight line. Pull 支援する on that oar an d the 大型船 should turn left.

Visitors can marvel at the architecture of St Mark?s Basilica, pictured

訪問者s can marvel at the architecture of St 示す’s Basilica, pictured

Within a few minutes of 押し進めるing and pulling, a novice like me not only discovers how difficult it is to steer a 36ft gondola but notices the 緊張する it puts on 支援する and 脚 muscles. Yet this workout is nothing but a short, fun 演習, 申し込む／申し出ing a glimpse of the 技術s a gondolier takes years to master.

Antonio, 31, has been a gondolier for a １０年間. As with most of those in this profession, he is に引き続いて in the footsteps of his ancestors ? his 広大な／多数の／重要な-grandfather 得るd his licence in 1873. Antonio also spent 18 months at the Arte del Gondoliere school before 収入 his （土地などの）細長い一片s.

It’s not just boat 技術s that are developed at the 舵輪／支配 of one of these 黒人／ボイコット-lacquered £50,000 大型船s ? but the art of romance.

During busy summer months, Antonio 証言，証人／目撃するs one or two marriage 提案s a day as he 列／漕ぐ／騒動s serenely along the canals ? and his 記録，記録的な／記録する is five.

For me, learning to play cupid is a lesson for another day.

TRAVEL FACTS?

Toby W alne was a guest of Splendid Venice Starhotels Collezione. For Gondolier For A Day 一括s, email 保留（地）／予約s@starhotels.it. ArtViva (artviva.com) 申し込む／申し出s 90-minute gondolier lessons for ?129 (£110), as does Venice on Board (veniceonboard.it) from ?40 (£34).?

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