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Venice – the city of winding streets

While taking this photo, I was trying to determine whether this scene was put there for the benefit of tourists or if it always looks like this...

Canals, gondolas, palazzos, Basilica di San Marco and the Rialto bridge – that's what comes to mind when you say "Venice" to someone. And they get a tired "yeah, that old tourist trap" look on their face. But Venice can surprise, and the genuine can be found even in the middle of a place where the sellers of Venetian masks outnumber the general population.

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