Venetians were up in arms over a tourist's brazen decision to swim across the famed Grand Canal in an apparent effort ... to people staying in hotels in Venice, who are already charged a lodging ...

Note that you can also see the bridge on a range of Grand Canal tours or during a gondola ride. If you choose to walk across the bridge, you can do so free of charge at any time. Venice In a Day ...

Specialists at the Wallace Collection in London have attributed an 18th-century work depicting the Grand Canal in Venice to Bernardo Bellotto, the nephew and pupil of the famed Venetian view artis ...