Gondolas moored in Venice’s Grand Canal.Photo:Getty
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A group of Venice tourists found themselves in cold water after their gondola capsized.
The passengers had reportedly been moving around the gondola to take selfies rather than following the gondolier’s guidance to stay seated,according to theGuardian,which cited reports in the local press.
The news outlet added that the gondolier had been navigating the boat under a bridge near St. Mark’s Square when it overturned. He fell into the water himself before trying to help rescue the others.
This isn’t the first time a tourist in Italy has flouted the rules while sightseeing this year.
A gondola in Venice.Getty
In July, a woman was caught on cameraclimbing into Rome’s Trevi Fountain,a historic landmark, and filling up her bottle as fellow tourists looked on in shock.
The woman then balanced on uneven stones as she made her way out of the fountain and back to the viewing area. A guard approached the tourist and after a short conversation, escorted her away from the landmark.
In 2022, another visitor to the countryfell on a crateron Mount Vesuvius when he was attempting to take a selfie at the volcano’s peak and his phone fell out of his hands, PEOPLE reported at the time.
Naples officials said the 23-year-old Baltimore man was injured after entering an unauthorized trail with family members, according toCNNand others.
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Paolo Cappelli, president of the Presidio Permanente Vesuvio, a base at the top of Vesuvius, toldNBC Newsthat the man “tried to recover” the device, but wound up slipping and sliding “a few meters into the crater.”
source: people.com
