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View over the Grand Canal towards Fondaco dei Tedeschi and Rialto Bridge, Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), 1730 - (Metropolitan Museum of New York)

El Canalasso, Venice's motorway... the city's main waterway and the largest (about 3,800 metres, with a width ranging from 30 to 70 metres and a depth of 5!).

This is how the Grand Canal, in its inverted 'S' shape, presents itself to anyone who sails it: majestic, proud and lush with authentic jewels that line its banks.
It is here, if only for part of it, that the centuries-old tradition of the Regata Storica is revived every year. At night, however, with its glittering lights and sinuous swaying, the atmosphere becomes nothing short of mystical.

It is here, even if only for a part of it, that the centuries-old tradition of the Regata Storica is revived every year. At night, however, with its sparkling lights and sinuous sways, the atmosphere becomes nothing short of mystical.

El Canalasso, familiarly called by the Venetians, practically cuts the city in two, starting from the Ponte della Libertà to the San Marco basin.

The main means of water connection, the Grand Canal is the preferred way to move from Piazzale Roma or the train station, towards San Marco and then towards Sant'Elena and the Lido of

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