The original way not to pay for an expensive tour of the canals of Venice was presented on social networks by one of the tourists. Katie from the UK in her TikTok account told the story of how she managed not to pay for a gondola ride in Venice, which is a popular pastime for tourists, but can be very expensive.
“It’s quite romantic to be persuaded by garbage collectors to arrange a boat trip to Venice when you don’t have 80 euros to spend on a gondola ride,” she said in her video.
The footage shows a tourist and her friend traveling on the famous Venetian gondola under the city’s bridges on the water – though in an unromantic environment of garbage and bags of cement. She also showed in a video two men operating a boat.
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“It’s Alessandro and his father, they were both very nice, and then we went with them to drink a few cocktails to say thank you,” – said the tourist.
The video earned more than 1.5 million views and another 200,000 comments. Some tourists found this idea attractive. “Wow! It’s really brilliant, “they write. “We will repeat your experience!”, – Others add.
Some were very skeptical. The tourists were asked if it smelled like a boat – she replied: “Absolutely not! I think it was just sandbags and building materials. ” However, commentators said: “I’d better spend 80 euros.” “Venice seems to be the only city in the world where a tour of garbage can be romantic,” added another tourist.