Is Venice's Italy water deep? See pic below!?

Question

Venice italy has instead of roads and cars it has boats and water. Please answer!?

http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/media/183/venice-grand-canal_12329.jpg

Answer 1

"the pole has to touch the bottom"

That's not true!

The Gondolieri don't need to touch the bottom, it's not like in Oxford river.

And it's not true that you need the hospital if you fall in the water, also if the water is definitely not clean.

The deep of the water in the canals it's not the same, the giudecca canal (where the cruise boats sail) is very deep, the narrow canals instead are often shallow.

And it changes with the tide.

Answer 2

it is in some parts, mainly nearer the outer of the (hundreds of) islands. keep in mind, the gondoliers have those poles so wherever they go, the pole has to touch the bottom (think about that as a sorta reference.) don't get in it tho! the water's slightly like toxic-ish. All the waste etc from being in the city. You would have to go to the hospital if you get in it. hence the boats. but venice is SUCH a beautiful city.

Answer 3

Venice is world-famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 118 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. In the old center, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot. In the 19th century a causeway to the mainland brought a railway station to Venice, and an automobile causeway and parking lot was added in the 20th century. Beyond these land entrances at the northern edge of the city, transportation within the city remains, as it was in centuries past, entirely on water or on foot. Venice is Europe's largest urban carfree area, unique in Europe in remaining a sizable functioning city in the 21st century entirely without motorcars or trucks.

The classical Venetian boat is the gondola, although it is now mostly used for tourists, or for weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies. Most Venetians now travel by motorised waterbuses ("vaporetti") which ply regular routes along the major canals and between the city's islands. The city also has many private boats. The only gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without bridges.

Venice is served by the newly rebuilt Marco Polo International Airport, or Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo, named in honor of its famous citizen. The airport is on the mainland and was rebuilt away from the coast, however the water taxis or Aliliaguna waterbus' to Venice are only a seven minute walk from the terminals.

Answer 4

The photo is the Grand Canal near the Rialto Bridge. The depth of the Grand Canal varies with the tides and sea swell from the Adriatic as well as varying along the length of the canal. The average depth is 17 feet (5.2 meters): http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-903...

During Acqua Alta events, the canal depth can be significantly more: http://europeforvisitors.com/venice/arti...

Answer 5

Not a single car in the city of Venice. It is also illegal for anyone over 12 years to ride a bike in the city (no laws against skate boards or unicycles though).

re the water - the tide changes every 12 hours and so the city is constantly being "flushed"... so the water, while you can't and shouldn't because it's salty and yea, in some places not clean, is not toxic. The pigeons fed by all the tourists and the bags ladies shìt toxic stuff all over the place.