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Two tourists were caught swimming in Venice's Grand Canal last week

After local gondoliers spotted the couple, authorities handed them a fine and banned them from the city for 48 hours

According to a local outlet, there have already been 10 violations of swimming in the canal in 2025

Two tourists in Venice caught swimming in the Grand Canal were reportedly fined and banned from the city after gondoliers reported them to authorities.

On Thursday, Sept. 11, a 35-year-old British man and his 25-year-old Romanian girlfriend arrived in the city for their Italian vacation. The couple had planned to stay in Venice for a few more days before their trip was cut short by police on the same day they arrived, Italian newspaper II Gazzettino and CNN report.

Their swim took plac

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