Backpackers fined $1500 and kicked out of Venice over morning coffee

Post by **Clutch Cargo** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 2:52 pm

Maybe the title should be: 'Cafes are too dear in Venice'

Two German backpackers have been fined €950 ($A1513) and ordered to leave Venice for making coffee on the steps of the Rialto bridge.

The tourists, a man and a woman in their 30s, were arrested after a resident spotted them preparing coffee with a camping stove beside the Grand Canal, The Independent reported.

City officials said the Berlin pair contravened "the rules of public decorum and respect".

Public order laws in Venice, which receives some 30 million tourists a year, include bans on picnicking at certain sites and going shirtless in public spaces.

Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro said: "Venice must be respected and those impolite people who come here and do what they want must understand that. Thanks to the local police, they will be sanctioned and removed."

Those who flout the rules will be reported to the embassies of their home countries, he added.

Full story: http://www.traveller.com.au/backpackers ... fee-h1gf3w

logos · Post by **logos** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 2:59 pm

I am looking forward to hearing about the next Chinese or Russian group tour in Venice

hanno · Post by **hanno** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 3:49 pm

logos wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 2:59 pm I am looking forward to hearing about the next Chinese or Russian group tour in Venice

Indeed. If a cuppa gets you a $1,500 fine, how much will taking a dump into the Grand Canal cost?

Post by **Clutch Cargo** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 4:02 pm

hanno wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 3:49 pm
logos wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 2:59 pm I am looking forward to hearing about the next Chinese or Russian group tour in Venice
Indeed. If a cuppa gets you a $1,500 fine, how much will taking a dump into the Grand Canal cost?