The gondola workshop of Squero San Trovaso, one of just two surviving squeri (boatyards) in Venice

Left: One of Venice’s innumerable waterways   Right: View of the Grand Canal from Ponte di Rialto

Vegetable stall – the canals still provide the means for transport of goods

A Venetian watertaxi on the Grand Canal

Left: Gondoliers are governed by the thousand-year-old Gondolier’s Guild   Right: View of Santa Maria della Salute, one of five plague churches

Traghetti (ferries) are the passenger boats that cross the Grand Canal at seven points

Left: View across the water of the Chiesa di San Giorgio Maggiore   Right: Crossing the Grand Canal on a traghetto

View of the Grand Canal from Ponte dell’Accademia

Shuttered windows of Torcello

A phalanx of gondolas

Piazza San Marco and a few feathered locals

Left: A remèr is a craftsman specialised in the making of traditional fórcolas (rowlocks)   Right: Each fórcola is unique to its gondolier

Gondolas tied at their moorings

Left: View of the Rio de Santa Barbara   Right: View from Ca’ Rezzonico palazzo

Left: Artist at work, Campo Sant’Angelo   Right: Campanile di San Marco, one of Venice’s most recognizable buildings