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Tourists fined for making coffee on Venice’s Rialto Bridge
Two tourists have been fined and asked to leave Venice after brewing a coffee in front of the Rialto Bridge.
The German backpacker’s actions was reported to police by a local resident and the 32- and 35-year-olds were fined €950 (£850) under new rules introduced in May to preserve the city centre’s ‘decorum’.
Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro said: "Venice must be respected and the rude people who thing they can come to the city and do whatever they want must understand that they will be taken, sanctioned and removed.
"Our city will always be open and welcoming to all those who want to come and visit it.
"At the same time, we will be intransigent to those who think they will come and do what they want."
The new law includes a ban on picnics in certain areas, bathing in fountains and not wearing shirts in public places, with hefty fines for offenders.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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