Predictable? Completely. Resistible? Not remotely. Venice at dusk — when the day-trippers drain away and lamplight wobbles on black water — remains the most romantic urban experience on earth. Stay overnight on the island itself, get deliberately lost in Cannaregio, and take the traghetto ferry across the Grand Canal for a gondola experience at one-fortieth of the price.
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