And last but not least, take a romantic, relaxing gondola ride through the canals at night. You can then truly experience the charm of Venice.

最后也很重要的一点，晚上去坐浪漫、宜人的贡多拉摇橹船漫游运河，这样你就能真正体会威尼斯的魅力。

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The fresh waters that once flushed the canals of Basra — the Venice of the Middle East, it was called, though long ago — are fetid and filled with garbage.

曾经布满了运河水道的巴士拉——很久以前有着东方威尼斯的美誉——现在淡水正变得恶臭，堆满了垃圾。

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In the Netherlands, the canals of Amsterdam - the so-called "Venice of the north" - gained recognition, after Unesco added the 17th Century canal ring area inside the Singelgracht to its list.

在荷兰，被称作“北方威尼斯”的阿姆斯特丹的运河【译注：辛格尔运河以内的阿姆斯特丹17世纪同心圆型运河区(荷兰)】获得了承认，联合国教科文组织将同心圆型的17世纪辛格尔运河区加入了名录。

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It made its backers rich. Financiers in the Washington,D.C., area also knew what canals meant to cities like Venice in Italy and Tsaritsyn - later called Stalingrad and Volgograd - in Russia.

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In Hangzhou, gondolas glide through the man-made canals of Venice Water Town, which boasts its own Piazza San Marco and Doge's Palace.

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Canaletto was most famous for his depictions of the lavish celebrations along the canals of his native Venice, and found a similarly festive subject during his stay in Britain.

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Petersburg is also sometimes called the Venice of the North because of the canals that crisscross the city.

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