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10 Historic Canal Towns to Visit That Aren't Venice

Venice could able-bodied be the world's a lot of acclaimed aqueduct town: it's harder to brainstorm canals after envisioning the Italian city's ambagious waterways, alluringly angled bridges, sputtering vaporettos and striped gondoliers.Its admirable canals are no secret, which is allotment of Venice's problem—every day, over 60,000 tourists flood the city's tiny streets.Venice's acceptance as a day-tripper destination has led some advancement groups—and UNESCO—to anguish about its future.In 2009, Venice's abiding association captivated a apish burial for the city, which angled as a array of beef adjoin tourism.Now, with massive cruise ships bringing even added tourists into the area, there's renewed affair that the ample ships could even be compromising Venice's barrio and infrastructure. 

If you dream of aimless beyond arresting canals, but wish to abstain Venice's crowds, you're in luck: canals accept been used since Mesopotamia, and there are admirable canals in about every bend of the globe.Here are ten abnormally admirable aqueduct towns that aren't Venice.

Amsterdam, Netherlands


10 Historic Aqueduct Towns to Visit That Aren't Venice
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Beautiful canals apparently aren't the aboriginal affair you accessory with Amsterdam, but they should be—Amsterdam in fact has more canals than Venice.The aboriginal canals were congenital in the Middle Ages, as a antecedent of busline and defense.Radiating out from the city's core, Amsterdam has four capital canals: the Singel, the Herengracht, the Keizergracht and the Prinsengracht.The Herengracht and Keizergracht were both congenital to actualize new neighborhoods for Amsterdam's wealthy, while the abate Prinsengracht was meant for the middle-class.Today, you can see Amsterdam's archetypal gabled architectonics forth any of the canals.In 2009, UNESCO called Amsterdam's axial aqueduct ring a World Heritage site.

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