Netizens Surfing At The Grand Canal Of Venice: Dua Tourists Didenda, The EFoils Of Disita

Grand Canal Venice. (Wikimedia Commons/gnuckx)

JAKARTA - While traveling, there are a number of rules at destination locations that we must obey. Venice, Italy, is no exception, one of Europe's favorite destinations.

For example, when you think swimming on the canal, damaging property to posing shirtlessly on a war memorial monument, it's just as bad and it's not banned, including surfing.

Two tourists decided to go surfing on Wednesday morning last week. The place they choose to do so is not on the beach, but on the Grand Canal of Venice.

Apparently riding an eFoils (electric surfing board sliding over the water with hydrofoils), they were caught on camera up and down the waterway.

It is known, Grand Canal is not only the center of the UNESCO World Heritage site filled with historic buildings, but is also Venice's main highway.

In the footage taken by various local residents, they were caught avoiding the vaporetto (waterbus) and taxis under the Rialto Bridge and passing through the Salute basilica, one of the city's icon sites.

Ecco due imbecilli prepotenti che si fanno beffa della Città… chiedo a tutti di aiutarci a individuarli per punirli anche se le nostre armi sono davvero spuntate… servono urgentemente più poteri ai Sindaci in tema di sicurezza pubblica!A chi li individua offro una cena! pic.twitter.com/DV2ONO3hUs

— Luigi Brugnaro (@LuigiBrugnaro) August 17, 2022

As they passed under the Accademia Bridge, one of the surfers fell off his board, but made sure to hold what looked like his phone came out of the water, recording his friend.

Luigi Mayor Brugnaro tweeted a video of surfers calling them "two arrogant stupidos making fun of the city."

In fact, he offers free dinner to anyone who can identify the couple.

"Two surfboards have been confiscated and soon those in charge will be in our hands," he said.

Local newspaper Il Gazzzettino then reported that both had been secured. The two boards used, worth about 25,000 euros, were confiscated for not being insured, he said.

Meanwhile, every surfer is fined 1,500 euros for endangering channel navigation. They were also beaten with orders of antisocial behavior and immediately expelled from the city.

The city has also instructed lawyers to start the process against the two, because it damages the city's image. The two Consulates have also been contacted.

Venice is not the only Italian tourist destination where tourists behaved badly this summer. In the last two months, tourists have been riding the Spanish Steps in Rome, throwing scooters at the same stairs and driving scooters around