#VENICE

Tourists in front of a map of Venice.

Dense crowd in Venice's Riva degli Schiavoni, one of the biggest open spaces in the old town.

A cruise ship in the Giudecca canal, headed for the port of Venice.

An Asian model during a photo shoot along Venice's Grand Canal, near Rialto Bridge. The photo set re-enacts a stereotypical "Italian scene", including a waterside pizza picnic, an Italian water bottle and a designer handbag.

Tourist gondolas lined up in a narrow canal near Venice's "Ponte dei Sospiri" (Bridge of Sighs).

Tourists in St. Mark's Square, Venice.

A scene from a crowded "vaporetto", Venice's water buses.

Crowds of tourists and a souvenir stand in front of St Mark's Basilica, in Venice.