A Batela, not a Gondola!
Imparerai lo stile di canottaggio veneziano su questa rara imbarcazione tradizionale chiamata batela a coda di gambero. Un tempo una delle più diffuse in città e in tutta la laguna, è l'imbarcazione perfetta per chi si avvicina al canottaggio veneziano per la prima volta: comoda, spaziosa e stabile, e la troverai solo da noi!
You can easily spot these traditional, hand-crafted “shrimp-tailed” boats in many paintings by Carpaccio, Guardi, and Canaletto, but these all-purpose boats began to disappear quickly after WWII with the advent of the private outboard motor.
Operating four of the ten replicas in existence today (we had two of them built ourselves), Row Venice had has put this splendid craft back in primo piano, at center of the Venetian water-stage.
These batele are not too big and not too small; so whether you’re an expert sculler or have never seen water, you’ll find these wonderful craft spacious, comfortable, and stable.
