The Grand Canal is a canal in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city. Public transport is provided by water buses and private water taxis, and many tourists explore the canal by gondola (traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat). At one end the canal leads into the lagoon near Santa Lucia railway station and the other end leads into Saint Mark Basin in between it makes a large S-shape through the central districts (sestieri) of Venice. It is 3,800 m long, 30–90 m wide, with an average depth of five meters.
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