Venice, stop at souvenir and junk shops for tourists: “This is how we protect our history”

VENICE – Small gondolas with carillon, plastic Carnival masks good all year round, vending machine rooms: two euros for a snack. From Strada Nuova to the foot of the Rialto Bridge, this is also the image of Venice that the shop windows offer tourists. «In an area like the Mercerie, which was once the Via Montenapoleone in Venice, there are now few quality shops that resist.