No gondola rides were on offer in Venice today

Gondolas are stranded in the mud on February 19, 2008 in Canal Grande in Venice. No gondola rides were on offer in Venice today as the canal city known for its struggle with ever-rising water levels was instead left high and dry by an exceptionally low tide. Some canals were emptied down to their mud bottoms in a phenomenon that is expected to last until the weekend.

Tourists try to get off a gondola floating on low water on February 19, 2008 in Canal Grande in Venice. No gondola rides were on offer in Venice today as the canal city known for its struggle with ever-rising water levels was instead left high and dry by an exceptionally low tide. Some canals were emptied down to their mud bottoms in a phenomenon that is expected to last until the weekend.

A gondola floats in a low water on February 19, 2008 in Canal Grande in Venice. No gondola rides were on offer in Venice today as the canal city known for its struggle with ever-rising water levels was instead left high and dry by an exceptionally low tide. Some canals were emptied down to their mud bottoms in a phenomenon that is expected to last until the weekend

Gondolas are stranded in the mud on February 19, 2008 in Canal Grande in Venice. No gondola rides were on offer in Venice today as the canal city known for its struggle with ever-rising water levels was instead left high and dry by an exceptionally low tide. Some canals were emptied down to their mud bottoms in a phenomenon that is expected to last until the weekend. A

Gondolas are stranded in the mud on February 19, 2008 in a canal in Venice. No gondola rides were on offer in Venice on Tuesday as the canal city known for its struggle with ever-rising water levels was instead left high and dry by an exceptionally low tide. Some canals were emptied down to their mud bottoms in a phenomenon that is expected to last until the weekend.