This story appears in the May 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. Grand Canal barges have no fancy names, no mermaids planted on the bow, no corny sayings painted on the stern. Instead ...

During her stay at the palazzo, Sophia took a series of iconic photographs on the stone balcony, which looks out onto the Grand Canal ... property just outside of Rome.

Holly Johnson Considered to be the main street of Venice, the roughly 2-mile Grand Canal is one of the city's most popular and highly photographed attractions. One of the best ways to experience ...