Tourists should 'never order pizza in Venice' because of peculiar law
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBooking a holiday in Venice might have you dreaming of savouring an authentic Italian pizza by the picturesque canals, but tourists are being advised to think twice before ordering pizza in the city - and the reason is quite bizarre.
Travel influencer Erin Fang, known as @thelittlebasketco on TikTok with more than 269,000 followers, shared a video detailing "things I wish social media told me before visiting Venice". "First up, do not rely on the food and definitely not the pizza," Erin advised.
She pointed out that wood-burning ovens are banned in Venice, which affects the taste of the pizza, saying it "just lacks that extra flavour".
And Erin isn't the first person to raise this issue. Travel guide site Culture Trip notes: "It's actually quite hard to find good pizza in Venice because wood-burning ovens are historically banned for fire safety reasons.
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