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Venice promotes its water fountains
Tourists on a Venice city break will find fountains featuring unexpectedly high on this year's sightseeing tours. The city aims to reduce waste in the world's biggest consumer of mineral water.
A new initiative to cut down on bottled water use has been launched. Tourists will get an empty water bottle with the message "Don't throw me away, re-use me!" and a map indicating the 122 fountains to be found around the city.
Venice was chosen to launch the scheme as a result of its role as a tourist centre. However there are plans to include othere Italian tourist hotspots.
Italians are the world's biggest drinkers of bottled water, even though the natural water in Italy's fountains is some of the cleanest in the world.
This article was written for TravelSavvy Europe by Val Adams. For more information see: Venice - Cafe bars. If you know of an interesting European travel related news story, please get in contact.
