Can Venice turn the tide on 'tourist trap' restaurants?
Adrian Mourby, CNN • Updated 4th February 2018, http://www.cnn.com/travel/arti...staurants/index.html
(CNN) — So-called "tourist trap" restaurants in Venice have long been a bone of contention for visitors to the Italian city.
But in recent months there's been a sea change in attitudes towards these establishments with locals and officials looking at ways to help travelers avoid rip-offs.
Previously, despite some protestations, the city seemed largely indifferent to their plight.
When a British tourist publicly complained about being charged €526 ($653) for a light lunch for three people in November 2017, the city's mayor immediately went on the offensive.
Famed for his Trump-style outspokenness, former businessman Luigi Brugnaro took to Twitter to announce that the complainant, a university lecturer, was a "cheapskate" for objecting to the charge of 297 euros ($369) for a one-person platter of grilled fish.