casoni, fishing huts with pitched roofs made of entwined reeds and clay floors, which are still used today by the fishermen

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Caorle there is a very individual place that you can go and visit. This place is dear to the writer Ernest Hemingway, who quotes it in his book “Across the River and into the Trees”, in the great lagoon where he stayed during his battues. These are the casoni, fishing huts with pitched roofs made of entwined reeds and clay floors, which are still used today by the fishermen in the Veneto lagoon area of Caorle, who particularly fish for eels and sea bass in these waters. The area is worth a visit by bike or on a bragozzo, traditional lagoon boats that can transport about fifteen people. And perhaps listening to some anecdotes about the American author whose boat – say the fishermen – was always stocked with bottles of gin…

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Location: CAORLE - VENICE - ITALY
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Keywords: boats, canal, caorle, casone, casoni, country, fisher, fishing, house, lagoon, thicket, vegetation, venice, water