Starring role for ‘Kardashian jetty’ as Venice visitors seek peeks of Bezos wedding sites

Starring role for ‘Kardashian jetty’ as Venice visitors seek peeks of Bezos wedding sites

Tourists keen to see island where couple exchanged vows, seven-star hotel where they stayed and paths trodden by their celebrity guests For the residents of Venice who travel daily through the city’s waterways, the small wooden floating jetty outside the Gritti Palace hotel is nothing special, “no different to a London underground stop,” as Igor Scomparin, a tour guide, puts it. But for a certain type of tourist it is a must-see spot. In June last year, Kim Kardashian disembarked from a water taxi here and navigated its planks during the five-day wedding of the billionaire Amazon boss, Jeff Bezos, and Lauren Sánchez, a former TV journalist. Continue reading...