Tourists heading to Venice will need to budget extra for new baggage thanks to a bizarre new rule.
Visitors trundling wheelie suitcases will be fined up to 500 euros, beginning in May 2015.
The city’s reasoning for the ban? Noise pollution on the historic canal bridges.

Authorities say that the noise of large tour groups dragging the bags over the bridges keeps local residents awake at night, and ultimately, amounts to noise pollution.

Only wheelie suitcases with silent inflated tyres, rather than rubber ones, will be permitted in the lagoon city, under the strict new regulations brought in by the council.

Authorities say that the noise of large tour groups dragging the bags over the bridges keeps local residents awake at night, and ultimately, amounts to noise pollution.

Only wheelie suitcases with silent inflated tyres, rather than rubber ones, will be permitted in the lagoon city, under the strict new regulations brought in by the council

Read more about it here:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2842400/Venice-bans-wheelie-suitcases-noise-pollution-canal-bridges.html