Tourist falls into canal in viral mishap, blames it on Google Maps' directions: See the video

A tourer who was visiting Venice, Italy, has directed her ire astatine Google Maps for what she claims were inaccurate directions — which led to an awkward splash.

The Polish tourer posted a caller video of herself walking down steps into a canal. 

"When Google Maps says ‘go straight,’ but you’re successful Venice," the printed words accidental arsenic the viral video plays. 

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As the pistillate walks down the steps, she slips — falling onto her back. The video aboriginal shows her cleaning her scrapped legs.

"How it started … however it’s going," says the caption.

A tourist's viral video (not pictured) shows her falling into a Venice canal aft pursuing directions from Google Maps, sparking astir 300,000 likes and mixed reactions online. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Fox News Digital reached retired to Google Maps for comment, and to the video poster arsenic well. 

The video rapidly amassed immoderate 300,000 likes, with followers chiming successful astir the mishap successful the comments section.

"Soooo, what did she deliberation would hap walking down chromatic steps into the water?" wrote 1 user.

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An Instagrammer said, "Oh, that h2o … Girl, anticipation you disinfected."

Another idiosyncratic wrote, "Quick question. What were you thinking?"

One idiosyncratic said of the pistillate successful the video, "She evidently wanted to halt astatine the past measurement and ended up falling in." Venice has agelong suffered from overtourism and has been moving to combat it.  (iStock)

A idiosyncratic wrote astir the pistillate successful the video, "She evidently wanted to halt astatine the past measurement and ended up falling in."

The aforesaid idiosyncratic added successful part, "She was conscionable wanting a cute video and apt chopped herself connected the crisp shellfish that station up on the Venice waterways."

Another idiosyncratic said, "People volition bash thing for attention."

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Venice has agelong suffered from the problems of overtourism. It has been moving to combat that by announcing a alteration successful tourer fees. 

The metropolis introduced a aviator programme successful 2024 to complaint time trippers a $5.17 (5 euros) introduction interest that authorities hoped would discourage visitors from arriving connected highest days, as Fox News Digital previously reported.

Approximately six cardinal Americans traveled to Italy successful 2023. (iStock)

Beginning this April, visitors volition wage the access fee of $5.17 if they've booked 4 days ahead, portion the interest for arrivals that are booked last-minute — wrong 3 days — doubles to $10.33 (10 euros), according to the city’s site.

The interest applies (on prime dates only) to the past metropolis of Venice, not to the insignificant islands of the Venetian Lagoon.

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Exemptions use to residents, spot owners, students, workers, persons with disabilities and children nether 14 years of age.

Pino Parisi, a Connecticut-based Italian question agent, said helium is seeing much tourists than ever question to Italy this year.

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"Venice's tourer taxes [are] not preventing radical from going to Venice," helium told Fox News Digital. "I don't deliberation it is making a difference."

Approximately six cardinal Americans traveled to Italy successful 2023, according to the State Department.