VENICE

Jewish Venice

Life in Venice's Ghetto	Ethnic rivalries and synagogues	Freed by Napoleon, persecuted by Hitler
Visiting the Ghetto today	Reaching the Ghetto

Reaching the Ghetto
Walk or take the vaporetto (water bus) to the Ponte delle Guglie/Ghetto stop on the Fondamenta di Cannaregio, just above the Ponte delle Guglie bridge. You'll see a low rectangular arched doorway next to the Gam Gam restaurant. Go through the arch, and you'll be in the Ghetto Vecchio. Keep on walking to reach the larger (and older) Ghetto Nuovo, where you'l also find the Jewish Community Museum. Need clearer instructions? See the map and directions for Al Faro, a trattoria-pizzeria in the Ghetto Nuovo that closed in early 1998.

If you're coming on foot from the Piazza San Marco or Rialto, you can turn right from the Rio terrà S. Leonardo or the Rio terrà Farsetti and work your way toward the Calle Farnese and its bridge (see photo above). Or, if you're coming from the Madonna dell'Orto Church or its vaporetto stop, head west on the Fondamenta degli Ormesini until you see a small footbridge leading to the Campo Ghetto Nuovo.

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