Venice Jewish Ghetto: A Walking Tour with Optional Synagogues Visit
4.2
85 Ratings
Venezia
Discover the hidden Venice Jewish Ghetto on a walking tour. Learn about the city's Jewish history, explore local culture, and visit the Synagogues for a complete experience.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Walks In Europe- Venice - Meet your expert local guide and join your small walking tour to start learning about the rich and interesting history of Venice’s Jewish Ghetto.
Explore a wealth of stories, wonderful food, and surprising landmarks that few visitors ever discover in Venice.
What's Included
- Small group tour for a more intimate experience
- Professional local guide
- 2-hour walking tour of the Ghetto
- 1 additional hour for the Synagogue tour (depending on option selected)
What's Not Included
- Transport to/from the meeting point
- Interior visit to the Jewish Museum
- Levantine Synagogue on Fridays
Additional Information
Uncover the hidden side of Venice: Navigate around the Cannaregio district and Jewish Ghetto - regions often ignored by tourists visiting Venice.
Delve into Venice’s Jewish heritage: Get a comprehensive understanding of the influence of Jewish history in the city, unfolding tales of its former dwellers, notable landmarks, and cultural customs.
Add the option of the Synagogues tour for an added hour to enhance your experience.
Immerse yourself in local traditions: Take a stroll through quaint residential neighborhoods, craftsmen’s workshops, galleries, shops, and delis, offering a peek into daily life in Venice.
*Experience a secret aspect of cultural life: The tour reveals the Campo del Ghetto Nuovo, a square established as a secure island in 1516 to restrict Venetian Jews. You will have the chance to witness bas-reliefs, an attraction typically overlooked by Venice’s visitors, and explore a distinctive cultural enclave of the city.
- If you choose the Synagogue option: Both men and women must wear clothing that covers the belly, shoulders and knee.
- Please note that carrying any type of weapon or sharp objects, such as a knife, is not allowed for this tour.
- If you choose the option with the synagogue tour, your guide will provide the synagogue tickets.
- On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
- We kindly request that you arrive at the designated meeting point 5 to 10 minutes before the scheduled start time.
- Please be advised that it is not possible to join the tour after it has started.
Location
Campo di Ghetto Nuovo
We meet at Campo di Ghetto Nuovo. You will see a big square, and right in the center of it there is a black drinking fountain.
Your guide will be waiting for you there with a sign that says, "Walks in Europe."
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.2
(85 Ratings)
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Larry_f
May 15, 2024
Wonderful in spite of the rain - Our guide Hilary was exceptional. She spent the entire two hour tour giving us clear explanations of historical, architectural and cultural aspects of the Ghetto and its residents over the centuries. Our guide in the synagogue was equally impressive and of course the two Sephardic synagogues visited were beautiful.
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117lorag
May 6, 2024
Sylvia is the best tour guide! - Sylvia was an amazing tour guide! She really knew her stuff from the history of the Jewish ghetto to the current environment and modern lifestyle. We had the best time and enjoyed the meaningful Jewish history and her warm demeanor! Highly recommend!!!
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Adam_r
May 2, 2024
Highly recommend it - This was one of the best tours I have done. Christina our tour guide was extremely knowledgable, answered a lot of our questions going above and beyond and she really brought the tour to life!
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Hapachic9
Apr 28, 2024
Wonderful - Christina our guide was fantastic. She was very knowledgeable and informative. I would recommend this tour! She was easy to find and even took some time at the end to show us a few more details/info.
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Journey18598968291
Apr 22, 2024
A tour well worth doing - Very good tour, Clare was a great guide, full of energy, very informative about Venice, the area and the ghetto. Definitely a good way to get a feel for Venice and it's history.
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Kathy_b
May 15, 2024
Too old to stand - It was very interesting and full of history, but there was just too much standing for people who were older in age.
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Harvey_s
May 8, 2024
Challenging guides - The two synagoges were delightful. The two guides were a bit difficult to understand. The second one was abussive to a woman who wandered a little distance behind the group.
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Paulette_f
May 4, 2024
Excursions Depend on your Guide - The museum and synagogues were closed and our guide was not knowledgeable about the Jewish ghetto. It was mostly a waste of time except for actually seeing the parts of the ghetto I had read about.
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Ggradu
May 4, 2024
Not a walking tour! - The problem with this tour was that it was NOT a walking tour! We stood in the square for a hour and fifteen minutes where the guide was showing us maps in a protected folder of the history of the area. In depth history lesson standing! The guide was nice and very knowledgeable but the setting was inappropriate for most of the attendees. Other than taking us down 1 side street to show us some markers in the ground commemorating people who were lost in the holocaust and then over 1 bridge out of the ghetto and to a place in the square that had some significant important art work, we stood.
Then a second guide took us for 45 minutes into 2 synagogues. I believe she was “certified “ to have access to do this. She was less than warm and enthusiastic. It was disappointing.
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Melissa_e
Apr 30, 2024
Stayed too long in one spot for a walking tour - We were all looking forward to this very important tour of our Jewish heritage. Our tour guide meant well, but had us stay in the same spot for 45 minutes during what was supposed to be a 2 hour walking tour. It was extremely frustrating! Then when the synagogue tour started, a different guide came and repeated almost the same tour in a faster way with entrance to the synagogues. I would recommend only doing the synagogue portion of the tour.
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