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Walking directions to Locanda del Ghetto (with map)

From: Venice Hotel Directions

The six-room Locanda del Ghetto is on the Campo del Ghetto Nuovo, a pleasant square in the heart of Europe's original ghetto ebraico. (See our illustrated article.)

The inn is next to the Italian synagogue and the Jewish Museum of Venice. A kosher breakfast is included in the rates.

How to reach Locanda del Ghetto from the Guglie airport-boat stop (Alilaguna Linea Arancio):

1. As you leave the boat platform, turn right and walk a few meters to the Gam Gam restaurant, where you'll see a passage that leads to the Ghetto Ebraico.

2. Go through the passage and walk straight ahead (with the occasional jog) past the Majer bakery and over a small bridge.

3. After crossing the bridge, you'll be in the Campo del Ghetto Nuovo. The Locanda del Ghetto will be on your right as you enter the square, next to a portico.

For a video preview of your walk, click below:

From the Santa Lucia Railroad Station:

ABOVE: This map shows the route from Venezia Santa Lucia Railroad Station to the Ponte delle Guglie on the Cannaregio Canal. Walking time is 5 to 10 minutes over level ground.

1. Leave the railroad station by the marble steps outside the main doors, or by the easy-to-miss (and conveniently stair-free) side exit if you have rolling luggage, a stroller, or a wheelchair.

2. When you reach the wide fondamenta or pavement in front of the station, turn left.

3. Walk past the Scalzi Church and the Scalzi Bridge toward the Lista di Spagna (a busy pedestrian thoroughfare).

4. Continue down the Lista di Spagna and through the Camp San Geremia to the Ponte delle Guglie, a stone bridge that arches over the Cannaregio Canal.

5. Cross the bridge and immediately turn left.

6. Walk until you reach the passage to the Ghetto, which is just before the Gam Gam restaurant.

7. Go through the passage and walk straight ahead (with the occasional jog) past the Majer bakery to a small bridge.

8. Cross the bridge, which leads into the Campo del Ghetto Nuovo. The Locanda del Ghetto will be on your right as you enter the square, underneath a portico.

MAP CREDITS: Walking maps by Anders Imboden, using base data from the Comune di Venezia and Regione Veneto under license IODL-2.0.

About the author:

Durant Imboden has written about Venice, Italy since 1996. He covered Venice and European travel at About.com for 4-1/2 years before launching Europe for Visitors (including Venice for Visitors) with Cheryl Imboden in 2001.

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