The idea of locking a Jewish community into a ghetto is of Venetian origin, as is the word "ghetto" itself. All aliens under the strict and suspicious rule of the Venetian Republic were segregated and curfew. Jews represented the largest, most successful and most problematic of many foreign mercantile communities. The size of Jewish population, approx. 5000 in the 17th century, testifies how Venice was regarded as a refuge, as well as a city where Jewish commercial and professional talents could be employed profitably.
During your walking tour through the Jewish quarter, you will visit some of its fine synagogues remaining from that period and the Ghetto's museum.

Note: Tour cannot operate on Saturdays and on Jewish holidays.