I thought Venice was a compact city until I started my walk to the Jewish Ghetto in the Cannaregio district. Boy was it a long walk, but well worth it once I got there. The Campo Ghetto Nuovo (in the heart of the Jewish Ghetto) is a lovely Square with a very powerful monument to the holocaust.

I knew there were 5 synagogues in the Ghetto but I couldn't find any of them . I soon learned, when asking at the Museum, that the only way to see the synagogues was with a guided tour through the Museum. So I took the guided tour. No wonder I couldn't find any - they are rooms inside buildings. The 5 synagogues are the French, German, Italian, Spanish and Levantine synagogues. The tour took us to three - French, German and Levantine (all very different).

 The best meal I had in Venice was in the Jewish Ghetto, at a place called 'Restorante Ebraico Gam Gam Kosher' - Israeli antipasti with falafel, and delicious Italian bread.

I did want to see the bridge with no parapet (there are only two in Venice) but I was so tired from all the walking that I gave it a miss. Instead, I took a Traghetto across the Grand Canal. It didn't save much walking but was a unique experience as tourists don't usually use this mode of cheap 'pedestrian' transport. Traghetti are gondola ferries that cross the Grand Canal from one side to the other. The crossing is so short you stand up in the gondola. Very few tourists make use of this service. The ferry crossing may be cheap for locals at 70c but they charge tourists 2 euros. It really annoys me when there is one cost for locals and another for tourists.