Begin in the Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Cannaregio, one of Venice’s six historic sestieri (districts). Visit the Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, where 25 Venetian doges (magistrates) are buried. Stroll through narrow alleyways past palazzi, artisans’ workshops and boatyards to witness typical Venetian life. Then enter the former ghetto where Jews were confined for hundreds of years, albeit with fewer restrictions than ghettos elsewhere. (Ghetto is in fact a Venetian word.) Venice had a rich Jewish presence; the first uncensored Talmud was printed in Venice in 1523. Still when Napoleon tore down the ghetto gates, the Jewish community welcomed him as a liberator.