Virtual Tour
The North of Venice: Cannaregio — Filmed by Andrea Manzo
Ten places across Cannaregio, each opened by a short video filmed and narrated on site by Andrea Manzo: the two Ghetto squares, a cinema that became a supermarket, the palace of the Turkish merchants, Codussi on the Grand Canal, a round church with an eye over the door, four stone men in a wall, Sansovino’s hall that was a basketball court, the last bridge without a parapet, and the narrowest street in the city.
Take this route into Google Maps
From Jewish ghetto – Virtual Tour 360° to Calle Varisco: fifty-three centimetres, and the narrowest street in Venice, in the order we curated them.
➤ Turn on the navigator in Google MapsIt opens in the Google Maps app with every stop already loaded, in the order we put them in. From there the route is yours: pick how you travel — on foot, by bike, by public transport or by car — change where you start and where you end, drag the stops into a different order, and add places of your own along the way.
About this virtual tour
Ten stops through Cannaregio, the northern district of Venice, each opened by a short video that Andrea Manzo filmed and narrated in English on the spot. The walk starts in the Ghetto, established by the Republic in 1516, and ends in Calle Varisco, which narrows to fifty-three centimetres before it reaches the canal.
In between: a 1916 cinema by Giovanni Sardi that is now a supermarket, the Fondaco dei Turchi, Codussi’s Ca’ Vendramin Calergi, where Richard Wagner died in 1883, Tommaso Temanza’s round church of the Maddalena, the four stone men of Campo dei Mori, Sansovino’s Scuola Grande della Misericordia and Ponte Chiodo, the last bridge in the city without a parapet.
The route is 3.4 km on foot, about 45 minutes of walking; with time at each stop, plan on two and a half hours. You can also follow it from home: every video plays on this page, stop by stop.
What you get
- 10 short videos by Andrea Manzo, filmed at each stop and narrated in English: about eleven minutes in all, one to two minutes per stop.
- The walking route on the map, stop by stop.
- GPX and KML files to follow the route on your phone or in a navigation app.
- The story of every stop, on its own page.
Before you buy
How much does it cost?
€14, paid once, VAT included. There is no subscription.
Do I have to be in Venice?
No. The videos play on this page, so you can watch the tour at home before a trip, or after one. On the spot, the map and the GPX file take you from one stop to the next.
How do I watch the videos after buying?
The confirmation email brings a private link to this page that opens the videos and the downloads. If you buy with the email of your Cultural Heritage Online account, the videos also open when you are signed in.
Who made the videos?
Andrea Manzo filmed and narrated them on site. Cultural Heritage Online wrote the pages of the stops and checked their facts.
Are there other tours?
Andrea Manzo filmed four walks in Venice. The other three are Castello and St Mark’s, Rialto and San Polo, Santo Stefano and Dorsoduro.
Get this route — explore at your own pace
- What it is. A self-guided cultural itinerary you can walk whenever you like — all 10 stops, at your own pace.
- What you get. The full route with maps and downloadable GPX/KML tracks, plus the story of each site.
- What you need. Just your phone — the route and tracks are emailed to you right after purchase.
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Step by step
Jewish ghetto – Virtual Tour 360°
The Venetian Ghetto is the historic Jewish quarter of Venice, established on 29 March 1516 by decree of Doge Leonardo Loredan — the first compulsory, walled…
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Venetian Ghetto
The Venetian Ghetto (1516–1797) was the segregated quarter where Jews were forced to live under Venetian Republic law.
🔒 Video included with the ticketFormer Cinema Theater Italy – Virtual Tour 360°
An Art Nouveau cinema designed by Giovanni Sardi in 1916 and now a supermarket, with original decorative elements preserved through careful restoration.
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Fondego of the Turks – Giancarlo Ligabue Natural History Museum – Virtual Tour 360°
The Fondaco dei Turchi — also known as the Natural History Museum of Venice (Museo di Storia Naturale) — is a historic palazzo in classical…
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Ca’ Vendramin Calergi: Codussi on the Grand Canal, Wagner’s last rooms, and a casino
Mauro Codussi began Ca' Vendramin Calergi in 1481 and the Lombardo family finished it in 1509. Richard Wagner died here in 1883; the palace has housed the winter seat of the Venice casino since 1959.
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La Maddalena, Venice: a round church with an eye over the door
Tommaso Temanza rebuilt the church of the Maddalena between 1763 and 1790 on a circular plan, one of only two in Venice. The inscription and the eye above its portal have been read as masonic ever since.
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Campo dei Mori: four stone men in the wall, and the one Venice spoke through
The four stone figures of Campo dei Mori are traditionally the Mastelli brothers, merchants said to have come from the Morea. The one at the corner of the bridge, Sior Antonio Rioba, was Venice's talking statue.
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The Scuola Grande della Misericordia: Sansovino’s hall that spent a century as a basketball court
Sansovino designed it, the facade was never finished, and from 1914 to 1991 the great upper hall of the Misericordia was the gymnasium of the Reyer, Venice's basketball club. It reopened as a public hall after a restoration completed in 2016.
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Ponte Chiodo: the last bridge in Venice without a parapet
On the Rio de San Felice in Cannaregio, Ponte Chiodo is the only bridge in the city still standing without a parapet. It was private, which is why the nineteenth-century safety rules never reached it.
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Calle Varisco: fifty-three centimetres, and the narrowest street in Venice
In the parish of San Canzian, in Cannaregio, Calle Varisco narrows to fifty-three centimetres before it reaches the canal: the narrowest street in Venice.
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🔒 Included with your ticket. After purchase, your private GPX & KML download links are sent to you by email.
Walk it with the navigator on
It opens in the Google Maps app with every stop already loaded, in the order we put them in. From there the route is yours: pick how you travel — on foot, by bike, by public transport or by car — change where you start and where you end, drag the stops into a different order, and add places of your own along the way.