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3 Local-Favorite Squares to Feel Venetian

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Simply put, these open spaces are where you immediately start feeling like a local.

They’re straight out of a movie — alive with chatter, kids at play, locals unwinding, friends catching up, and sipping spritzes at sunlit, laid-back cafés lining the campo’s edges.

Venice has dozens of such squares — along with even tinier ones called campielli.

Interestingly, the word 'campo' literally means 'field', hinting at their original function as grassy areas where vegetables were grown and animals grazed, long before they became the paved public spaces we see today.

These 3 aren’t exhaustive, just our carefully chosen favorites evenly scattered across Venice.

1

Campo Santa Margherita

Campo Santa Margherita : The lively mix of locals and visitors is even more vibrant as evening approaches, with cafes filling up and the square humming with conversation

The city's liveliest square, buzzing with local energy and offering a great starting place for a night out.

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2

Campo San Giacomo

Campo San Giacomo : At the northern part of the square, there's an unusual patch of green — a rare treat in Venice's squares

A rare green corner of Venice — this irregular campo, wrapped around its namesake church, is shadier and leafier than most.

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3

Ghetto Ebraico

Ghetto Ebraico : The main square, Campo di Ghetto Nuovo, early on a Hanukkah morning.

The term “ghetto” originated right here, in the area where Jews were compelled to live in the 16th century. Even today, echoes of this incredible past are still palpable.

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