Venecia Food Experience - Mercado Rialto, degustación de Cicchetti y vino

Información

Take a gastronomic walking tour of Venice, exploring the famous Rialto Fish Market and the atmospheric Jewish Ghetto. As you travel your guide will teach you about the rich culinary history of Venice and how its unique position along ancient trade routes shaped Venetians’ tastes.

•Eat your fill of cicchetti (Venice’s answer to the Spanish tapas) at the three of the best bars in the city – all inclusive!

•Visit our favorite Venetian trattoria for a sit-down lunch featuring such local specialties as squid pasta

•No meal in Venice would be complete without a glass of wine, Prosecco or spritz; we’ll treat you to not just one but three glasses during your time with us

•As an added bonus, you’ll tick another item off your Venice wish list, boarding a gondola for a short ride across the Grand Canal

•Get restaurant & food recommendations from your expert local foodie

•With a small group of 12 people or fewer, your guide will be easy to interact with and question. Venice has developed a reputation for over-priced, touristy food — that could not be further from the truth.

With a expert Venetian foodie, who will school you in the rich culinary history of Venice, while showing you the best spots to sample its gastronomic delights.

We’ll start by visiting the twin hearts of Venice’s food scene; the Rialto Fruit and Vegetable Market and the Rialto Fish Market. As you peruse the overflowing aisles, your guide will explain how ancient trade routes and a strong maritime history have shaped the diets of Venetians; and how they still get the freshest fish from the Mediterranean. All this talk of food will make you hungry so we’ll be sure to sample sumptuous local wine and cicchetti along the way. On this side of the Grand Canal, you’ll stop at two of Venice’s most popular local bars. The cicchetti is Venice’s answer to the Spanish tapas and includes local delicacies like crostini (bread with delicious toppings like whipped cod) and Venetian panini (technically sandwiches, but so much more).

At each bar your guide will help you to choose two of the best cicchetti and of course a glass of wine, Prosecco or spritz to wash it down. Next you’ll board a gondola to cross the Grand Canal to Cannaregio. Once known as the Jewish Ghetto and surrounded by walls to keep residents in, Cannaregio is a favorite among locals today for its great food scene, beautiful streets and piazzas and it’s much more relaxed vibe away from the tourist route.

Your adventure here continues to another local bar for a different kind of cicchetti. Fritti is a common dish of fried fish or vegetables made popular in this very area. In fact, we bet you’ll be shocked to learn just how much of Venetian food (and Italian food as a whole) has been influenced by the Jewish community. We’ll take our fritti as the locals do – on a stick, to go – and embark on a short stroll across bridges and piazzas of Cannaregio.

Your tour culminates in a stop at our favorite Venetian restaurant; a friendly and atmospheric neighborhood trattoria called La Colonna. Here you’ll be warmly greeted by the host and served a plate of the day’s pasta special, washed down of course, with another glass of wine. With intimate groups of 12 people or fewer we don’t just want you to eat well for a day, we want to show you how to eat like a Venetian for your entire stay. Your expert, local guide will give you the best recommendations for when, where and how to eat so you’ll never again endure another over-priced, touristy meal in Venice.



Meeting/pick-up point: At the central fountain of Campo San Giacomo di Rialto.
Duration: 2.5 hours.