Private Venice food tour:
Wine bars, cicchetti, and a Venetian sunset
Destination
Venice, Italy
Duration
3 hours
Tour size
Max 6
Language
English
Overview
Wander through San Polo and Dorsoduro as the day-trippers leave and the bacari fill up. This private Venice food tour is an evening at the counter, glass in hand, in the bars and kitchens Venetians have kept going for centuries.
- •Graze on cicchetti at three bacari, from whipped baccalà mantecato to crisp, golden fried bites straight from the fryer
- •Raise a glass of prosecco poured from the tap, Veneto wines, and Venice's signature spritz
- •Settle into a tucked-away ristorante for a plate of traditional Venetian pasta and a glass of wine
- •Stroll through San Polo and Dorsoduro with a local guide who knows which alleys lead to the best counters
- •Take your gelato from a shop that's been open since the 1920s and eat it on a deck overlooking the Giudecca Canal at sunset
What's included
- Private guide
- 7 food tastings across 5 stops
- 4 drinks, including prosecco, wine, and a spritz
- A sit-down pasta course with wine
- Gelato
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What to expect
San Polo at golden hour: your evening starts at the counter
Meet your guide in Campo San Tomà and walk straight into the neighborhood. Your first bacaro is a local favorite with young owners and a loyal crowd, the kind of place where regulars lean on the counter with a spritz in hand. You'll try bread cicchetti here, the Venetian tradition of small bites piled onto slices of bread, alongside your first drink of the evening.
Bacari and bridges: fried cicchetti on the canal
From there, you'll wind through the neighborhood, pausing at a second bacaro for cold cuts and a glass of prosecco tapped from a local producer. Then it's on to a canalside wine bar where the specialty is fried cicchetti, still crackling from the oil, with a glass of Veneto wine. Every bacaro fries to its own recipe, and the canal view from this one earns the stop on its own.
"The best food in Venice is served on a napkin, at a counter, with a glass of something cold. That's where I take people first."
Anna,
WalksDevour guide
If you have dietary requirements or allergies, let us know when you book and we'll work with our partner venues to adapt your tastings. See the FAQs for more details.
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