Venice at sunset:
Cicchetti, wine, and Venetian bacari
Destination
Venice, Italy
Duration
3 hours
Tour size
Max 10
Language
English
Overview
Slip into San Polo and Dorsoduro as the evening crowds thin out and the bacari fill up. This cicchetti tour in Venice is an evening of wine bars, fried-to-order cicchetti, and a sit-down pasta course in the neighborhoods where Venetians actually spend their evenings.
- •Taste bread-based and fried cicchetti at three neighborhood bacari in San Polo and Dorsoduro
- •Sit down for bigoli in salsa, thick Venetian spaghetti tossed with anchovy and slow-cooked onion
- •Sip Venetian spritzes, prosecco, and local wine standing at the counter between stops
- •Wind up at a gelateria that's been serving Venice since the 1920s
What's included
- 7 food tastings across 5 locally owned venues
- 4 drinks, including spritz, prosecco, and local wine
- Local English-speaking guide
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What to expect
San Polo at aperitivo hour: when the bacari come alive
Your evening begins in Campo San Tomà, where your guide meets you and brings you to your first stop. This bacaro is where Venetians come for their after-work spritz and bread cicchetti, and you'll try both. By the time you leave, you'll have the rhythm down: order at the counter, eat standing up, move on. The second stop takes you to another neighborhood bar for cold cuts and local cheese with a glass of crisp prosecco.
Fried cicchetti and prosecco: right on the canal
The third stop is a bacaro right on the water, where fried cicchetti are the specialty. You'll bite into warm mozzarella in carrozza, bread stuffed with melting cheese, and polpette, dense little meatballs served straight from the fryer. Your guide teaches you how to cheers in Italian as you glass raise your glass canalside.
Dietary Needs: 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.
"Watch how Venetians order at a bacaro. They don't sit down, they don't look at a menu. They point, they eat, they move on."
Cecilia,
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