Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
a cicchetti and market food tour
Destination
Venice, Italy
Duration
2 hours
Tour size
Max 10
Language
English
Overview
Venice has some of Italy's best food, if you know where to look, and most visitors never find it. This private tour skips the tourist traps: a family-run cicchetti bar, the Rialto Market, and a handful of local favorites, ending with risotto and tiramisu at a table that feels like your own discovery.
- •Taste cicchetti the way Venice actually eats them, at a family-run bacaro in San Polo
- •Walk the Rialto Fish Market where boats have delivered the day's catch for centuries
- •Sample fried seafood and prosecco at a shop that only opens when the market does
- •Sip a spritz at a local's favorite bacaro before sitting down for risotto and tiramisu
- •Keep the whole tour private, with a guide who adjusts the pace to your group
What's included
- 4 food tastings and 4 drinks at locally owned spots in San Polo and Rialto, enough for a full meal
- A private local guide, focused only on your group
- A walk through the Rialto Market (morning tours only)
- Restaurant recommendations for the rest of your stay in Venice
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What to expect
Cicchetti & Cocktails: the San Polo welcome
Begin at a bustling family-run bacaro in San Polo, the kind of wine bar Venice has run on for generations. Cicchetti get compared to tapas, but that undersells them: these small bites are the clearest window into how this city actually eats. Try two local favorites paired with a drink chosen to match.
The Rialto Market: a city with no farmland
On morning tours, continue into the Rialto Fish Market, where boats have delivered the day's catch from the Mediterranean for hundreds of years. Your guide explains how a city built on water, with no farmland of its own, built an entire food culture around what arrives by boat. Cross to the produce side of the market for a lesson in navigating the stalls like a local, then taste whatever's in season that day, a different answer every morning.
“Guests always ask if the fish market is touristy. I like watching that question disappear the moment they see boats still unloading the catch.”
Stefani,
WalksDevour Tour Guide
“We built this so guests leave knowing which bacaro to go back to on their own, not just which one they visited once.”
Leo,
WalksDevour Tour Designer
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Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
Private Tastes & Traditions of Venice
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