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Venice Food Tour and Gondola Ride

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Activity Schedule

  • When does it run?

    Feb & March: Thursday, Friday & Saturday
    April onwards: Tuesday to Saturday

  • Duration

    3 hours 

  • Start time

    Feb & March: 10:30am
    April onwards: 10am

  • Meeting Point

    Make your way to central fountain of Campo San Giacomo di Rialto (Campo San Giacometto).

    So there’s no last-minute rush please arrive at the start point 15 mins early.

  • Ending Point

    Near the Rialto Bridge

Key Highlights

  • Allow your guide to educate you on the history of the city's food culture at the Rialto Fish Market
  • Explore the history and culture of Venice through the city's most iconic dishes
  • Navigate the neighborhood of Cannaregio by gondola
  • Savour a plate of fresh seafood at a local eaterie
  • The tour is led by a foodie
  • Small group ensures a personalized experience

Overview

Take a fork and follow us on a tour dedicated to showing you that Venetian food is some of the best in Italy if you know what to eat and where to eat it.

Your Venice food tour starts when you meet your local guide in the heart the city's culinary scene; the Rialto Fish Market. Here, fresh fish from the Mediterranean shows up on boats every morning, as it has for hundreds of years. After learning about the unique food culture of a city that has no farmland (and gazing upon some of the freshest fish you'll ever see), you'll go off in search of something to eat. 

Your first stop is one of our favourite local watering holes, a bacaro (or bar), known for its unbeatable Cicchetti, particularly bread-based snacks, and a mean spritz. You’ll try two items of your choice here along with glasses of the local wine, prosecco or spritz. We highly recommend the baccalà; a quintessential Venetian dish of salt cod, pureed and spread over toasted bread. 

Next, you'll head over to another Cicchetti bar to try other types of bruschetta - like crostini, panini, and delectable Venetian fritti, i.e., fried foods like fish and vegetable fritters. You'll also taste some prosecco, which is a local speciality of the Veneto region. 

If you're going to eat like locals, you should travel like them as well. You'll board a gondola, crossing the Grand Canal and head into the neighbourhood of Cannaregio. As part of Venice's old Jewish Ghetto, Cannaregio is still home to some of the most locally-beloved eateries in the city. Here you'll disembark for a plate of the city’s best fresh seafood pasta. 

Your Venice Food Tour is not just about filling you up with delicious local food (although there is plenty of that!) we also want to educate you on how to eat well in a city where it can be difficult to find great, affordable food. That means your guide (a consummate local foodie) will tell you where to eat, how to eat, and what to look for on menus - to make sure that you are enjoying the very best of Venice's fantastic local and regional cuisine.

Inclusions

  • Guided walking tour with English speaking guide
  • All food & wine tastings
  • Short gondola ride across the Grand Canal
  • Expert foodie guide

Exclusions

  • Gratuities
  • Hotel transfers

Please note

Voucher Type: You can show your voucher on your smartphone (But if you’d rather print a copy – that’s fine too!)

The tour meeting time is 15 minutes prior to the start time. No refunds can be provided for late arrivals or no-shows

Group Size: Max 12

Dietary Requirements: If you have any specifications, let us know at the time of booking. Unfortunately, vegans and gluten free options can't be accommodated.

Venetian cuisine is closely connected to the sea. We enjoy a lot of seafood on this tour. We will do our best to provide alternatives for those who refrain from eating seafood but options may be limited.

Wheelchair accessibility: No

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