Discover the locals’ favorite ‘cicchetti’ bars in Venice, enjoying the city’s famous tapas-style dishes with an expert guide!
The exciting 3-hour food tour includes visits to five atmospheric wine bars, a walk around Rialto Market and a short Traghetti (Traghetto) ride.
Choose from a morning or evening tour and sample plates of the Venetian snacks – known as cicchetti – in each bar.

Try local specialties like marinated seafood with polenta, and sample regional wine and prosecco.

Highlights

• 3-hour Venice food walking tour with a food-loving local guide
• Visit five of the city’s best cicchetti bars, famous for their Venetian tapas-style dishes
• Savor small plates of local specialties like marinated seafood with polenta
• Hop aboard a Traghetti (Traghetto) and glide across the Grand Canal to Rialto Market
• Enjoy regional wines and sparkling prosecco with the food
• Small-group tour with a maximum of 12 people ensures personalized attention

What You Can Expect

Meet your guide near Campo de la Maddalena, a small Venetian square that’s remained almost unchanged since medieval times. Admire the houses with pretty chimneys that throng the square, and then start your walking tour with a visit to a historical bar – formerly an old charcoal store – that specializes in cicchetti.

Different to the typical pasta and pizza cuisine that so many associate with Italian food, true Venetian gastronomy takes its influences from the coast and the plains that surround the city. The carb of choice is polenta – yellow cornmeal served grilled or wet – and seafood is an almost permanent fixture in many meals.

Chat with your guide about Venice and its food while snacking on small plates of juicy plump olives and marinated seafood served on wedges of creamy polenta. Then, continue your stroll to Strada Nuova, a busy street in the neighborhood of Cannaregio, to visit an 18th-century bar famous for its plates of polpette (spicy fried meatballs). Sample some of its popular varieties, and then hop aboard a Traghetti (Traghetto) for a quick ride along the canals.

Cross the Grand Canal, Venice’s major water-traffic corridor, and cruise into the Rialto area, stopping at Rialto Market for a glimpse of local life. Many Venetians buy their produce here, and the market’s bustling stalls are filled with fresh seafood, as well as vegetables and fruit.

Browse the wares, and then stroll to a bar in the center of Venice for more wine and cicchetti, sampling regional wines and sparkling prosecco. Continue to a couple of nearby bars to try their specialties, and then finish your tour on the steps of Rialto Bridge – an iconic Venice attraction.

Details

Inclusions

• Food tasting
• 4 glasses of wine
• Local guide
• Ride across the canal

Exclusions

• Gratuities (optional)
• Hotel pickup and drop-off

Additional info

• Confirmation will be received within 48 hours, unless booked within 1 day of travel. In this case confirmation will be received as soon as possible, subject to availability
• Children must be accompanied by an adult
• A moderate amount of walking is involved

Schedule

Departure point

Central Venice, Rialto Bridge

Departure time

11:00; 16:00

Duration

3 hours (approx.)

Return details

Concludes at Rialto Bridge