Rialto Market and City Center Food Tour in Venice
Rialto Market and City Center Food Wine & Sightseeing Tour in Venice
What makes this tour unique
Non only art and history but also a tasty journey through food and drinks of Venice, visitng the local historic market and discovering traditional products!
| Price: | 75 Euro per Person (all included) |
| Meeting Point: | At the feet of the Bell Tower in Piazza San Marco (GOOGLE MAP) |
| Drop Off Point: | Campo San Giovanni e Paolo, in front of the church. |
| Meeting Time: | 9 am |
| Duration: | Half-day or full-day |
| Schedule: | Everyday |
| Skip the lines | Fast enrance to the Doges' Palace |
| Top-rated guide: | Professional, licensed, and experienced English-speaking guide |
Itinerary Description
Join our local expert guide on a journey to visit Venice’s typical osertias and artisan food producers. This is a tour for foodies but you also get to see some of Venice’s stunning sights. This four-hour tour will take you see magnificent monuments and beautiful artworks. A tour for all the senses!!
The tour begins in Campo San Giacomo a Rialto that through the centuries has been the trade centre of Venice. Virtually unchanged since the Middle Ages it still hosts the fresh daily market and is surrounded by “Venetian delis”. You guide will tell you about the local delicacies and regional produce. You will visit the colorful stalls and your guide will tell you about some of the many different fruit, vegetable, fish and meat on sale. Venice’s fish market is the oldest in Europe that is still operational today.
As in most of Italy, the best things in Venice often involve food. Your will discover the wonderful delights to be found in the market; olives form nearby Lake Garda, cow cheese from the highlands of Asiago, soft polenta chunks served with marinated seafood, cuttlefish, stockfish and much more. The areas surrounding Venice are the largest wine producing regions in Italy and all food will be accompanied by famous regional wines.
As well as the food you will discover quaint alleys, hidden canals, enter ancient bars and shops and have the opportunity to talk to their proprietors as you taste their specialties. You will visit the Rialto Bridge, Campo San Bartolomeo, see Marco Polo’s house and the magnificent palaces that look onto the Grand Canal.
This tour is a super combination of food, wine and sightseeing. Something for all the family! You won’t need lunch as you will taste a number of specialties from pasta to desert, posecco to regional wines at the more than 6 different eateries you visit. Did you know that Tiramisu was invented in Venice!
This gourmet walk through Venice ends in one of Venice’s most popular squares, Campo San Giovanni e Paolo. Here you will see the magnificent church that hosted the funerals of the city leaders, the Doges. Time for a well-earned coffee and your guide will be happy to give some other recommendations of places to visit or direct you to your accommodation.
