Venice Street Food Tour: Explore Local Markets and Taste Authentic Venetian Specialties
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498 Ratings
Venezia
Embark on a 2.5-hour Venice Street Food Tour and discover the city's local markets, taste authentic Venetian specialties, and explore its highlights on water. Join a small group led by a top-rated local guide and indulge in delicious cicchetti, cheese, buranelli, desserts, and more. Get valuable recommendations for your holiday in Venice. Book now!
Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Canal Grande - .
  • Casa di Marco Polo - .
  • Mercati di Rialto - .
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Lunch
  • Snacks
  • Food tasting
What's Not Included
  • Drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Experience local gastronomy and discover the city’s major attractions with a waterside perspective. Join a 2.5-hour tour in a small group, accompanied by a renowned local guide. Wander through Rialto Market, impressive plazas, and majestic churches.

Our itinerary includes visits to the Basilica dei Frari (external), Campo Santa Margherita, San Polo, and the grandeur of the Grand Canal, along with a taste of authentic Venetian cuisine like cicchetti, cheese, buranelli, desserts, and much more. Receive invaluable advice from your guide on how to make the most of your Venetian vacation.

The tour commences and concludes in central Venice. As cars are not allowed within the city, the entire tour will be on foot. Expect to cross numerous canal bridges - comfort footwear is advisable.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Refunds will not be issued if tour/activity is missed due to late or non-arrival of cruise ship
  • At the moment of reservation please specify your mobile number inclusive of country code in case of a emergency
  • Please make sure you arrive at the meeting point at least 5 minutes before.This is the key to ensuring the quality of your experience.
  • Please note that on Mondays, festive days and in the afternoon the Fish Market is closed.
  • On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
  • This tour does NOT accommodate vegans, gluten and dairy-free participants.
  • Vegetarians can be accommodate only if advised in advance.
  • In case of allergies to nuts of dry fruits please be aware of cross contaminations issues.
Location
Campo San Bortolomio
Meet the guide in Campo San Bartolomio next the statue. The guide will be holding a sign written "Food Tour". At the meeting point, our guides wait for travelers for no more than 10 minutes beyond the scheduled time. It’s not possible to join the group along the way. You must be on time.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(498 Ratings)
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Travel08912678325
Apr 28, 2024
Good experience - It was a very nice way to get a better understanding of the food culture in Venice. Our guide Neele was great. Lovely way to meet people as a solo traveller.
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Kate_w
Apr 27, 2024
Loved every minute.... - Loved every minute. Vanessa was great and the food and history really interesting. Great value for money
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Richardince2000
Apr 26, 2024
A fun and insightful tour! - Dennis from Venice was a brilliant tour guide. He was insightful and humorous. The pace of the tour was perfect and we were taken to some great food/drink places. Dennis shared interesting facts as we went round. My wife and I always book some sort of tour at the start of any trip. You learn so much more than you can from a guide book. It also sets you up nicely for your holiday break, as you get really helpful tips on where to visit and what to avoid. The food was really tasty. I would thoroughly recommend booking this tour. I was tempted to book the more expensive food tours that included wine, but with this tour you still get advised about the local wine etc and you get to pick and choose/buy whatever tipple you fancy to go with the food. A much cheaper and flexible way of doing things.
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A11oge
Apr 24, 2024
A lovely, varied collection of traditional food - A lovely, varied collection of traditional food from Venice, lead by a knowledgeable guide. From sweet to savory cichetti, favourite was cuttlefish served in its ink with grilled polenta, washed down with Ragusa Venetian red wine
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Andtea_w
Apr 23, 2024
Eat like a local! - This was a lot of fun. Nele was informative and picked some great local family owned places that I would otherwise never have found. Tried some things that I never had before and it was nice that there was time for a glass of wine or a spritz at some of the stops. Small group of nice people. Would highly recommend to get a taste of local flavor in this amazing place.
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Paulasw3813yl
Apr 22, 2024
Wonderful tasting of local specialties! - An absolute must to do early in your Venice stay! Neela was our guide & took us around to 10 local food/bar establishments. We tried small bites and/or wines n each. She also gave us insights into Venice’s history… but not too much info that we’d later forget! We’d highly recommend this tour! Loved it!
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Andrewwq3639ze
Apr 22, 2024
Perfect food tour of Venice - Perfect tour - excellent food and wine - Ursula was a fantastic guide- highly recommended - the Venice most don’t get to see
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Louisee566
Apr 21, 2024
Top food tour with friendly local guide - Our guide Neele was very knowledgeable and made the experience fun and interesting. We sampled some lovely food and drink.
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A2376mgjeffreyh
Apr 21, 2024
First day food tour - Denys our guide was very knowledgeable and showed us a lot of places we otherwise would not have gone. We subsequently returned to one ‘Alla Fonda’ for some excellent cicchetti & raboso.
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Katy
Apr 21, 2024
Fantastic way to spend a couple of hours - Lovely way to spend a couple of hours, visited a couple of gems we would never have known to find; the lovely guide tried really hard to keep my kids interested and full.
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