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Taste of Venice: Local Tapas Tastings & Wine Tour
Taste of Venice: Local Tapas Tastings & Wine Tour
Taste of Venice: Local Tapas Tastings & Wine Tour
Taste of Venice: Local Tapas Tastings & Wine Tour

Taste of Venice: Local Tapas Tastings & Wine Tour

By Intrepid Urban Adventures
4.8 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is $107 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • Taste 7 delicious cicchetti dishes (local tapas)
  • Sip 5 flavorful regional wines and Venetian Spritz
  • Cross the famous canal on a traghetto gondola
  • Drink like a local at authentic bacari wine bars
  • Carbon neutral, operated by travel B Corp accredited company

Activity location

  • Venice
    • Venice, Veneto, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • La Maddalena Church
    • Fondamenta de le Colonete
    • 30121, Venezia, Veneto, Italy

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Afternoon Cicchetti & Wine Tour of Venice
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m2h 30m
  • English
  • Food and Drinks
Language options: English
Starting time: 5:00pm
Price details
$107.29 x 1 Adult$107.29

Total
Price is $107.29
Morning Cicchetti & Wine Tour of Venice
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m2h 30m
  • English
  • Food and Drinks
Language options: English
Starting time: 11:00am
Price details
$107.29 x 1 Adult$107.29

Total
Price is $107.29

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLocal English-speaking guide
  • What's includedWhat's included5 glasses of local wine and 1 Venetian Spritz
  • What's includedWhat's included7 cicchetti dishes (local tapas)
  • What's includedWhat's included1 dessert
  • What's includedWhat's includedTraghetto gondola crossing
  • What's includedWhat's includedGet personalised tips for the area's best bars and eateries

Know before you book

  • Children 5 and younger are not allowed.
  • Maximum group size is 12 people.
  • Check-in is 5 minutes prior to the booked tour start time.

What you can expect

This tour is the perfect introduction to Venice, giving you an overview of the city’s unrivalled history and a taster of its world-famous cuisine. Your adventure begins in the Cannaregio neighbourhood, one of the few remaining residential areas of Venice, known for being a popular after-work meeting spot for thirsty locals.

We will take a gentle stroll around and chat about its 1,000-year history and your local guide will offer suggestions on other things to see and do during your stay. A ride in a traditional, stand-up traghetto gondola is next as we cross the Grand Canal the way the locals do. Once in Rialto, the food tasting can begin! We will try some fresh fish at a small eatery, owned by a group of young locals with a passion for experimenting with traditional recipes, giving them a modern twist. Expect dishes such as black ink calamari, fried mix fish, polenta with seafood, tuna balls with tomatoes or seasonal vegetables (served in elaborate dishes). All the fresh fish served is coming from the Rialto market, a large fruit and vegetable market in the centre of Venice.

After mouth-watering tastings, we will head to the few local spots that will help you better understand the culture of Cicchetti bars in Venice and how to enjoy food and wine experience. We will introduce you a new bar, owned by two Venetian brother with passion for locally sourced food and wine, and at this stop you will taste a local sandwich called tramezzino and very local Venetian Spritz. Moving forward you will try dishes such as Creamy Dried Codfish Baccalà or stockfish (dried cod), arrived in Venice in the 15th century thanks to Captain Querini. Here we will have a chance to try this traditional local recipe. Expect cod cooked in two different ways. Let us know, which one you prefer most.

A few secrets and hidden spots near the Rialto are up next, which will demonstrate the importance of moving just one street away from the tourist hordes, to get a little slice of Venice to yourself. Expect meet and cheese Cicchetti in one of the spots and Lasagna or Risotto or Pasta in the other. Finish with well-deserved desert – Tiramisu. The tour will end at Campo San Bortolomio, which is surrounded by great restaurants and shops. Your guide will be happy to help you with recommendations for continuing the fun or with directions to help you back to your accommodation.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESVenice
    • Venice, Veneto, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLELa Maddalena Church
    • Fondamenta de le Colonete
    • 30121, Venezia, Veneto, Italy