Eat Like a Local: Venice 3-Hour Small-Group Food Tasting Tour
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Fall in love with Venice, through your 3-hour discovery of the gastronomic tradition of the city, through a uniquely designed small-group, walking food and wine tour of the lesser known places to tourists. With at least 13 tastings from well-known restaurants and bars to the locals, between sipping some glasses of wonderful local wines, and trying some of the best restaurants in Venice with the guidance of your expert foodie, you will also get to hear about its unique histories of what makes Venice a truly wonderful place.
Your experience
Stop 1
There are 8 stops on this tour with plenty of food to make sure you do not need breakfast nor lunch nor dinner. You will start your day with some coffee, like the Italians do. Venice has a tradition that goes a long way back in time in making tasty pastries, and you will get to try some of the heavenly delicious pastries that the Venetian has to offer. After your sweet tooth has been satisfied, stroll through some wine bars and savor typical Venetian drinks accompanied by the famous cicchetti with lunch or dinner and learn how each dish is created.
Stop 2
Take a step back in time by visiting the oldest bacaro in Venice with us. You will hear the story as to why this atmospheric wine bar is said to have been a favourite place of the legendary lover Giacomo Casanova while you taste some of their best selling ciccheti, local Venetian snack. The bar still retains its old-world charm with wooden beams, copper pots, and standing-only counters where locals and travelers mingle over traditional food
Stop 3
Do you know that Venice was one of the first European cities to import sugar from the East, making it a luxurious and prized ingredient at that time?This early access led to the creation of a rich pastry tradition that blends Eastern spices with Italian creativity. From delicate tiramisu to the festive frittelle of Carnival, Venice s pastry are full of flavor. One of the stops on the tour is a family owned pastry shop and you will learn why Venetian sweets are more than just treats they're edible expressions of the city’s opulent past and its love for celebration, craftsmanship, and flavor
Stop 4
Another famous amongst local bar to try more cicchetti
Stop 5
Here you will be greeted by the owner of the store where he will prepare a selection of regional cured meat and cheese and hear stories of how they are made and how to spot one ones
Stop 6
Here to go to a locally frequented restaurant , and also been visited by celebrity chefs, where we will have the special of the day pasta or risotto, a freshly caught fish of the day dish and sarde in saor ( this restaurant is one of best places if not the best place to try sarde in saor with wine.
Stop 7
Depending on the day of the tour, we could either go to here or Castello for more cicchetti
Stop 8
Another unforgettable way to experience the city through its sweet side: artisan gelato. Gelato isn’t just a treat in Italy it’s an art form. Learn how it s made , the stories and how to spot a good artisan gelato place in venice ** Depends on the day, we might get gelato in this district or another. Please let us know if you have a particular interest and we will try to accommodate you.
What’s included
- Expert Local Guide that will tell you stories and legends on each dish
- 15 tastings with a nice sit-down dinner or lunch at a famous local restaurant
- Cicchetti, food and wine is included in the price
- 7 to 8 stops of bars and famous locally frequented restaurants
- Plenty of food : Tour guarantees you to be full as you can always ask the guide for more food
- Small group for intimate experience
Not included
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Any foods and drinks not included in the tour
Meeting and pickup
Meet your guide by the fountain, next to the step of the Chiesa San Giacomo di Rialto Your guide will be holding a sign reading "Food Tours". This church is a walking distance from the famous Rialto Bridge on the side of San Polo Sestiere.
Before you go
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- A maximum of 15 people per tour ( please read below for further information)
- On Venetian and Italian national holidays, the only language we offer is English ( example dates are: May 1st, August 14 and 15, December 24, 25, 31, Jan 1 to Jan 7) .
- Due to exceptionally high demand, on some dates our tours may exceed the usual maximum of 15 guests. When this happens, we will provide additional food and/or wine. Tours may also occasionally be conducted in English and one additional language by a multilingual guide. If you arrive and are not comfortable with the larger group or bilingual format, you may leave no later than the end of the second stop and receive a full refund. Please inform your guide before leaving. If you choose to continue beyond the second stop, this full refund option will no longer apply. In particular, guests who complete the tour and consumed all the food and wine at all stops cannot afterwards request a refund under this policy solely because of the group size or bilingual format. We will make reasonable efforts to notify guests in advance, but during exceptionally busy periods advance notification cannot always be guaranteed.
- Children less than 3 years old are free of charge unless they would like to have food on the tour as well. Infants must sit on lap for this free option (no stroller could be bought on the tour for the free option else a regular rate applies). If the infant will be sharing food from the parents plate, we kindly ask that you pay for a child ticket on this tour because this tour guarantees every one to be full and well-fed, and we cant guarantee that to every one if this happens.
- If your chosen language for the tour is not English, and the group at that time slot has less than 5 people total signed up, you would be joined with an English speaking group with a guide that speaks multiple languages including the language that you requested. If you would like an excursion with the guide speaks Italian, or French, or German, or Spanish for only your group, and your group is less than 5 people, it would be a private tour and surcharge will apply. Please message us in advanced if you would like to book a private tour option. Please note that all services and communication on holidays will be conducted in English.
- This tour guarantees you to be well-fed ( full ) by the end of the tour. This is our guarantee to you to demonstrate how much food there is on the tour. This guarantee applies when you eat everything that is present to you on the tour, and still hungry at the end ( which so far, never happened). But incase it does, please tell our guide towards the end, and we will give you more food till you are full. If you have any dietary restriction ( no fish, no meat or gluten free etc. , for example, you need to tell us in advanced at least 24 hours before the departure time) else this term doesnt apply because the restaurant wont be able to accommodate the guests as well as they could without advanced notice
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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