Cicchetti of Venice Tour

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Take your taste buds on a delicious adventure with this tour of Venice’s Bacari wine bars and their famous cicchetti dishes. These small tapas-style dishes are ideal for teeming with Italian wine, so tour the city’s famous bars and try everything from fried olives to wedges of cheesy polenta. With the chance to learn about the history along the way, this is one Venice tour no food lover can miss.

Highlights:

Learn Venice through its bars and taverns
Discover the delicious range of local cicchetti dishes on this Venice tour
Experience the buzz of Italian Bacari wine bars
Ride a gondola into the Rialto area
Try local specialties such as spicy meatballs and fried olives
Get a history lesson while sipping wine

Tour style:Walking & Orientation, Local Food, Market Visits, Local Life & Culture
Inclusion:

Wine glass and tapa in each place (about 5 places) Traghetto ride to cross the canal.

Exclusion:

Items of a personal nature and tips or gratuities for guide.

Group size:Maximum 12
Schedule details:

Duration: 3 hours
Meeting point:
Entrance of Round Church in Campo della Maddalena (NOTE: The nearest vaporetto stops are Ca'D'Oro and San Marcuola. Both of them 5 minutes away from the meeting point.)
Start time: 5.30 PM
Finish point:
Rialto Bridge

Additional information :

Voucher exchange details:
Please present your voucher to the local guide at the beginning of the tour.
Confirmation of booking:
Please contact Venice Urban Adventures to confirm your tour 24 hours prior to departure.
Additional information:
Change of itinerary according to opening times of bars and restaurants during the way and also how crowded they are. Pretty much will be almost the same itinerary, but changing the places where to go for a drink. (also historical places just two doors down the regular place)
Dress standard:
No standard dress required
Child policy:
Children must be 6 years of age to 11 years inclusively. Children below the age of 6 are not permitted on this tour.
Language: English

Itinerary:

Join us for the perfect Venice evening. Embark on a delicious adventure with this three-hour Venice tour that takes in its most famous Bacari wine bars and their famous cicchetti dishes. Start off from Campo de la Maddalena, a small raised square that is unchanged since medieval times, and is famous for its modest houses topped with interesting chimneys. Call into the old historical bar, a much loved bar that specialises in cicchetti, for your first taste of these Venetian-style tapas.

The best things to do in Venice often revolve around food. On this Venice tour, you will try some of the city’s famous specialties, from plates of olives to marinated seafood served on wedges of soft polenta. This atmospheric bar has a long history, and used to be an old charcoal store, so learn about the city as you feast on some of its specialties.

With your local Venice guide, we continue on, walking into Strada Nuova, and calling into another old historical bar, or the widow’s place, which has been open since the 18th century and is famous for its polpette, spicy fried meatballs. Head to Campo de Santa Sofia and jump on an iconic Venice gondola to cross Canal Grande into the Rialto area.

Pay a visit to a true local Venice attraction - the local market, before heading to the Bar in the centre of Venice, a hole-in-the-wall place that serves a simple but delicious selection of cicchetti and great regional Italian wines and proseccos. Stop by a couple of other nearby bars to try a few more specialties and to finish up this Venice food tour through the city.

This Venice tour then comes to an end on the steps of the Rialto Bridge, where you can head back to one of your new favourite bars, or easily make your way to any other part of the city.

Your trip:

For your Urban Adventure you will be in a small group of a maximum of 12 people.

Tipping:

If you are happy with the services provided by your local guides and drivers a tip - though not compulsory - is appropriate. While it may not be customary to you, it is of great significance to the people who will take care of you during your travels, inspires excellent service, and is an entrenched feature of the tourism industry across many Intrepid Urban Adventures destinations. Please consider this when budgeting for your extra expenses on this tour.

Cancellations made more than 2 days prior to travel receive a full refund
Cancellations made 2 days or less prior to travel attract a 100% cancellation fee.

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