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Experience Venice like a Local: 5 Cicchetti and 5 Wine Stops

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  • 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Good for avoiding crowds

Overview

Taste your way through the backstreet bars of Venice on this delicious food and wine tour. Follow your local guide to different ‘enotecas’ (wine bars) to discover where local Venetians go to drink and mingle. At each stop, sample regional wines and Prosecco served alongside plates of the popular Venetian appetizers called ‘cicchetti.’ Group size is limited to 12 to ensure a personalized experience.
  • Visit the city’s best cicchetti bars, famous for their Venetian tapas-style dishes
  • Savor small plates of local specialties like marinated seafood with polenta
  • Hop aboard a gondola and glide across the Grand Canal
  • Small-group tour with a maximum of 12 people ensures personalized attention
  • This tour is carbon neutral, operated by the world’s largest travel B Corp accredited company

What's Included

  • Friendly Local English-speaking guide
  • Enjoy 5 Food and 5 Drink Stops on a Walking Tour
  • Drink 5 Glasses of Local Wine
  • Taste 4 Cicchetti dishes and 1 dessert
  • Cross the famous canal on a traghetto gondola
  • Discover magical Venice with a local by your side
  • Get personalised tips for the area's best bars and eateries.
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

Departure & Return

Departure Point

  • Casa Vacanze Venezia - Campo della Maddalena, Campo della Maddalena, 30121 Venezia VE, Italy

Return Details

  • Campo San Bortolomio, Campo S. Bortolomio, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

    Campo San Bortolomio

What To Expect

This tour provides a great introduction to the distinct flavors of Venetian cuisine. Make your way to meet your guide and the other members of this small-group tour. Your first stop is a bar that occupies the former site of a charcoal store. Soak up the historic character and sample cicchetti such as marinated olives and polenta wedges topped with seafood.

Stroll over to the Cannaregio neighborhood and duck into an 18th-century watering hole on the bustling Strada Nuova. Sink your teeth into some of the bar’s famous polpette, or spicy fried meatballs. From here, cross the Grand Canal on a traghetto passenger ferry (own expense) and stop at the historic, open-air Rialto Market, where many Venetians shop for daily fresh produce and seafood.

Visit more bars in central Venice, each with unique atmospheres and specialty cicchetti. Taste different varietals of regional wine and toast your Venice vacation with a glass of sparkling Prosecco. At the end of your tour, say farewell to your tour guide and fellow food lovers at the iconic Rialto Bridge.
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Casa Vacanze Venezia - Campo della Maddalena

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. We are starting our tour in one of the most historical squares in Venice. It’s chimeneys are iconic as are one of the few left in the city and the Round Church of La Maddalena is part of the masonic history of Venice.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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Cannaregio

We will walk in the Cannaregio neighbourhood, one of the few remaining residential areas of Venice, known for being a popular afterwork 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.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Additional Information: There may be a change of itinerary according to opening times of bars and restaurants along the way depending on how crowded they are. However, all the bars you are taken to are of the same standard, so you will not be missing out if the itinerary does change.
  • All the stores and foodie spots we visit are 100% owned and run by locals, ensuring that the local population benefit from tourism to their city. So any inclusions on the tour and additional purchases you make will directly benefit the local community.
  • We will take you off the main tourist trail to some of the many hidden gem neighbourhoods beyond St Mark's Square, helping to ease tourist congestion,
  • You will pick up some responsible travel tips that will help you to be a greener traveller while you’re in the city
  • Please note that starting February 1, 2022, the additional activities, including day tours, previously allowed with a basic green pass now require a super green pass. A Super Green Pass is valid up to six months from the time of the most recent vaccination (fully vaccinated). Please check your vaccine certificate and make sure you are within the 6-month time limit from your second dose or booster shot, before joining the tour.
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • Travellers aged 18+ must produce proof of COVID-19 vaccination on Intrepid Urban Adventures tours. Children aged 6-17 must present a negative COVID-19 test (PCR or lateral flow) conducted no more than 72 hours before your tour, proof of recovery dated no more than 9 months or proof of vaccination.
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers
Operated by Intrepid Urban Adventures - Italy

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The answers provided below are based on answers previously given by the tour provider to customers’ questions.

Q:What is the policy on face masks and attendee health during Experience Venice like a Local: 5 Cicchetti and 5 Wine Stops?

A:The policies on face masks and attendee health are:
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Face masks provided for travelers

Q:What is the social distancing policy during Experience Venice like a Local: 5 Cicchetti and 5 Wine Stops?

A:The policies on social distancing are:
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons

Q:What measures are being taken to ensure staff health & safety during Experience Venice like a Local: 5 Cicchetti and 5 Wine Stops?

A:The policies on staff health & safety are:
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms

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Traveler Tips

Lots of walking on this tour so wear your most comfortable shoes- and there really isn’t a chance to sit down.
We highly recommend this tour, but do it early in your Venice stay, to try the places we went to, and avoid the more touristy places.
When it's bad weather, would be nice to have indoor options!
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Camilla is the best!
Diane_M, May 2022
Camilla is a born and raised Venetian and gave us a wonderful introduction to Venice. She is knowledgeable of Venetian history and the role different foods played in the evolution. Highly recommend!
Great tour!
Sedona_S, Apr 2022
Camilla was our tour guide and was amazing. Really. She took us to places that we had walked by and didn’t even notice before. She was a great host for the city, very informative, very passionate, very helpful. Some of the reviews we had read before booking said to try to do this one of the first nights here and that makes sense. She gave a lot of helpful tips that we would have otherwise looked over.
Would definitely recommend
pattersonlindsey, Feb 2020
We absolutely loved this tour - highlight of our trip! Our guide Bea passed on lots of interesting information and great tips for the rest of our trip! Would definitely recommend.
Great experience
jennifer_s, Dec 2019
Included a very short gondola crossing ride, the bridge/market. Thoughtful selection of types of restaurants and foods that progressed through the night. The guide was fun and made sure to include everyone. Would do again.
1 traveler found this review helpful
So much fun!
Rick_A, Dec 2019
Our tour guide Ludo was excellent! She was very knowledgeable about the area and all the places she took us. We learned a lot about Venice history, food, and wine while having a great time. Our group of 6 enjoyed all the food and wine we were given. We would highly recommend this tour and specifically our guide Ludo!
No cancellation flexibility
Jerry_C, Dec 2019
I fell into the canal upon arrival and was not feeling up to the tour. We knew we were too late technically to cancel. Our hotel concierge called and we were told to email a given address. We did so when we got home and were flat out refused.
Great food tour of local food & wine establishments
Judy F, Nov 2019
The guide was very friendly and knowledgeable of the area. She introduced us to several local establishments that offered wonderful cicchetti's & wine. It was a fun event.
Great your and guide
kennethdreyhaupt, Nov 2019
A combination tour of Venice and 5 dining delights. I was worried that each place would have the same food as the others but each establishment was unique. Our guide was knowledgeable and interesting.
Great tour!
mwelch1028, Nov 2019
This was an amazing tour! From our guide who had so much great and interesting Information about the small tastes to the City of Venice, I would highly recommend this tour. We visited quite a few very small bacaro’s and had many tasty bites that really filled us up. The spots were hidden and really no where we would have found on our own! If you are looking for something fun and worthwhile to do while in Venice, choose this tour!
Small Group Venice Tour: Cicchetti and wine
Adventure107419, Nov 2019
The tour was really informative the Cicchetti and wine samples were really nice I would recommend this tour as a way of finding information and meeting new people
1 traveler found this review helpful
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