Top Veneto Dining Experiences

Expand your cooking skills with a half-day class in Padua. Learn about Le Cesarine, a network of home cooks spread across Italy, during a private class in the home of a Cesarina. Get advice about how to prepare local cuisine and go through the steps to make three regional recipes from scratch. After the class, feast on everything you prepare along with local wine.

Savor the flavors of Venice on this private walking tour through the city’s culinary hotspots. Begin with traditional cicchetti and drinks in family-run bars, followed by tastings of regional cheeses and seasonal produce at the vibrant Rialto Market. Complete your experience with a cozy lunch featuring risotto, wine, and a delightful dessert at a hidden gem bacaro.

If you’re craving an authentic culinary experience while visiting Padua, then there’s no better way to enjoy traditional food than by visiting a local cook’s home. To help expand your knowledge of local ingredients, the experience begins with a market tour. You can then visit a local home to enjoy a 3-course dining experience with drinks included.

Learn how to authentically make two common Italian foods in their country of origin in a private cooking class in a local home in Verona. Follow your teacher’s guidance as you make pizza and tiramisu from scratch the local way. End the class by dining on the meal you’ve created and take your newfound knowledge home to share your new skills.

Venice has an atmosphere and flavor unlike any Italian city, but many travelers miss out on its culinary traditions. Pair sightseeing with great food and wine during this small-group, half-day tour. Visit the historic Rialto Market, enjoy a selection of Venetian tapas known as cicchetti, and dig into a decadent lunch in a local trattoria. In between tasting stops, pass famous landmarks, including Marco Polo’s house and the Grand Canal.

Benefit from personalized attention and a flexible itinerary on this private tour focused on the Italian traditions of aperitivo and cicchetti. With a local host by your side providing culinary history, sip some wine and prosecco, accompanied by light snacks. Your guide tailors their bar selections and commentary to your tastes, and you have plenty of time to ask questions.

As a visitor to an unfamiliar city, it can be difficult to get close to the local culture. This intimate experience offers the rare opportunity to do exactly that by having a cooking lesson from a professional chef in her Venetian home. Learn to cook one classic main dish and pair your creation with local wine for the full Venetian experience.

For this private mask-decorating workshop in Venice, arrive at a traditional atelier, and get a blank sand-colored mask that’s ready for your artist eye. Use feathers, sequins, and other materials to make a masterpiece. Your guide will share facts about the history of mask making and can also show you some great techniques to use. Afterward, you’ll get to bring home your decorated mask.

Unveil the secrets to turning out fresh pasta and creamy tiramisù like a pro, surrounded by Venetian charm, with this hands-on cooking class hosted in a 16th-century palazzo. Join your hosts for an interactive tutorial to prepare two pasta recipes and an authentic tiramisù from scratch, all while sipping wine and bubbly. Learn about life in Venice as you prepare your meal together, then relax over lunch or dinner featuring your creations.

Hunt for fresh, local truffles in the countryside surrounding Verona during this private truffle-hunting tour and tasting. Get help from a truffle-sniffing dog as you scour the forests. Then, enjoy a guided tasting of truffle with fresh pasta and local cheese and salumi paired with wine. During out-of-season tours, truffle-hunting is replaced with a tour of the vineyard, cellars, and farmhouse.

Tasting Prosecco at the source means a drive out from Venice into the Conegliano Valdobbiadene hills and a route between producers to sort, awkward when the wine is the point. Hand the logistics over on a private half-day tour, visiting a family-run winery to sample four styles—brut, extra dry, Millesimato, and extra brut—paired with local cheeses. A light lunch of salami, cheese, and focaccia follows, with more cheese tastings at a local dairy.

Get a taste of authentic Venetian life with a private culinary experience that starts at the local Rialto Market. Overcome the language barrier with your guide and select fresh ingredients for a cookery class in a historic local home. Craft traditional Venetian pasta and a sumptuous dessert, then sit down and savor your creations.

Experience the authentic side of Venetian culture and cuisine far from the crowds with this local-led market tour and cooking class. Join a native Venetian to browse the market stalls for ingredients, then roll up your sleeves for a hands-on cooking class in your host's home kitchen. Learn to prepare a number of traditional dishes from Veneto then enjoy the fruit of your labors over a family-style meal.

What makes this experience truly unique is the chance to discover the authentic world of olive oil directly from a family that lives and works among the olive groves of Lake Garda. You won’t just taste award-winning oils — you’ll learn how they’re made, surrounded by breathtaking 360-degree views of the hills and the lake. Unlike a typical tasting, this activity combines nature, culture, and tradition with a fun sensory approach. You'll use official tasting glasses, just like the experts, and explore unique flavors such as naturally infused oils, gourmet pâtés, and local olives. This is more than a visit — it's an immersive journey into the heart of a passionate, family-run estate, offering both adults and children an engaging, hands-on experience. If you love genuine flavors, beautiful landscapes, and authentic stories, this experience is not to be missed!

An authentic, hands-on Italian cooking experience, combining family recipes, personal stories, and an unforgettable home-cooked meal near Venice. Hands-on Treviso cooking class with a local host. Learn to make fresh pasta and a classic Italian dessert. Discover the stories behind each dish and get insider tips on experiencing Treviso like a local. Enjoy your homemade meal with a glass of local wine.

Reaching the Prosecco Hills from Venice means a drive into wine country and a route between estates to plan, awkward when tasting is the point. Hand the driving over on this private tour, riding out to the UNESCO World Heritage-listed hills to sample four styles of prosecco across two wineries. A cheese tasting and a light lunch of salami and focaccia come included, with stops for photos along the vineyard-lined roads.

Discover a unique and cozy family owned winery in Bardolino area at Garda Lake. Tour the vineyards with the wine maker and tastes 4 fine wine paired with their extra virgin olive oil and local delicacies.

The tasting takes place in a historic underground room carved into the rock, where our own wine collection lines the walls. Cool and welcoming even at the peak of summer, the space has a quiet, vintage charm you won't find in an ordinary tasting room. You'll try three young wines from small local producers — a sparkling welcome glass, a delicate rosé, and a crisp white — each paired with a generous board of regional cured meats, cheeses, fresh bread, and seasonal vegetables. It's an unhurried, genuinely local experience in the countryside behind Lake Garda. And you're perfectly placed to explore: the Scaliger Castle above Valeggio sul Mincio, the water gardens of Parco Giardino Sigurtà, and the riverside village of Borghetto sul Mincio, one of the most beautiful in Italy, are all within easy reach.

We are proud members of FIVI (the Italian Federation of Independent Winegrowers) and we take care of our product from its very origin. We grow the vineyards, vinify our own grapes, bottle and sell the wine directly on the estate. We'll begin with an introduction to our world outdoors, with a view over the vineyards, before moving on to a guided tour of the cellar where we'll share our dedication to quality. Afterwards, we'll move to the tasting room for a journey through 5 wines in 5 glasses, designed to let you discover the different expressions of our most loved local designations: Custoza, Chiaretto and Bardolino. The wine will be paired with a board of local products, including our own extra virgin olive oil served on toasted bread. Throughout the experience, we'll share with you our passion for the land, the secrets of winemaking techniques, and the culture of this unique hill between Verona and Lake Garda.

Learn about the history of the Perenzin family and Italian dairy traditions with a visit to the Premiata Latteria Perenzin Museum. Accompanied by an experienced guide, explore the ripening warehouses and immerse yourself in the cheese making process. At the end of the tour, take part in a guided tasting of four distinctive cheeses, where you will appreciate the unique flavors of the company. For an even richer experience, you can add pairings with local wines or an aperitif with typical specialties. - Visit to the Premiata Latteria Perenzin Museum with expert guide - Tour of the cheese aging warehouses - Guided tasting of 4 typical cheeses - Options for pairings with wines and aperitifs available

In our Wine Bar with breathtaking views, we will taste the Mani Sagge excellences together. A journey that begins with the zero sugar Prosecco Superiore Tenace Extra Brut, passing through the Rive di Bagnolo Brut and the Millesimato Extra Dry. The wines will be paired with a platter of typical cold cuts and cheeses. An opportunity to discover curiosities, stories and secrets of Prosecco Superiore. A wine born among the most beautiful hills in the world, today a World Heritage Site. Please inform us in advance of any allergies/intolerances or other food restrictions.

Enrich your knowledge of authentic Italian cooking with this combination of a Rialto market tour and a cooking experience in Murano. First, visit Rialto market with your guide to pick up fresh fish. Then ride across the canal to get to your chef’s home in Murano. Here, you can pick up great cooking tips, enjoy prosecco, then feast on a tasty multi-course lunch that you’ve prepared together.

Catia invites guests to experience the Italian way of life on her outdoor patio during the summer or next to the fireplace during the winter. Guests can learn to make Venetian vegetarian handmade pasta through an interactive cooking class and enjoy it alongside a glass of fine Veneto wine and the typical finger food, cicchetti. It's certain to be an unforgettable experience!

Spend an evening in a Venetian house with Liuba, sommelier, and Hugo, Pro chef. In a small group of a maximum of six people, you can taste four wines paired with local typical products and classic Venetian "cicchetti." While Hugo prepares the cicchetti, Liuba reveals curiosities about wine and offers pairing tips. It is a convivial experience designed for an adult audience: ideal for couples, families, friends, or colleagues.