Top Venice Street Food Tours

Taste your way through the canal city on a street food tour of Venice. Meander through the Floating City without having to navigate or overcome the language barrier in a small group that guarantees personalized attention. Pass top sights such as Rialto Market and the Grand Canal, while you savor Venetian specialties including cicchetti (small plates), buranelli (butter cookies), and much more.

Discover Venice’s Cannaregio district and Jewish Ghetto on a small-group food tour that combines history, culture, and culinary delights. Escape the tourist crowds as a local guide leads you to hidden gems, including a historic bakery, traditional Venetian taverns, and charming cafes. Enjoy tastings of cicchetti, Venetian wines, and a decadent dessert (tiramisu or gelato depending on the season), while learning the stories behind Venetian cuisine and the iconic Spritz.

There’s much more to Italian food than pizza and pasta, and this Venice tasting tour offers a delicious introduction to Venetian cuisine. Instead of visiting the typical tourist bars, get an insider’s perspective on where the locals drink and dine in the city, sampling an array of Veneto specialties. Fresh seafood, homemade gelato, traditional Venetian cookies, and regional wines are all on the list.

So many Venice tours focus on sightseeing or food, but not many combine the two. However, this express walking tour does just that, covering iconic Venice photo points such as the Rialto Bridge, historic monuments such as the Basilica dei Frari, and traditional “bacari” bars, too. “Cicchetti” (small plates of Venetian snacks) are included, along with the chance to live some local culture with a guide.

Eating great food is a highlight of visiting Italy, but, in Venice, many visitors fall for subpar tourist traps. Avoid that risk by joining this small-group secret food walking tour. You'll stroll the city's atmospheric streets while sampling a variety of dishes perfected by local eateries and learning about Venetian life and culinary history.

Feel like a local (and ditch the tourist traps) when you follow your guide to Venice’s in-the-know bars and restaurants on this small-group food tour. Come hungry: over four stops in the Cannaregio district, try everything from spritzes and crostini to *cicchetti* (Venetian small plates) and gelato. As you go, learn more about daily life in Venice from your guide. Choose from lunchtime or dinner options.

Explore Venice's food scene without feeling overwhelmed, and knowing which restaurants to prioritize, on this group street-food tour. Enjoy a combination of trying regional flavors and taking in the city's sights, as your guide leads you to foodie hotspots and eateries. Enjoy sampling local specialities, including bite-sized cicchetti, regional cheeses, traditional cakes, and buranelli biscuits.

Learn what sets Venetian cuisine apart from the rest of Italy on an indulgent food and wine walking tour in Venice. Sample delicious small bites known as "cicchetti", and pop into some of the island's best "bacari," or wine bars. As you explore, gain insider knowledge from your guide and discover the best hidden gems in the area. Then, enjoy a sit-down dinner complete with authentic Venetian dishes and artisanal gelato.

Many of Venice's restaurants are geared to tourists, making it difficult to get a true taste of the local food scene. This tour, led by a local guide who knows all the best spots off the beaten path, gives you a more authentic introduction to its food scene. Leave with your appetite satisfied and the confidence to order independently.

Venice is more than an open-air museum; it’s also a world-renowned gastronomy hub. Discover the full-flavored wines of Veneto during this insider’s wine crawl, and see where famed writer Ernest Hemingway loved to sit and write. Enjoy tasty food pairings along the way from fresh regional ingredients, as you learn how to eat—and more importantly, drink—like a true Venetian local.

Explore Venice through its cuisine—and discover flavors, traditions, and eateries you might otherwise have missed—on this private street food tour. Follow your guide to several of the city's highlight neighborhoods, including San Marco, San Polo, and Santa Croce, and tour the storied Rialto Market. Along the way, taste everything from cicchetti and cheese platters to traditional spritzes and wine, all while hearing stories about Venetian culture and history.

Venice has been a destination for so long that it can be hard to discover authentic flavors amid the tourist traps. Get a typical taste of the city with the help of your local guide as you tour food markets and typical eateries on this small-group walking tour. Alongside “cicchetti” (Venice’s answer to tapas), sample ice cream, taste market produce, and visit off-the-path squares that travelers rarely see.

Get to know Venice the fun way—through its cuisine—on this small-group food crawl. Soak up the atmosphere at the historic Rialto Fish Market and feast on Venetian treats. Discover the different types of cicchetti (tapas), homegrown cookies, artisan gelato, and other Venetian specialties as you soak up fun facts about the city on the water. Along the way, see masterpieces by Titian and Donatello and sights like the Rialto Bridge.

Venice is renowned for its gastronomy, but many newcomers don’t know where to go—or what to eat. Delight your palate in the flavors of Venice on a small-group food tour. The culinary adventure begins at the Rialto Fish Market, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Afterwards, snack on *cicchetti* (small dishes) at three stops, topped off by gelato. Tours include a gondola ride across the canal.

Explore Venice with your taste buds–and step inside a variety of eateries without having to reserve a table–on this small-group food tour led by a local guide. Learn about the Venetian custom of cicchetti, discover flavors you might otherwise have missed, and hear stories about the city’s food and drink. Sample ten different bites, including baccalà mantecato cod spread, and savor a glass of wine along the way.

Taste your way through the Rialto market and historic neighborhoods on a small-group walking tour of Venice that combines street food with sightseeing. You’ll duck through narrow alleys and follow quiet canals to a series of tastings that include delicious ‘cicchetti,’ Venetian small plates served tapas-style, and check out top Venice attractions along the way.

This isn’t just another Cannaregio and Jewish Ghetto food tour. Journey from the historic Rialto district to Venice’s Jewish Ghetto, combining two fascinating sides of Venice with an exceptional 15 food and drink tastings along the way. Come hungry: with 15 tastings including lunch or dinner plus Rialto, hidden Venice and the Jewish Ghetto in one experience, this tour offers an unusually generous combination of food, wine, history and sightseeing. Taste authentic cicchetti, local specialties, Jewish-Venetian flavors, regional wine and sweet treats, carefully selected to tell the story of Venice through its food. There’s much more than food. Explore Campo San Giacomo di Rialto, the historic Rialto Market district, hidden canals and calli, squeeze through Calle Varisco — Venice’s narrowest street at just 53 cm (21 inches),a Campo del Ghetto Nuovo and Banco Rosso in the historic Jewish Ghetto.

Venice's center is genuinely disorienting—a maze of small streets, bridges, and dead-end canals where even short distances are hard to navigate without local knowledge. Explore without getting lost on this guided small-group tour that handles the navigation through the Rialto area, with sightseeing along the way and stops to sample cicchetti, cheese, and other Venetian bites, plus lunch.

Experience Venice through some of its food on this small-group tour led by a local foodie who demystifies some classic dishes. Engage in the local food culture, tasting various cicchetti, which are Venetian small bites, at two locations, and try a spritz to discover the drink beyond the Aperol spritz. You’ll also get to explore the historic Ghetto Ebraica neighborhood and learn about its historic culture.

Avoid the tourist traps of Venice and explore two of the city's most central districts on this food-themed walking tour. Eat your way through the Grand Canal and Campo San Polo, visiting a number of small bars you may otherwise have missed on your own. Taste their “cicchetti” (the Venetian version of tapas) and learn all about the city’s food and drink culture.

Venice's food culture and architectural history are deeply connected—but a standard sightseeing tour covers the landmarks without the food, and a standard food tour covers the tastings without the context. This small-group walking tour combines both, with stops at the Rialto Market, Grand Canal, and Basilica dei Frari alongside cicchetti (fried snacks), regional cheeses, buranelli cookies, and traditional Venetian pastries.

This food and wine tour offers you the unique opportunity to experience Venice like a local and savor authentic Venetian finger food, the famous "cicchetti." This tour passes through the Dorsoduro and Cannareggio districts, the most authentic and less touristy parts of the city, home to some of the most famous "bacari", the traditional Venetian taverns. Your local guide will introduce you to 3 of the most authentic bacari, frequented by Venetians. At each bacaro, you'll have the opportunity to taste 2 famous Venetian "cicchetti" paired with 1 glass of local wine. The tour concludes with a visit to the historic Rialto Market, founded over 1,000 years ago.

Escape the crowds in Venice and discover some of the city’s delicious typical foods on an evening food and walking tour. Head to the Dorsoduro district, known to locals for its great bacaris (old bars) and tasty selection of ‘cicchetti’—appetizers that often feature fresh fish. Sample several small dishes accompanied by a glass of wine, and learn about the culture and history of Venice along the way.

Discover Venice through its hidden alleyways where tradition still shapes everyday life. This flexible tasting experience lets travelers choose how deeply they want to explore, with tours lasting between 2 and 4 hours in different formats. The 2-hour Regular Tour is perfect as an introduction to Venetian street cuisine. Strolling past markets, bridges, and historic storefronts, you’ll sample favorites such as cicchetti, baccalà mantecato, fritti and artisanal gelato. For guests looking to go deeper, the 3-hour Gourmet Tour explores additional districts and showcases traditional and contemporary interpretations of Venetian specialties. The 4-hour Private Signature Experience is for travelers seeking exclusivity and customization. With extended time and personalized attention, it may include premium tastings and routes tailored to specific interests. Whether you prefer a quick tasting adventure or a gourmet journey, this street food tour offers an authentic way to experience Venice!