Italy · VENICE CICCHETTI & BACARO FOOD TOURS
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Cicchetti are small plates eaten standing up with a glass of wine, and the good bacari are in Cannaregio and around the Rialto markets rather than on the tourist routes. Below are the 15 best crawls, with how many stops, how much food and wine is included, and where each one starts. Several pass through the Cannaregio Ghetto, where a Jewish community has lived since 1516 and where the synagogues and bakeries are still in use.
Offbeat Rialto and San Marco walk with Casanova sights and spiral stair details, plus an optional 30-minute gondola.
“Valentina was excellent - very passionate about the city's history and provided fascinating historical annecdotes. This is exactly the sort of tour I was seeking. In future I would like to do a tour that focuses on historical daily life of Venice.”
Eat your way through Venice with cicchetti, wine, and spritz stops, plus a local traghetto ride across the Grand Canal.
Make fresh pasta and three spritz cocktails in a small group near the Colosseum, with a chef and mixologist plus recipe ebook.
“Giovanna and TSI did an amazing job. Had an amazing experience meeting everyone. Made lots of new friends and food was amazing”
Handmade fettuccine and maltagliati near Piazza Navona, plus a spritz tutorial, wine, and tiramisu. Early dinner or late lunch.
“One of our favorite experiences in Italy. Looking forward to hosting our own pasta making class with friends and family; then sharing our table of food, travel memories and drinks!”
Pasta and 3 spritzes in Rome: fettuccine carbonara or cacio e pepe plus Aperol, Hugo, and Limoncello spritzes.
“Had such a good experience here. The people that work here are amazing and super fun. My friends and I came here expecting a basic cooking class and left with a great experience!”
Speedboat to Devil's Saddle in Cagliari, with spritz and chips, snorkeling gear, and swim stops in turquoise water for 3 hours.
“Mateo is really nice and friendly! The spots are gorgeous ! Worth for sure!”
Sip spritz, nibble cicchetti, and finish with gelato on a small-group Venice bacaro crawl in Cannaregio with an English guide.
“Beatrice did an excellent job introducing us to various Bacaros in Venice. The food was great, the wine delicious and she was a pleasure to be with! Very informative and friendly and made sure we were comfortable at every stop!”
Venice cicchetti and wine tasting tour in Cannaregio and Rialto, with 7 dishes, 5 wine glasses, spritz, and a traghetto crossing.
“the details she spoke about venice was amazing she was so helpful and gracious”
San Marco to Rialto walking tour with a local spritz, Gondola Gallery VR, and optional shared gondola ride in Venice.
“Our guide Valentina was very knowledgeable and also had a beautiful wit. History of trade, history of drinking water, health and famous citizens, like Casanova.”
A 1.5-hour Venice night walk with a live English guide, mixing ghost stories with San Marco Square and Rialto legends.
“It was amazing, the guide was super kind and nice. We really appreciated it. It was very interesting and beautiful. Thanks to the very good guide.”
Private Venice food tour with a local host and 6 or 10 tastings, from spritz and cicchetti to cheese, seafood, tramezzini, and gelato.
“As food tours go, this one was quite disappointing. Not much information on the areas and restaurants we visited, and a poor selection of restaurants. Mediocre food experience.”
3.5-hour Venice food walk with local bakery pizza, bacari cicchetti, spritz and gelato, plus Cannaregio and Jewish Ghetto stroll.
“Our food tour of Venice was both tasty and informative and definitely worth the time. We started the morning at 10:30 and by 10:35 we were at our first stop, Rizzo’s for a good pesto/burrata flatbread, a little Venetian fast food is you will. Second stop was was at a quainter cafe were we tried baccala mantecato on squid ink polenta and a glass of prosecco - give it a try! Next we wandered the streets of Cannaregio and visited spots I know we never would have visited. Our guide, Daniela, was very engaging and interjected information on all of the districts as we wandered the maze of alleyways. Next…”
RIB speedboat from Cagliari to Devil’s Saddle with 4 swim and snorkeling stops, possible dolphins, and a complimentary pink spritz.
“The captain was amazing and so too was the speed boat . It was brilliant. The captain played music , he was so entertaining and fun to be with and to listen to . It was the best day out in Cagliari. You’d be a fool not to experience the southern coastline of Cagliari this way!!! In fact I tried to book it again two days later but it was sold out .”
Make handmade tagliatelle with 100% homemade ragù, plus Casoni spritz, wine, coffee, amaro, and mystery gelato in small-group Bologna.
“This was a very well organized cooking class. The location was easy to find and we were met by two wonderful cooking instructors., Stefania and Claudia. They welcomed us and encouraged us to share our love of cooking, and we enjoyed getting to know each other while, sharing a meal together . Stefania helped all of us in making our own pasta dough and Claudia taught us how to make a Spritz. We learned about local traditions including a how they made the traditional Bolognese sauce which we used over our pasta . We were also greeted with a fabulous white wine, we enjoyed our Spritz cocktails, we tried an…”
Eat your way through Naples on a guided street-food walk with spritz, limoncello, classic snacks, and historic stops in the old center.
“The best part was our guide Daniella. She was informative and engaging. Lots of food to eat.”
