13 Food Tours in Venice Worth Booking

1.Eat Like a Local: Venice 3-Hour Small-Group Food Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,137 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $107Our pick

This 2.5 to 3.5-hour English walking tour begins near Rialto Bridge and visits seven or eight local bars, shops, and restaurants. Expect coffee and pastries, cicchetti, five to six kinds of fish, cured meats, cheese, pasta or risotto, sarde in saor, wine, cookies, and gelato. Guides such as Anna, Marianna, Greta, Carlo, and Sara add local stories and practical dining tips.

“Highly recommended - an excellent tour guide, great food from local shops most tourists wouldn’t naturally find, and a terrific way to discover the city in the process”

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2.Venice: Street Food Tour with a Local Guide and Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 2,613 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $57

Follow an English-speaking guide through Rialto, San Polo, and Dorsoduro for 2.5 hours of Venetian food and history. You will visit the Rialto Market, enter Basilica dei Frari, sample cicchetti, regional specialties, buranelli biscuits, gelato, and more. Guides such as Tone, Denis, Ana, and Vanessa are known for lively local insight.

“The guide was so friendly and knowledgeable. The shops we stopped at provided great service. I have no changes to offer.”

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3.Venice Bacaro Food Tour: Eat and Drink like a Venetian

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,137 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $83

Spend about three and a half hours walking through Cannaregio with an English-speaking guide such as Beatrice, Emma, Letizia, or Levy. Stop at local bacari for cicchetti, wine, spritz, Prosecco, mozzarella in carrozza, baccalà mantecato, and artisan gelato. Choose a lunch or early-evening departure, and expect small spaces with some standing.

“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!”

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4.Eat, Drink and Repeat: Wine and Food Tasting Tour in Venice

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,060 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $114

Start at Campo San Giacomo di Rialto for a two to three hour walking feast through Venice. With guides such as Anna, Martina, Georgia, or Carlo, you will visit local bars and restaurants, taste six wines, Prosecco, Amarone, seafood, cicchetti, gelato, and more. Come hungry and book early in your stay.

“This was such a fun afternoon and the variety of food and flavors were fantastic. We had a great time tasting and strolling through the Venice neighborhoods with a small group of fellow hungry tourists. It was fun to meet the other visitors from several countries. Best of all was our young, vivacious guide, Georgia! She was fantastic! She gave us a great background and history on the food and culture and was a delightful hostess for her city. This was my husband’s favorite activity in Venice!”

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5.Venice: Eat Like a Local Food Tour with Wine & Spritz

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 985 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $99

Walk from Campo della Maddalena through Cannaregio and Rialto, stopping at family-run bacari for cicchetti, seafood, wine, Spritz, and tiramisu. Your English-speaking guide, such as Camilla, Georgia, or Olympia, leads a group of up to 10 and includes a traditional traghetto crossing. Expect about 2 km of easy walking and plenty of food.

“Excellent guide, Alissa. Highly recommend. More food. Drink and info. 5 star.”

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6.Venice: Sunset Walking Tour with Food and Wine Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 848 reviews · 3 hours · from $99

Spend three hours walking Venice with a local guide such as Alice, Carlo, Marianna, or Sarita. Visit seven independent bars and restaurants, taste 15 or more Venetian foods, sample six regional wines or other drinks, and finish with coffee, pastries, or gelato. Expect a generous evening with history, local customs, and very little time spent walking between stops.

“Marianna was amazing and we all had so much fun as a group with her! She made really good choices of wine and food and is vert knowledgable of the city.”

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7.Venice Street Food Tour with Local Guide with Local Food Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 822 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $53Best value

Start near Rialto Bridge and follow a local guide through Venice for 2.5 hours of cicchetti, regional cheese, cakes, buranelli biscuits, and market sights. Guides such as Tone, Tony, Vanessa, Ana, and Denys bring different personalities to the route. Food is included, drinks cost extra, and groups are limited to 14 people.

“Shantal was the best tour guide! She gave little bits of history into the areas we walked through, pointed out a few notable sites, and was very informative about the traditional foods. Each place she took us to was amazing, we even went back to a few the next day because they were that good. We did another food tour in Rome and this one was far more worth the $, we had several stops with multiple tastings and many different options. One of our favorite nights of eating in Italy!”

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8.Exclusive Private Venice Food Tour with 6 or 10 Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 598 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $147

Meet a private local foodie at Campo Manin for a guided tasting walk through Venice. Depending on your booking, expect six or ten tastings, including spritz, mozzarella in carrozza, cheese, wine, cicchetti, seafood, tramezzini, prosecco, crostini, and gelato. Guides such as Giada, Alessandra, and Giacomo tailor the route and explain local food traditions.

“Fortunato had a lot of knowledge on Venice and was very nice. It was a great tour with lots of walking and some food. We wanted to try one specific food and he didn’t let us leave without trying it. Super nice and thoughtful.”

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9.Eating Venice Food & Drinks Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 588 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $125

Follow an English-speaking local guide through Cannaregio and the Jewish Ghetto, stopping for pizza, prosecco, risotto, cicchetti, spritz, and a seasonal dessert. Guides such as Giulia, Anna, Daniela, and Cecilia add local history and practical food advice. The group is capped at 10 people.

“Our tour guide, AnnaLise was fabulous. She wove the history of Venice into the tasting of the food to give us a rich and interesting experience . Under her guidance, I fell in love with Venice.”

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10.Venice: Rialto Market Food and Wine Lunchtime Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 383 reviews

Spend four hours walking from San Giacomo di Rialto through the market district and lesser-known lanes, stopping for cicchetti, regional wine, coffee, tiramisu, and other Venetian specialties. Guides such as Denis, Julia, and Ana add local history, food lore, and practical restaurant advice. Vegetarian options are available.

“Giulia was wonderful, very knowledgeable and did a great job managing the group. She was experienced, kind and made everyone feel comfortable. Each stop was charming, and of course the food and wine were next level! Highly suggest this tour!”

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11.Rialto Market Food and Wine Lunchtime Tour of Venice

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 278 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $113

Start near San Giacomo di Rialto at 10:45 a.m. for a four-hour walk through Venice’s market district, with seafood, cicchetti, Italian wine, and local stories. Guides such as Denys, Dennis, Julia, Tony, and Tone are praised for friendly service and flexible food choices. Expect a maximum of 14 people, plenty of walking, and no vegan or gluten-free accommodation.

“Well worth the time & money. Excellent guide with lots of extra knowledge. Tone was engaging and clever.”

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12.Private Secret Venice Tour; Rialto Market, San Polo & Food and Wine tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 220 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $257

Walk from Campo San Bartolomeo through Rialto Market and San Polo with a local English-speaking guide. See old artisan quarters, Carampane, Palazzo dei Camerlenghi, the Grand Canal, and T Fondaco dei Tedeschi, then enjoy wine and cicchetti at a traditional osteria. The tour lasts about two hours and ends near Rialto Bridge.

“A really interesting 2 hour tour. The guide who took us on the tour was excellent. Her stories and information were told with clear and genuine enthusiasm. Experienced a side of Venice I would not have known about without this trip. Only improvement the young lady who represented the tour company and was supposed to meet us, could have been a little more welcoming.”

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13.8-Hour Prosecco Wine and Tastings Tour from Venice or Padua

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 23 reviews · from $513

Travel by car from Venice or Padua into the Prosecco DOCG hills near Valdobbiadene, Conegliano, and Vittorio Veneto. With a certified sommelier such as Mario, you’ll visit two wineries, taste at least four Proseccos at each, stroll through vineyards, and enjoy antipasto, fresh pasta, and dessert at a rustic trattoria.

“Mario was an EXCELLENT guide. He knew the area very well and had lots of knowledge he was willing to share about wine. Also, he was a very careful driver and I felt very safe traveling with him. It was a wonderful tour of two family wineries that were very different from one another, who both produced excellent quality Prosecco but in very different styles. If you are interested in wine, local customs and traditions, and even history of the region, Mario is a GREAT guide and companion.”

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