The 15 Best Food Tours in Venice

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

Review of Venice’s 3-hour small-group food tour, with cicchetti, seafood, wine, gelato, local stories, value, and practical booking tips.

“Anna was such a fun and informative guide! She kept things light hearted fun and informative all at the same time! What a wonderful way to talk to a local, learn more about the city, history and food all at the same time! Recommend for your first or second day, so great!!!!! Highly recommend Anna as well.”

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2.Street Food Tour with a Local Guide and Tastings

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

Taste cicchetti, gelato, biscuits, and Venetian specialties while exploring Rialto Market, Frari Basilica, and local neighborhoods.

“Tone is great! I loved the tour, definitely recommend it.”

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3.Venice Like a Local: Food, Wine & Spritz Tour with Traghetto Ride

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,858 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $107

Review of Venice Like a Local, a small-group food and wine walk with cicchetti, spritz, Rialto stops, and a traghetto ride.

“The tour was amazing, great food and great drinks. Our tour guide was awesome. She showed us where the locals hang out. You could tell she really loved her job. Definitely would recommend”

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

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

Review of Venice’s 3.5-hour bacaro food tour, with cicchetti, spritz, wine, gelato, local bars, guide tips, value, and practical advice.

“Fun, yummy and very informative! Anita was great! Enjoyed meeting other travelers! A great introduction to Venice!”

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

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

Taste six regional wines, Venetian seafood, cicchetti and local stories on a small-group food tour through Rialto and quiet Venice lanes.

“This was a wonderful tour. Georgia was very informative and fun to be with. She took us to some tasty local establishments. The group size was not too large. I highly recommend the 515 pm time frame as it allowed us to see some of the evening activity.”

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6.Food Tasting Tour with Cicchetti Dishes and Wine

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 894 reviews · from $112

Taste Venetian cicchetti, wine, spritz, and tiramisu while exploring Cannaregio, Rialto, and local wine bars with a guide.

“This tour was a real highlight of our trip, an absolute must do! Sylvia not only knew all of her stuff about the history of Venice, the wine and the cichetti but she also gave us fantastic recommendations for other lovely bars and restaurants to try! The food and wine were amazing especially the pistachio tiramisu! Totally amazing experience”

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7.Sunset Walking Tour with Food and Wine Tastings

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

Taste Venice at sunset with 15-plus local foods, six regional drinks, Rialto views, and an expert guide for $99.

“A very enjoyable evening sampling local food and learning a bit of Venetian history and customs.”

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

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

Taste cicchetti, cheese, cakes, and Venetian market foods while exploring Rialto, San Polo, and quieter streets with a local guide.

“It’s a great afternoon out exploring Venice. The food is good but just exploring and hearing about the history of Venice was sooo good! Highly recommended.”

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9.Private Venice 2 hrs Tour: Boat & Walking Tour with food tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 688 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $402

Review of Venice’s private two-hour boat and walking tour, with Grand Canal sights, quiet canals, local history, and a Venetian snack.

“The tour guide never showed up. both my wife and I and the other two couples were stood up by our guide. The couple from Bosnia contacted their tour guide agent and found out that our 10:00 tour was cancelled. The tour was being rescheduled for 1:00. We were unable to make that time because we had already scheduled our day beginning with your 10:00 tour.”

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

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

Taste Venice through spritz, cicchetti, seafood, cheese, wine, and gelato on a private local-led tour with six or ten tastings.

“I thought we would get a culinary tour of Venice and some really wonderful, hidden dishes. Reality was that we stopped at a handful of cafes and entocas and were asked to order what we wanted. No real insight into the food scene, so disappointed there. In hindsight, I’d skip this. Our guide was nice but not really dynamic and I would not do this tour again.”

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11.Eating Venice Food & Drinks Tour

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

Explore Cannaregio through Venetian food, wine, cicchetti, spritz, history, and local tips on this intimate 3.5-hour tasting tour.

“Giulia was absolutely wonderful. We had such a lovely tour around the cannaregio, eating the most delicious food! Best risotto I've ever had, a lovely introduction to the Venetian variety of spritz, and the pizza! We went back to one of the places the next day for more pizza. As it was during the week, the tour was just my sister and myself, and Giulia included a little walk as well which was lovely and great for digestion! I slept wonderfully last night. Thank you so much for showing us around, Giulia! We hope to see you next time, when we bring the rest of our family! No photos I'm…”

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12.Food Tasting Tour with Cicchetti and Wine

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 418 reviews · 3 hours · from $100

Taste 15 Venetian specialties, sip wine at local bacari, and explore three Venice districts with a friendly English-speaking guide.

“Sitting down and sampling food in an Ostaria at the start of the tour with delicious local food and a great chance to meet and chat to the other people on the tour.”

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13.Rialto Market Food and Wine Lunchtime Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 383 reviews

Taste cicchetti, Venetian wines, tiramisu, and local specialties while exploring Rialto, Marco Polo’s home, and Casanova’s Venice.

“It was so great! Our guide was amazing and so interactive always willing to answer questions and give more information on random things! Food and wine were delicious and the others in our group were very friendly making to whole experience a ton of fun!”

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14.Prosecco Hills and Wine Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 357 reviews · from $153

Escape Venice for a small-group Prosecco tour with two family wineries, DOCG tastings, local lunch, and beautiful Veneto vineyard views.

“Amazing day! Highly recommend for anyone traveling to Venice. The Prosecco hills is not to be missed. Absolutely worth the money, would do again!”

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15.Rialto Market Food and Wine Lunchtime Tour of Venice

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

Taste cicchetti, wine, and Venetian history on a four-hour Rialto Market food tour with a local guide and small-group pace.

“We were in a group of six with our guide Dennis. We tried a large variety of food and wines, learned some things about Venice’s history, areas and foods, and had a really fun time!”

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