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Venice Rialto Market Tour: Seasonal Cooking Class & Local Wine Tasting
4.6
55 Ratings
Venezia
Discover the vibrant Rialto Market in Venice and participate in a seasonal cooking class. Indulge in local wine tasting and savor a delectable lunch in a Venetian palazzo.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Mercati di Rialto - Meet your guide, a chef, at the Rialto Market to start with a tour of this vibrant part of Venice. Shop with your chef/guide to select the ingredients and raw materials for your cooking class. Then head to a typical Venetian palazzo for your hands-on cooking class.
During the class, you will prepare:
- fist course (it can be a hand made pasta, risotto or lasagna) with tomatoes and fresh vegetables
- second course (can be chicken or fish) or Eggplants Parmigiana
Tiramisu` dessert. You will also enjoy a wine tasting session with a professional sommelier, who will help you to discover some delicious wine pairings. End your class with a lovely lunch and enjoy the fruits of your hard work, with plenty of wine of course.
What's Included
- Welcome spritz aperitif
- Gourmet 3-course lunch with fine Italian wine
- Collection of recipes
- Tour of the market with a local expert guide
- Interactive hands-on cooking class
- Complimentary beverages
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
Experience the renowned Rialto Market and pick out seasonal produce with an expert chef in this 4-hour gastronomy class and wine sampling in Venice. Step into an intriguing Venetian palazzo and commence your practical cookery lesson. Relish the meal paired with superior local wines in the company of loved ones.
The market is not open on Sundays, so we will concentrate solely on the culinary course.
- Please advise of any specific dietary requirement at time of booking
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Please be advised the tour will start punctually at 9:30 we recommend to be at the meeting point 10 min earlier
- On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
Location
Al Mercà
Campo Bella Vienna
Meeting point at al Merca`: Campo Bella Vienna, 213, 30125 Venezia VE
Please be advised the tour will start punctually at 9:30 we recommend to be at the meeting point 10 min earlier.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(55 Ratings)
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David_e
May 5, 2024
Incredible Experience - This was an amazing experience! Our host and chef, Rosanna, met us by the Rialto Market on a busy Saturday morning. After touring the beautiful selections of seafood, meat and vegetables and completing our shopping, we had a very long 30 minute walk to the cooking studio. We had unlimited wine and water as we were preparing the meal and Rosanna was an excellent teacher. We prepared homemade red sauce with eggplant, baby artichokes, asparagus, homemade pasta, sea beam filets in parchment, tomato salad and individual tiramisu. The class and meal was much longer than advertised so allow at least five hours total. There were six of us in the highly interactive class and it was so much fun. The meal and company were amazing. I highly recommend this tour. It was so worth the money and our time. Just be prepared for lots of walking.
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Julie_w
Mar 29, 2024
A truly memorable cooking experience the Italian way. - An absolutely wonderful experience that we would do again if we come back to Venice. We were met and taken to the Rialto fresh markets and then on to do some Italian cooking. We made lots of fresh Italian inspired dishes, being shown different methods of cooking and preparing the ingredients. We cooked some starters, a main course and a dessert and then sat down to eat it all with a glass of wine. The hosts were absolutely amazing, very knowledgeable and very friendly and created a lovely atmosphere. An experience we will never forget and can’t recommend highly enough.
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Sarah_r
Mar 17, 2024
Pasta Perfecto! - This experience was my favorite in Venice! Chef Lorenzo 👨🍳 made you feel very comfortable in his kitchen and taught us to make homemade pasta and tiramisu♡ Make sure you have google maps on your phone and give a little extra time for getting lost in the maze of Venice(part of the experience) ♡ We left so full and so proud of our creations!
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Julie
Dec 9, 2023
Excellent experience, delicious food, charming host! - This was amazing! Lorenzo was charming, informative, fun and an excellent teacher. Had a wonderful time
And the food was some of the best I had during my time in Venice. Highly recommend!
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Debbie_b
Nov 21, 2023
Amazing cooking experience - What a great way to see the market and cook with a restaurant chef. We got to help pick the menu and learned how to make many new dishes. We also enjoyed that it was a small group and got to know the host and fellow attendees. A must do if you are in Venice!
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Rich
Sep 30, 2023
Beautiful, Sweet Chef Rosa— making Beyond Delicious Food! - Rosa is a true jewel! Her home is truly lovely and welcoming. We actually learned to make the dishes and had so much fun while we cooked and ate our way through the day. The food was absolutely spectacular- and Rosa could not have been sweeter. We can’t wait to go back and visit her. Thank you Rosa! Highly recommend this to everyone that likes to cook and eat amazingly ng food.
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Lynda_g
Aug 4, 2023
Yummy! - This was an exceptional experience. Lorenzo took us first on a tour of the Rialto Market where he sells seafood and vegetables for our creative cooking. Then we walked to Lorenzo’s apartment, where he made as welcome, and showed us how to cook tagliatelle pasta two shrimp dishes and two kinds of baked salmon. Let’s not forget Tiramisu for dessert!
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Angela_b
May 28, 2024
Experience was good - Friendly , informative . We had loads of fun, met a nice couple from california. Food was good, wine was good. Market was with freah good vegetables
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Vicki_s
May 5, 2024
I must do when you were in Venice… - Making the pasta! It was one of the best we’ve ever had! We had a lot of fun making pasta from scratch, which we have never done before she never done! Eating it was even better!
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Kate_k
Apr 30, 2024
Lunch with a Delightful Host! - Lorenzo was very nice - our group prepared a wonderful lunch in his well designed kitchen.
The tour was advertised for 3 hours but was 5. Hours.
We walked 40 mins to meet at the starting point - which was the Rialto market. Monday fish and local farmers market are closed. I would suggest eliminating this from tour.
The group walked another 30 to get to location of class and plenty of fresh vegetables and butcher shop near lunch location - not necessary to meet at Rialto market and made for longer day.
Lorenzo is very accommodating - lunch was delicious and hopefully I learned a few new things!
Thank you for a very nice day!
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