Venice: an evening in the bacari with a guide

2½ hours · Private · Food included

From €270 per group

A city of more than a hundred islands joined by some four hundred bridges, with no cars: it is walked, and crossed by boat.

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A city without cars
Its streets are lanes and its roads are canals: every way across it is on foot or by boat.
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The Rialto
The oldest bridge on the Grand Canal, finished in stone in 1591, beside the market where Venice still buys its fish.
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Evenings out of doors
Around the Rialto and in Cannaregio the evening is spent at a bacaro's counter, or on the edge of a canal with a glass.

Venetians call a small glass of wine an ombra, a shade: the wine sellers of St Mark's Square are said to have moved their stalls through the day to stay in the shadow of the bell tower.
Venice's bacari: cicchetti, the ombra and how an evening goes
Going from one bacaro to the next, a glass and a bite at each, is called andar per ombre: going for shades.
Venice's bacari: cicchetti, the ombra and how an evening goes
The cicchetti of the bacari cost from about €1.50 to €3 each: salt cod whipped with oil on bread or polenta, sardines in sweet and sour onions, small meatballs.
Venice's bacari: cicchetti, the ombra and how an evening goes
On the days Venice charges day visitors, 60 between April and July in 2026, the fee applies from 8:30 to 16:00; those who sleep in the city never pay it.
Venice's bacari: cicchetti, the ombra and how an evening goes

Do we pay Venice's access fee for an evening walk?

No, if you arrive after 16:00: on the days it applies, the fee is charged from 8:30 to 16:00, and never to those who sleep in Venice.

Are the bacari open on Sundays?

Many close on Sundays, which is why our evening runs from Monday to Saturday.

How do you get around Venice?

On foot, over its bridges, and by boat: the public water buses (vaporetti) along the Grand Canal and to the islands, and water taxis.

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