Market Tour and Cooking Class with a Venetian Sailor

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Earliest Date Available: September 30, 2026This experience is in high demand. Book now to lock in the next available date.

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Location

Venice

Duration

3 hours

Group size

Max 15 guests

Accessibility

Stroller Accessible

Language

English, Spanish

Location

Venice

Duration

3 hours

Group size

Max 15 guests

Accessibility

Stroller Accessible

Language

English, Spanish

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•61 reviews

US$104.28 per guest

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Adult x1

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Earliest Date Available: September 30, 2026This experience is in high demand. Book now to lock in the next available date.

Free CancellationCancel for free up to 1 day before your experience

Food for HappinessFor every guest in your booking, we donate 10 meals to children around the world

Why book with byFood?

Japan's #1 food travel platform

Trusted by 50,000+ travelers worldwideCurated by food lovers, for food loversFeatured in CNN, Forbes & NYT

Earliest Date Available: September 30, 2026This experience is in high demand. Book now to lock in the next available date.

Free CancellationCancel for free up to 1 day before your experience

Food for HappinessFor every guest in your booking, we donate 10 meals to children around the world

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I'm a sailor but I learned to cook from my mother and grandma, we own an old and traditional restaurant and my father is a winemaker. I travel a lot with merchant ships all around the world but I never get tired of getting to know new people! I love to share my passion for food and my city. Many old dishes you cannot find anymore in the restaurant you can find in my home with a big selection! I'm open at your request (allergies or food you wanna try it).I m specialized in sea food, let's check what offer the beutiful Rialto market.But also if you don t like fish, will be a trip inside at the foods of Veneto region! From the high mountains to the sea. Welcome to my home, we will become friends!

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
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

Alcoholic beverages

Hosts father is a wine maker!

Food Purchased in Rialto Market

All Fees and Taxes

Cooking Class

Hotel pick-up and drop off

We can discover the fresh market and buy delicious seafood, but not only, as Veneto region is rich in ingredients and my cuisine is rich in imagination. When we reach home we can cook old family recipes and travel through flavors, from the sea to the mountains we will discover many dishes. I m a story teller, stories from the sea, from ancient Venice, and from an old true Italian family. Welcome to my home: it will be a precious opportunity to discover Venice and local food from inside an ancient Venetian house. Let´s cook, have fun together... and eat well!

MAIN

fresh pasta with sea food

i m specialized in sea food...but we can choose different sauces; the freshness of the market flavors will meet the unique flavor of homemade pasta.

STARTER

focaccia, an excuse to taste the flavors of the Venetian cusine

Focaccia is something between a pizza and bread.Amazing. We can eat it with ham, cheese, salad,it will be our vehicle among the flavors of the region.

STARTER

Flavours of Veneto region

A warm focaccia, the parfume of the warm bread: lets test this speciality with high quality cheese and ham from small producer,salad from the lagoon.

Meeting Point

Campo S. Giacomo di Rialto 255a, Campo San Giacomo di Rialto, Venezia Città Metropolitana di Venezia Veneto, Italy, IT, 30125

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i will wait for you in campo S. Giacomo di Rialto ( a small square by Rialto bridge ) close to the Cafe : ¨ Caffe Vergnano 1882¨, after the market visit ,we proceed to my home, a trip inside an a venetian house with a local.

End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Free cancellation

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No refund within 1 day of the experience or no-shows.

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Miriam_RApril 2026 • Viator

Amazing...Massimo!!

Massimo is the true Italian...kind, loving snd caring!! He was so eager to make sure we loved what we cooked and joined us!! It was a private dining experience in his beautiful Italian home!! I would highly recommend!! We came as strangers and left as friends! Thank you Massimo for a wonderful dinner and evening!

CMZBostonApril 2026 • TripAdvisor

Highlight of our family trip

A delightful afternoon. Massismo and Dahlia were warm, welcoming, and gracious. This was the highlight of our vacation week in Venice. Highly recommend.

Jon_KApril 2026 • Viator

Exceptional and unique- do it!!!

Dinner with Massimo was the highlight of our Venice trip! I had some hesitation- dining in a stranger’s home gave me pause. But in a time of impersonal, churned-out tours, this was authentic, genuinely interesting, and SO FUN! My kids, 7 and 10, and my husband and I all loved it. On top of it- it was also the best meal we ate in all of Italy! Do not hesitate- book it!!!

DayTrip34131451256April 2026 • TripAdvisor

A Perfect Family-Friendly Venetian Cooking Experience

This cooking class in Venice with my group was truly something special and deeply authentic. Massimo, a Venetian sailor, welcomed us into his world with incredible stories about the Republic of Venice and his life at sea. His passion and warmth made us feel immediately at home, like guests rather than tourists. Cooking together was the highlight, especially preparing fresh pasta and seafood with such simple yet powerful flavors. The mussels were outstanding, fresh from the sea, lightly cooked wi...read more

rachelsA5889QBMarch 2026 • TripAdvisor

More Than a Cooking Class: Stories, Sea, and Authentic Venice

This private cooking class in Venice was truly unforgettable. It was just for us, which made it feel incredibly authentic and personal—something very rare in such a touristic city. We started the morning at the Rialto market, choosing fresh fish alongside a real Venetian mariner who knew all the fishermen. Then we went to his beautiful 600-year-old home, complete with a charming garden and an ancient well, where we even used fresh rosemary he picked himself. We cooked an amazing meal: fresh sea ...read more