Rialto Market & Seafood Cooking Class in Murano

About this tour

Shop the Rialto fish market alongside a local guide, hand-pick the catch of the day, then cross the Canal Grande by gondola to a private kitchen overlooking the water. You'll prepare a three-course meal with professional guidance, paired with prosecco and wine. This three-hour experience transforms you from observer to Venetian cook, proving that seafood tastes entirely different when you've sourced it yourself and prepared it in a local's kitchen.

Highlights

• Select fresh fish directly at Rialto market with expert guidance
• Gondola ride across Canal Grande to the chef's home
• Cook three courses in a working kitchen with canal views
• Taste your own meal with prosecco and regional wine
• Learn preparation techniques from a practising local cook
• Moka coffee and digestivo included

What to expect

You'll start at the Rialto market during the busiest hours, learning how locals evaluate freshness and seasonality while selecting your ingredients. After a gondola crossing, you'll arrive at a private kitchen with working views of the canal. Your guide demonstrates knife skills and cooking methods whilst you prepare alongside them—this isn't passive observation but hands-on participation. Expect to handle fish filleting, pasta or risotto prep, and sauce work depending on the day's ingredients. The meal you've made becomes lunch, eaten at leisure with wine.

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