VENICE
The Venice shortlist.
The 15 most popular lunch experiences in Venice. The ones worth your time in a city with plenty to choose from, each with prices, running times and the operator behind it.
Hard Rock Cafe Venice set-menu lunch or dinner near St. Mark’s, with priority seating, big flavor, and gondola-station views.
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Skip-the-line Hard Rock set lunch or dinner in Venice by Piazza San Marco, with classic American food, rock memorabilia, and canal views.
“Usual Hard Rock experience with a great window view. Standard menu choice and food quality that you can expect from these deals. Service was okay but not the most friendly I've had from Hard Rock.”
Small-group Prosecco Hills tour from Venice with 2 winery visits, 4 tastings each, and a family osteria lunch with train tickets included.
“Our day with Carlo and Julia was the highlight of our time in Venice. Both were wonderful and passionate (and funny). The wineries and cheese maker that they took us to were amazing. And the lunch was one of the best meals ever. I would definitely do this excursion again and highly recommend it to…”
A private 8-hour Prosecco day trip from Venice with two winery tastings, a 2-course lunch, and door-to-door transfers.
“Tour guide was attentive and shared hidden 'local' small town restaurant for the included traditional lunch. Both prosecco tasting experiences were great and offered different settings: beautiful country hillsides and a small town event location. We were rushed out of the 2nd due to an event going on. We even stopped at a wonderful local…”
Rialto Fish Market flavors meet classic Venice bacari: cicchetti tastings, wine, and a seasonal lunch over 3 hours.
Venice Lagoon catamaran lunch cruise with chill-out music, a free drink, and light lunch, gliding past San Marco Bay and Giudecca.
Venice lagoon catamaran at 12:00 with chill-out music, a light lunch, and one included drink. San Marco views plus Lido.
“Loads of fun! We enjoyed our boat ride and the crew was very nice and welcoming and great! The food and drinks were good as well. Overall, A+”
A 1-hour light lunch with Venetian cicchetti in St. Mark’s Royal Gardens, plus basin views and a mobile audioguide with 200 stops.
Venice lagoon boat tour to Murano, Burano and Torcello with a glassmaking stop and a seafood lunch in Burano.
“Waste of time on not good thing was lunch ! No guide only a speaker talking I.n multiple languages. Information was not n sink and was hard to interpret . Sound loop in 5 languages and a lot of background noise . Avoid this tour”
Private Venice walk plus Murano island lunch and a Colleoni glass demo, with boat transfers and hotel pickup for an easy day.
“This was probably the best tour we did in Venice. Very relaxed visit to the famous Murano island and a very nice lunch. We got up close and personal with the glass blowers and saw some exquisite pieces.”
Panoramic St. Mark’s lunch at Illy Café in the Royal Gardens: 2 cicchetti, main, dessert, water, plus a self-guided app for Venice.
“We arrived at the shop where the wine tasting was to take place and the owner had no record of our reservation and was quite rude when we showed him our confirmation. We were two couples and he also said that, even if he had our reservaRead more”
Prosecco DOCG day trip from Venice with Mario: vineyard tastings, a WWI bridge stop, lunch, and AC transport for small groups.
“We did two tours with Mario - Prosecco hills and also valpolicella/amarone. We’ve been. home now for a week and haven’t stopped talking about how incredible both were. Each day we went to family-owned wineries (where they were clearly thrilled to see Mario), tasted delicious wines, and had an amazing lunch. We could not have…”
Amarone wine tour from Venice with expert guide, lunch at Trattoria Alla Porchetta, and tastings at small Valpolicella producers.
“What a fabulous day!! Our tours were amazing! Mario did an amazing job! His knowledge of wine and the area was vast! He made the day fun. We visited some great small wineries that were just the best. We had lunch that was so delicious! I can’t rave enough about Mario and his tour. I…”
Private Venice walk, gondola, and lagoon boat to Murano with Venetian lunch and Colleoni glass factory visit in about 6 hours.
“Fantastic tour around Venice and gondola ride, visit to Murano glass factory, superb lunch and then rounded off with a visit to the Doge's palace. Giovani was a superb guide, informative and friendly.”
Skip-the-line St. Mark’s Basilica and Doge’s Palace plus lunch and a Murano glass demo, with a scenic boat transfer in 5 hours.
“an intense but very rich visit thanks to the great explanations of our guide Daniella”
The historic centre, the lagoon islands and the art the city was built around.
