Enjoy a refined light lunch in the heart of Venice, with a choice between a fish or meat menu, each including two carefully prepared courses. Inspired by traditional Italian flavors, this experience combines quality and efficiency, making it ideal for a satisfying yet quick break. Water, bread, and coffee are included, offering a complete and well-balanced meal. Set in a cozy setting in the central San Marco area, this experience is perfectly located for those exploring the city. It’s an ideal stop between activities, allowing you to relax and enjoy an authentic atmosphere just steps away from Venice’s main attractions, yet away from the busiest crowds.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 19.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Gourmet Casanova Lunch near St. Mark’s Square lasts about 1 hour.
Prices start at $51 per person for this Venice experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There are 2 booking options, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs every day, starting at 1:00 PM, 1:30 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM, and 3:30 PM.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 20 participants.
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Wheelchair accessible
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 3.1 out of 5 across 12 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by CITY TOURS CO. LTD.
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No access to the closed garden on Mondays. We were certainly outside but stuck in a little corner without life. Very expensive meals for very basic dishes. Advertising is false it is not at the level of the promised service.
Dear guest, thanks for your feedback, it will definitely help us improve. If you need to communicate further with us, do not hesitate to reach out. Best regards, Lucrezia - Venice Tours
This is a waste of time and money. The gardens to stroll for nice. The lunch was inside only couple of tables outside not even immersed gardens. Food off chain restaurant menu only a couple of items allowed and way over priced.
This experience felt misleading. It was just a lunch at a regular cafe (Illy cafe) near some of the hot spots in Venice, but you were restricted in what you were allowed to get off the menu (only cicchetti for appetizer, and only pastas for the main course). You could have just as easily walked in, sat down, and ordered, without having to reserve this ahead of time, as everyone else who was there had done. The location and views are pretty nice, but aren't different than many other places in Venice (and in fact, it is nicer to sit out directly on the waterfront rather than set off from it). You were next to, but not in, the royal gardens. It also felt like the waiters didn't exactly know how to handle us, and we didn't receive what we ordered at first. That being said, we were late in arriving, and they were nice in accommodating us. But if I could do this over, I would definitely not choose this again.
Dear Guest, we are deeply sorry for your personal comment, please consider that on product page it's clearly written the menù for the activity. At your disposal for further information. Regards.
The meal was sumptuous. The helpings were generous. The quality of the meal was excellent. The pastas were perfect and so were the desserts.
Thanks for the review
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 reservation, he could only have two people at a time because of Covid protocols, so Viator couldn't have booked us because he would have refused to take a booking for four people. We had to leave without having the experience and he told us to contact Viator for a refund - he had no interest in assisting us.
Dear Vicky, I'm sorry for the inconvenience you had with your booking. for your info, in our system the reservation for some reason was cancelled and the owner of the place after checking the no-active reservation didn't provide the service. At disposal for further information.
If you aren't available, don't allow those dates to be purchased. The business waited until days before our trip to let us know they were going to cancel on us. Pick a more reliable business to work with.
Dear, We are sorry for your review, but we have to underlined that (as communicate per e-mail and by phone calling) that the tour had to be cancelled due to the unexcepted High Tide that made damages to cellars of the wine bar. For this reason, the owner was not able to provide your experience: he had to fix the damages. We communicate you the issue immediately. At disposal for further clarification.
My sister and I came to the wine tasting together. It’s down a side street near the church. We were expecting a large group of people to be taking the tasting with us. But we’re pleasantly surprised to find out it was a private tasting with just us! Wines were great. We had 4 to choose from. The wine for sale after was also very reasonably priced. Very very happy we did this! Make sure to come with some food on your stomach. He pours very large glasses to taste:)
Dear, thank you for your kind review!
We got enough information about the 4 different wines. Every wine was very tasty! The guy was super friendly and enthusiastic. We got a lot of info about Venice itself too!
Thanks a lot for your kind review
The man we drank the wine from was very friendly, we got to taste 4 different wines with enough information. Every question we had the host could answer well. We still had nice conversations with the person and bought 2 more bottles of wine
Thanks a lot for your kind review. Best
Very impressed with this wine tasting. We had 4 glasses of wine and ended up buying the Cabernet Sauvignon! The best I’ve had in a long time. The wine is homemade and flavourful. Would definitely recommend
Thanks a lot for your kind review, regards
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| Gourmet Casanova Lunch near St. Mark’s Square | 1 hour | 3.1 (12) | $51 | |
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