Hi all,
I am going to Venice for our second time. 2 nights and 1 day to adjust from the overnight flight.
My thoughts are:
Afternoon/evening 1; Cicchetti crawl. Any off the beaten track recommendations?
Day 2; Murano and Burano. Can I do these islands without a guided tour? Get there by water bus (public transit)?
Evening 2; recommendations for a local restaurant and Bellini, similar to Harry's that locals go to?
Thanks,
Amy
No need for guided tour of Murano and Burano
Just take the vaporetto and explore on your own
I would go to Burano first
Alessandro’s cicchetti tour was tons of fun see if he is still doing
Forum search should bring up his info
Here it is
https://www.schezzini.it/portfolio/bartour/
Afternoon/evening 1; Cicchetti crawl. Any off the beaten track recommendations?
Not to be too jaded, but Venice has no “off the beaten” tracks. There are less-touristed areas, like the area beyond the Arsenale. Many locals live in that area but your best bet cicchetti crawl is more central. And it’s more fun to be with the rest of the folks wandering in passeggiata and stopping here-and-there. The recommendation for the tour is a good one, or follow the Rick Steves’ ideas https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/articles/venice-cicchetti-crawl.
Day 2; Murano and Burano. Can I do these islands without a guided tour? Get there by water bus (public transit)?
The Rick Steve’s’ Venice guidebook has an excellent self-guided tour of the Laguna Islands for a DIY experience.
Evening 2; recommendations for a local restaurant and Bellini, similar to Harry's that locals go to?
Bellinis are everywhere. Order one on your cicchetti crawl or any decent restaurant. I have sent a couple of people to Trattoria Da Remigio on Salizada dei Greci. Reservations available online through Quandoo and absolutely necessary. We’ve seen people turned away because they had not reserved, and we’ve and never encountered a tourist there. (I suppose I am changing that with this post but it is rather out-of-the-way so that alone will limit the visitors.) This is an old-Venice classy place, but not over-priced, IMO.
Not a cicchetti crawl place per say, but in the Rialto Bridge area when walking to Piazzale Roma, on the side of the Grand Canal with the market, is an out of the way place named Pane Vino e San Daniele located on Calle dei Botteri, San Polo. Definitely a small local place, good food, good house wine, and not expensive at all.
On the other side of the canal, also in the Rialto Bridge area, is Trattoria Da Marco Valla Fava. It's located on Calle Stagneri. It is definitely an upscale place that has some of the best sea food ever!! Try to eat inside rather than outside. The place has been around at least 50 years so they must be doing it right, and we've never found it to be overly "touristed".
You should be able to check them out on the internet, and Google Maps street view is a great tool to locate these places and "walk" to them ahead of time.
Yes, it is possible to tour Murano and Burano in one day, on your own, using public vaporetti. Just get an early start to beat the crowds.
If you are on Murano at lunch time, try Ristorante dalla Mora on Fondamenta Daniel Manin. Lots of locals eat there.
Great advice. Thanks everyone.
I'm not sure you will find many locals drinking Bellini's, but I could be very wrong on that..
