Best Spots in Venice for The First-Class Explorers
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From the classic Caffè Florian and Teatro La Fenice, to lesser-known spots worth adding to your trip.
★ 3.8 · 8,198 reviews
Step into Caffè Florian, the historic 1720 café on St Mark's Square. Order a coffee or cocktail beneath the arcades with live music, then wander through the ornate period rooms inside.
★ 4.7 · 16,271 reviews
Step into Teatro La Fenice, Venice's celebrated opera house, reborn after its fire. Join a daytime audio-guided visit of the gilded auditorium, or book an evening of opera, ballet, or a concert.
★ 4.2 · 1,038 reviews
Unlock Venice with the City Pass, your key to Doge's Palace and eleven more museums. Choose your own route between palaces, craft collections and the glass and lace museums on Murano and Burano.
★ 3.6 · 4,433 reviews
Discover Harry's Bar, the storied Venice institution behind the Bellini cocktail. Order the original peach-and-prosecco drink and carpaccio at a reserved table in its understated, classic dining room.
★ 3.6 · 300 reviews
Step into Ristorante Quadri, the grand dining address on Piazza San Marco. Linger over a long lunch or dinner with live music and square views, weighing the setting against its premium prices.
★ 3.6 · 948 reviews
Settle in at Caffè Quadri, the 1638 café on St Mark's Square. Sip a shaken espresso or a martini with live music playing, and finish with a fresh dessert.
★ 4.4 · 1,990 reviews
Discover Trattoria Al Gatto Nero, the blue-fronted family trattoria on Burano. Take the boat out to the lagoon island and settle in for fresh seafood and homemade pasta.
★ 4.8 · 2,391 reviews
Discover the Venetian Lagoon Tour and Galleon Dinner, an evening cruise departing near the Naval Museum. Sip a welcome Prosecco, then enjoy five courses with wine as the lagoon islands and city waterfront glide past.
★ 4.5 · 1,065 reviews
Experience Al Covo, a rustic Venetian restaurant celebrated for letting single ingredients lead the menu. Enjoy updated local classics at an indoor or outdoor table over a slow, carefully paced meal.
★ 4.5 · 403 reviews
Discover Osteria alle Testiere, a small seafood osteria where the menu follows the day's Rialto Market catch. Take a seat in the intimate room and let the freshest fish drive your order.
★ 4.3 · 978 reviews
Discover Corte Sconta, a seafood restaurant hidden away from Venice's busiest streets. Dine in the vine-covered courtyard on inventive Venetian dishes, guided by the host and a sommelier who matches each course with local wines.
★ 2.6 · 1,842 reviews
Pause at Caffè Lavena, an 1750 café beside St Mark's Basilica. Order a coffee or gelato, then take in the square from your table and look around the gilded interior.
★ 4.3 · 1,501 reviews
Discover Trattoria da Romano, the art-lined family restaurant on Burano. Lunch on the house seafood risotto while surrounded by paintings left by artists in exchange for meals.
★ 4.6 · 4,288 reviews
Settle in at Nevodi, a brick-lined Venetian favourite tucked into a local neighbourhood. Work through scallops, fresh fish and house pasta, with bread and olive oil that reviewers rate among the best in northern Italy.
★ 4.8 · 379 reviews
Discover Ristorante Glam, an intimate two-Michelin-star table in a luxury hotel with a leafy courtyard. Spend an unhurried evening on imaginative dishes built from the finest lagoon ingredients.
★ 4.4 · 1,382 reviews
Discover Venissa, a stylish canalside restaurant with its own vineyard. Begin with a glass of estate wine in the garden, then sit down to elegant Venetian dishes built around local ingredients.
★ 3.7 · 5,318 reviews
Hire a boat for your own group on the Private Gondola Cruise from San Marco Giardinetti. Ride along part of the Grand Canal and into quieter side canals, with the gondola to yourselves.
★ 4.3 · 944 reviews
Settle into Trattoria Al Vecio Portal Laguna e Oltre, a rustic seafood trattoria with a leafy patio. Share Adriatic fish, pasta and a finishing tiramisu over an unhurried dinner.
★ 4.6 · 751 reviews
Discover Ristorante Local, where Venetian cuisine is reimagined course by course. Settle into the rustic-chic dining room and work through a tasting menu with printed cards explaining each dish.
★ 4.8 · 4,472 reviews
Experience opera the way Venetian aristocrats did, inside Palazzo Barbarigo-Minotto on the Grand Canal. Follow singers and a small ensemble through three historic rooms, each becoming the stage for a new act.
★ 4.3 · 1,161 reviews
Choose your own route on the Off the Beaten Path Private Gondola Ride. Slip through quiet San Polo canals, or pick a longer ride that adds the Grand Canal, Rialto and the St. Mark's area.
★ 4.4 · 990 reviews
Discover Vini da Gigio, a family-run Venetian trattoria with a serious wine list and a menu led by the market. Order the baby scallops or whole sea bass and pair them with a bottle of Amarone.
★ 4.4 · 1,105 reviews
Book a table at Trattoria Antiche Carampane, a family-run Venetian seafood restaurant. Order the spider crab linguine and the fish of the day in an intimate, photo-lined dining room.
★ 4.6 · 1,421 reviews
Discover Ai Mercanti, the Venetian restaurant diners return to again and again for seasonal, inventive cooking. Settle in on the terrace or in the intimate dining room for pasta, daily specials and well-chosen wine.
★ 4.3 · 87 reviews
Treat yourself to Oro at Hotel Cipriani, an elegant fine-dining room on Giudecca. Enjoy a long, multi-course Italian meal in a refined interior or on the waterside terrace.
★ 4.4 · 1,906 reviews
Discover Vecia Cavana, a seafood restaurant housed in a former 16th-century boathouse. Order spider crab or a seafood pasta and enjoy the historic room, with staff ready to adapt dishes to dietary needs.
★ 4.4 · 1,565 reviews
Settle in at Ristorante San Trovaso for a Venetian meal away from the busiest streets. Order fresh seafood, pasta or a starter like salmon tartare and enjoy the cosy, wood-beamed dining room.
★ 4.8 · 5,300 reviews
Treat yourself to a long table at Impronta, a contemporary Venice restaurant and wine bar with a seasonal menu. Share tempura, pasta and seafood plates paired with wine in a stylish, relaxed dining room.
★ 4.3 · 49 reviews
Visit Luigi Bevilacqua, a Venetian weaving mill with roughly 150 years of history. See traditional looms producing velvet and woven fabrics, then browse rugs and bags made on site.
★ 4.3 · 650 reviews
Discover Ristorante Da Ivo, a canalside dining room hung with brass pans. Work through the daily menu of Tuscan and Venetian dishes with the sommelier guiding your wine.
Venice · ☕ Coffeebreak
Caffè Florian
45 min
Venice · 🎭 Entertainment
Teatro La Fenice
3h
Venice · 🎨 Museum
City Pass with Museums including Doge's Palace
5h
Venice · 🍸 Drinks
Harry's Bar-Venice
1h15
Venice · 🍽️ Food
Ristorante Quadri
2h
Caffè Quadri
Trattoria Al Gatto Nero
Venetian Lagoon Tour and Galleon Dinner
4h
Al Covo
Osteria alle Testiere
Corte Sconta
Caffè Lavena
30 min
Trattoria da Romano
Nevodi
Ristorante Glam
2h30
Venissa
Private Gondola Cruise
Trattoria Al Vecio Portal Laguna e Oltre
Ristorante Local
1h45
Traveling Opera in a Historic Palace on Grand Canal
Off the Beaten Path Private Gondola Ride
1h
Vini da Gigio
Trattoria Antiche Carampane
Ai Mercanti
Oro Restaurant
Ristorante Vecia Cavana
Ristorante San Trovaso
Impronta Restaurant Venice
Venice · 🛍️ Shopping
Luigi Bevilacqua srl Weaving
Ristorante Da Ivo
