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You will find many people from Venezia buying because is very difficult the find variety in the grocery stores in Venezia. The place is super noisy and very crowded.
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Date of experience: August 2020
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Raffiella11 wrote a review Aug 2020
Leicestershire, United Kingdom4,671 contributions518 helpful votes
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For sheer life and colour the Rialto market has it all, and no market in the world has a better setting. Here, in the shadow of the Rialto Bridge, an early morning ritual has been happening for close on a thousand years. Dawn sees the arrival of the barges as they offloadby 6am the market is in full throttle, from no one begins hours of complete bedlam of shouting, joking and hard work preparing the fish and selling. It all looks chaotic to me but there is method in the madness . Make sure you get here early to experience it all. If you are staying in an appartment and want to buy fish, vegetables or fruit this is the best market in the city. You see older venetian's who seem to use market as a time to catch up with old friends from neighbouring districts, you can hear local's haggle with stall owners for the best prices. This is the most vibrant and colourful area of the city…
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Date of experience: February 2020
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The walking tour of the markets around Rialto bridge was relaxed and we stopped and had espresso and then continued. This is a good walking area to do window shopping.
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Date of experience: September 2019
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I like a market, especially a fish market. had a nice stroll through here and looked at all the fresh produce. the fish extremely fresh with the shellfish still moving! plenty of spices for pasta which may well have been aimed at the tourists passing through. quite smelly, but hey its a fish market predominantly! a few fruit and veg stalls and again the produce looked really vibrant. lots of buzz here and busy comings and goings of locals and restarauteurs picking the fish for the dish of the day no doubt.…
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Date of experience: February 2020
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