Rialto Food Markets
From:
Venice's Top 11 Free Sights

ABOVE: Porcini mushrooms are a fall specialty in the
Erberia.
The Rialto Food Markets are
working markets where Venetian homemakers and restaurant owners do their
shopping six days a week. There are two markets, both slightly to the north of
the Rialto Bridge in San Polo:
The
Erberia sells fruit and vegetables, with wholesalers arriving
early and retailers setting up their stalls by mid-morning. By noon, most of the
action is over, so arrive early for shopping and discreet picture-taking.
Just
beyond, in a building with arches that overlooks the Grand Canal, vendors in the
Pescheria or fish market sell fish, octopus, squid, clams, and
other aquatic edibles.
Tourists
love the Pescheria (and the Erberia, for that matter), but before bellying up to
the crushed-ice trough to take a snapshot, remember that the person you're
elbowing out of the way may be a chef who's trying to buy the sardines or
cuttlefish that you'll be eating for dinner.
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1st inset photo copyright © Calvio.
3rd inset photo copyright © Richard Goerg.
4th inset photo copyright © D. Huss.
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