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If you want to see some Venetians not directly involved in tourism you might find some at the Pescheria, along the Grand Canal, not far from the Rialto Bridge. The building of the fish market is easy to recognise by the red blinds between the columns of the arcades. The first fish market on this spot goes back to the 11th c. The neo-gothic style building you will see now dates from 1907.
It is important to note that the opening days are Tuesday to Saturday, the hours 6 to 12 am. The fish is caught at night in the lagoon (at least that was the case a century ago).
Like many things of life in the ancient Republic of Venice fishing and selling fish had to follow a strict legislation. In 1227 there was already a charter "Capitulare de pescatoribus" fixing all details of periods of fishing, type of fishnets, hygiene of the fish market. Control was by the administrative organism called "Giustizia Vecchia". As you can see the EU commission did not much invent!
In the 19th c. there were a thousand of fishermen mostly on the many islands of the Laguna but only 160 were allowed to sell their fish in Venice. This function was reserved to the elder fishermen in order to provide them an income.
I ignore if these rules and traditions are still actual but what is sure is that for eating fresh fish in a Venetian restaurant it is best to avoid Sunday and Monday when the fish market "Pescheria" is closed.
Furthermore if you want to see the stalls full of fresh fish and sea food exposed on ice you must go there early in the morning. Not later than 10 am, best before 9 am when the locals buy their fish.
You will also see that for all type of fishes and other sea food price and name are clearly indicated. That is to prevent questions of tourists who after taking a photo would ask for the name of the fish. Address: Rialto market
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 Traghetti and Erberia Rialto
Markets Venice by suvanki, 4 more photos
Venetians all gravitate to the markets of the Rialto, for their daily shopping and socialising.
As more local shops close in favour of souvenir shops to appease the hoards of tourists, these markets remain the stronghold for the tradition of Venetian trading.
Each housewife will have her favoured butcher, baker, grocer, fishmonger etc, but woe betide them if they offer a sub standard item, or try to give short measure!
The Fish Market (Pescaria) was built in 1907, and sells fresh fish and shellfish to the local restaurants and shoppers.
The Butchers street (Calle dei Beccarie) heads into Campo Beccarie, from which a maze of tiny alleyways lead.
This is the area where valuable commodities such as sugar, pepper and spices were sold, (Sugar was once equal to gold weight for weight!!)
The Fruit and Vegetable Market - The Erberia is probably the largest area of the market, stretching nearly from the corner of the Rialto Bridge, at the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi, to the Campo San Giacomo.
Barges arrive at dawn with their crates of produce to be unloaded. The best time to see the market is early morning, it is usually closing around 12 noon. However, remember that this is where the Venetians are carrying out their daily lives, it's not a good idea to be barging the shoppers out of the way to get a photo!! However, it's a good place to buy food for snacking on, and a chance to practice Your Italian.
When I visited at Christmas 06, the stalls were all empty, a slight whiff of fish, and the various discarded boxes and crates, giving a clue as to what would normally be sold from the deserted stalls. I enjoyed wandering about the market stalls and the maze like lanes, and it didn't cost anything!.
UPDATE Christmas Eve 2007, I spent a pleasant few hours wandering around the atmospheric market stalls - then enjoying the bars here at night Leave a Comment Address: Rialto Markets, Venice.
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SAN POLO and SANTA CROCE
When I visited here in December 2006, the markets were closed. 2007 when I visited it was very different.
Christmas Eve, mid morning, the market was buzzing! Fresh vegetables, fruits, fish and meat were all attractively displayed on the various stalls. The surrounding shops were busy selling game, poultry and horsemeat to their customers.
Queues formed outside bread, pattisserie and cold meat shops, and crowds were gathered outside the markets bars, nursing glasses of wine, prosecco and spritzs'.
After browsing the stalls I decided to buy some fruit and nuts. I selected the stall I liked the look of and took my place. 15 minutes later and myself and other locals still hadn't been served. The young woman at the side of me was getting quite annoyed that others had queue jumped and been served before her - if a local was having this much trouble, I'd got no chance! So I decided to miss out on the clementines, brazil nuts, and jar of olives that I'd been anticipating eating later, and left.
Next stop, the fish market - after spending some time enjoying watching the traghetta travelling backwards and forwards across this stretch of the Grand Canal, with its nervous passengers, clinging to each other. Something for me to try later!
The fish market was nearly closing, but I got the chance to look at the displays and take a few photos. I particularly enjoyed looking at the sculptures of fish and sea related items adourning the outside of this market.
So Christmas Eve at the market was an experience that I really enjoyed, it reminded me of when I was growing up, when My mother and all our neighbours still shopped for fresh produce daily from individual shops, and that extra buzz of shopping for food for our Christmas meals.
FOR THOSE WHO'VE BEEN FOLLOWING MY TIPS IN ORDER AS A WALK, YOU CAN NOW RETURN TO SAN MARCO, OR CONTINUE EXPLORING MORE.
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 View from the Rialto, very
close to Rialto market. by STEFZAMM
Today the Rialto Market sells fruit, vegetables, flowers, fish and souvenirs, while being surrounded with restaurants and all kind of shops. Leave a Comment Directions: In the Rialto Bridge area.
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 Two Views of Rialto's
Pescheria by deecat
While visiting the Rialto Bridge and the shops surrounding it, a shopkeeper suggested that we visit the Rialto Fish Market (Pescheria). What a great suggestion.
From the pictures, you can see how interesting this visit is. I have never seen so many different kinds of sea life. There are fish that I had never heard of before.
The best time to see it is early in the morning when the locals are there shopping, and the people who own restaurants are there to purchase their seafood for the day.
The action is hectic with sellers "hawking" their catch, and anxious buyers jostling to get just the best merchandise.
If you go at dawn, you will be able to see the barges filled with actual crates of seafood arrive and unload at the quayside by the Grand Canal. Quite a sight!
Information:
Early Morning until Noon Tuesday-Saturday
Closed Sunday and Monday Leave a Comment Address: East side of San Polo close to Rialto BridgeOther Contact: Just walk there
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 veg market Rialto by sandysmith
Go in the last hour of trading and you can get half price bargains too.
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 fish market hall by sandysmith
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San Giacomo di Rialto (pic 1) is probably the oldest church in Venice! It is located in the middle of the famous Rialto market, which you will visit anyway. It was probably built in 421 (in the time of the first arrivals) and was the only building of the campo di Rialto hat survived the fire of 1513 when all the surrounding buildings (residences for the merchants) destroyed. The church we see today dates from the 11th century when the Rialto market settled in the area so it was there for the use of the merchants. The church is called S.Giacometo because of its small size but the most interesting thing is the large clock(pic 2) above the entrance that was created in the 15th century.
Campo di Rialto was always the place where the trade with merchants from all over the world were taking place. If you go early in the morning you will notice a boom of colors and smells. The nearby Pescheria is the fish market(pic 3). I didn’t buy any fish because I wouldn’t know where to cook them and I don’t like sushi that much :) The neo gothic building that houses the fish market was built in 1917 and has many arches. The earlier you go the better so try to be there as early as you can when the fishermen bring their stuff and the market bustles with life from locals and tourists. It opens at about 7.00am but till 13.00 everyone is gone. Address: San Polo areaDirections: just west of the Rialto bridge
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 A monk buys some fish by jessicadf
Across the Rialto Bridge, down a ways and to the right, along the Grand Canal waterfront, you will find a produce and fish market. The locals were obviously doing their grocery shopping for the day. So much wonderful produce and seafood -- it was a treat for the eyes and the soul! Leave a Comment Directions: On the Grand Canal, across the Rialto Bridge from the Rialto Bridge vaporetti stop.
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