Top Venice Classes & Workshops - page 2

There are so many great food and drink spots to discover in Venice, such as its “bacari” (traditional wine bars). Get insider tips on how to avoid the tourist traps and find the best local haunts by going on this guided foodie adventure. Try a mix of gourmet snacks, wines, and small plates—with all tastings included for extra convenience.

Discover the island of Murano, near Venice, with a small-group glass workshop and walking tour. See traditional artistry in action at Murano’s famous glass factories and visit the workshop of a local artist for a hands-on class. Complete the experience with a walk around Murano to see its churches, landmarks, and striking architecture.

Learn to make a Veneto favorite turned global standard—tiramisu—and two regional specialties, such as bigoli pasta, gnocchi, or risi e bisi (rice and peas), with a passionate home chef in her Venice kitchen. Learn the tricks of the trade as you work alongside your host, then savor the fruits of your labor for lunch or dinner with water, local wines, and coffee. You’ll even take home a souvenir apron.

Experience the authentic side of Venetian culture and cuisine far from the crowds with this local-led market tour and cooking class. Join a native Venetian to browse the market stalls for ingredients, then roll up your sleeves for a hands-on cooking class in your host's home kitchen. Learn to prepare a number of traditional dishes from Veneto then enjoy the fruit of your labors over a family-style meal.

You will create and paint the most original and beautiful artisanal Venetian mask by using our exclusive and unique techniques. Our competent and friendly team of craftsmen will help you throughout the process so that in the end you will be able to take home your handmade masterpiece.

This hands-on experience teaches you special home recipes that you wouldn't find in a cookbook. Visit the home of a cesarina (a local home cook) and enjoy the personalized experience of a private cooking lesson. During the experience, learn to make pizza and tiramisu from scratch, hear insights into Italian cooking, and feast on the delicious dishes you make.

Indulge in a delightful 3.5-hour adventure during this market and cooking us in Venice with a local Venetian host. Gather insights into the art of pasta-making and learn insider tips and tricks. Armed with the provided recipes, you will learn how to whip up a delectable pasta meal for your loved ones anytime you wish. Enjoy the relaxing ambiance and youthful vibe, uplifted by the beats of good music and delicious local wine.

HI! I am Liuba, a wine enthusiast and sommelier and together with Hugo, a trained and passionate chef, we are waiting for you to spend an evening of sharing at our home, tasting excellent wines paired with typical Venetian cichetti. Are you curious? Then book this evening now! In the time we will spend together, we will taste 4 different wines accompanied by typical local products, we will discover together little secrets about wine and we will taste the Venetian cichetti (Venetian tapas) produced by Hugo, a personal chef! The activity is available for groups of friends, for team building between colleagues, for families, couples... in short for anyone who is curious to try a special experience! Experiences can also be tailor-made and adapted to all your needs! To arrange special evenings you can also contact me @your_personal_sommelier. See you soon!

We are an artisan laboratory of artistic screen printing, active since 1968 in the heart of the city of Venice. It prints high quality editions, making available its own technical expertise and sensitivity, managing to interpret and translate the different expressive languages of painters, sculptors, photographers, illustrators, street artists, graphic artists and designers into graphics. Gianpaolo Fallani inherits the passion for screen printing from his father Fiorenzo, who has collaborated with over 200 artists from all over the world and for whom he has created more than 1000 editions. Printing on commission continues, also offering workshops and residences of various levels that invite the artist to learn about and experience the versatility and potential of this printing technique. In 2018 Gianpaolo received the recognition of MAM Master of Art and Craft and participates in Double Firma and Homo Faber.

We will visit the fish market. You will learn about local fish, recipes and technical training from a culinary professional. You will learn to cook typical dishes that you can then make at home for your friends, surprising them. We will cook fish, meat and seasonal vegetables. Of course we will eat what we prepare.

Experience the world of Murano Glass in our Glass Factory and enjoy a demonstration with style! You'll live the authentic experience of the centuries old Murano Glass in one of the oldest Glass Factories of the island. You'll see a skilful Glass Master working the different techniques of the Glass Production, such as the famous Blowing Glass technique or the Sculpture technique. During the demonstration of the Glass production a member of our team will explain the different steps of the production, the techniques and the material used by our Glass Master, while you will enjoy a glass of Prosecco! The visit will then continue to the Glass Artworks Collection of the Factory, that houses masterpieces made by the most important Murano Glass Masters that collaborates with our Glass Factory.

Learn the secret to making great pasta during a private cooking class in Venice, taught by a “cesarina,” or home cook. Follow three regional recipes and discover tricks of the trade. Each participant is equipped with utensils and ingredients at a personal workstation during the 3-hour lesson. You’ll prepare authentic Italian pastas, then taste each delicious dish, accompanied by a selection of local wine. 

Learn how to make a delectable Venetian delicacy, the traditional cichetti, without fighting for your teacher’s attention in this private cooking class. Make a series of these small plates, served in Venice’s specialist bars and osteries, from a range of seasonal ingredients: vegetables, meats, fish and more. Make enough for your lunch and then eat them all, with a complimentary glass of Prosecco to polish them off.

Venice is unique and wonderful, without a doubt. If you are here on vacation, you will surely want to come home with some beautiful memories to show to friends and family and to cherish. If you are passionate about photography, you absolutely must participate in this workshop that will show you how to best photograph the beauties of the city. We will see some street photography and architecture techniques and we will learn to hone our techniques and our creative eye to get the most out of our photographs. We will also stop for an Aperol Spritz like the locals drink, and taste some cicchetti.

I'll show you all the secrets to making perfect fresh pasta, from preparing the dough to making the different shapes of pasta. We will learn together how to prepare Tiramisu, the most famous desert in the world, following the traditional recipe. At the end of the lesson, we will sit down together at the table to enjoy the fruits of our work, accompanied by a bottle of wine. My home, located in the heart of Venice, is welcoming and full of history. I can't wait to share my passion for cooking with you!

A 3-hour hands-on cooking lesson lightly touching upon some of the most interesting facets of Italian, and in particular, Venetian cuisine. Using local seasonal products, we’ll prepare an entire meal together to be enjoyed in the relaxed surroundings of A Tavola’s architect-designed workspace, or outdoors in the charming courtyard/garden when the weather allows! Each season has its ingredients and each Italian festivity has its dishes and together we’ll create the most iconic examples of Venetian cuisine in line with long-held family traditions passed down through generations. We’ll talk about the history of Venetian cookery and the abundance of ingredients sourced from the Venetian Lagoon and, through sharing and cooking together, you’ll discover the secrets of preparing a selection of exquisite local dishes that you’ll be able to recreate at home on your return.

You will spend a different morning, out of the crowds and tourist stops to immerse yourself in a homemade experience amongst the flavors and atmosphere of Venice. You will be able to customize your menu according to your particular preferences and needs, giving value to the seasonality of local products. On fine days, you can enjoy our wonderful terrace overlooking the gardens, rooftops and San Marco bell tower.

Learn a new skill and have the special opportunity to create a one-of-a-kind glass object to take home with you during this hands-on tutorial with a glass master in Venice. As it’s a private class, you can benefit from expert tips, one-to-one demonstrations, and plenty of opportunities to ask questions throughout.

Follow three authentic Venetian recipes during a private cooking class and learn the tricks of the trade from a 'cesarina,' or home cook, in Venice. Each participant is equipped with utensils and ingredients at a personal workstation during the 3-hour lesson. You’ll prepare 'cicchetti,' or small plates, then taste each delicious dish, accompanied by a selection of local wine.

Venice is Italy's carnival capital and festive masks are a large part of this annual celebration. Experience Venice's mask-making tradition first-hand with this private workshop at a local atelier. Learn how to create a paper mâché base using antique stone molds on day one, then come back the following day to decorate your hardened mask with paints, fabric, crystals, gold leaf, feathers, and other adornments.

Capture your trip to Venice during this private one, two, three, or four-hour photoshoot with a professional photographer. Let the city be your backdrop as you pose in front of iconic Venice locations—ideal for solo travelers, couples, or special events. Get between 20 and 50 final images (depending on the duration selected) in an online viewing gallery within two weeks.

The ancient art of engraving, which had its greatest splendor and diffusion in Venice, will have no more secrets! For those who want a unique experience in the ancient world of craftsmanship, I organize individual courses (one or at most two people) to explain and put into practice the basic techniques of engraving. Participants will thus have the opportunity to create a real art print made by them (on their original idea or drawing) and take it home. An experience that they will certainly not forget - in fact, they can hang it in their home! The course includes etching with the drypoint technique on Plexiglas or drypoint on zinc. I will follow you in the choice of subjects, in the preparation of the drawings and during all the processing phases, from the initial study to the processing of the plate up to the final prints. Reservations are accepted by people from the same family or relatives

This is going to be very special because It's an authentic and a local experience in my cozy home in the heart of Venezia, where I combine traditional Italian home cooking and live guitar performance!