Any local market days?
The Rialto market every morning (except Sunday and Monday) is a must for fresh fruit, vegetables, fish and seafood. I also love the barges that sell fruit and veg in Campo San Barnaba and Via Garibaldi - they’re super picturesque and always have wonderful fresh produce.

Best place for a morning espresso?
I love a coffee and a pastry standing at the bar at Bar Rizzardini (they do the best ricotta cake, sold by the slice) and at Pasticceria Tonolo (if you go early, they have fresh doughnuts called ‘krapfen’ which are to die for)

Best spot for an aperitif?
a spritz and cicchetti (Venetian nibbles) standing at the bar at All’Arco by the Rialto. For a glamorous aperitivo, you can’t beat the terrace on the water, watching the boats and the world go by, at the Gritti Palace.

Local delicacy?
‘focaccia Veneziana’: it’s a little like a sweet, plain panettone, topped with a sugar crust. You can buy it in most pasticcerie and it tastes as light as air.

Good to know...
If you take your coffee standing at the bar, it’s a fraction of the price than if you sit down at a table in the cafe.

Be a polite tourist and…
don’t picnic in streets and be mindful of people walking to work or going about their daily business when you stop in the middle of the street to take a photo or look around.