Mercato di Rialto is a food market in Venice.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Closes 13:30. The Sant'Erasmo artichokes (castraure) season runs late April to mid-May. White asparagus from Bassano in May-June.
Address: San Polo 42, 30125 Venezia VE, Venice
Mercato di Santa Marta in Venice's western Dorsoduro is the local neighbourhood market near the university, the rare market without tourist queues.
Tip: Walk 15 minutes west from Piazzale Roma. The vendors are mostly university-quarter shoppers; quieter than Rialto and prices are lower.
Mercato di Via Garibaldi on the wide Via Garibaldi in eastern Castello is the daily street market the local residents fill, the canonical residential Venice.
Tip: Lined with floating fish boats moored to the canal-side fondamenta. The street stalls are residential; Via Garibaldi is one of the few proper avenues in Venice.
Sant'Erasmo is Venice's market garden island, the canonical source of castraure artichokes from late April and the small Orto di Venezia winery's lagoon-edge.
Tip: Vaporetto 13 from Fondamente Nove (45 minutes).
The residential market on Rio Terà San Leonardo in Cannaregio is the local fruit and vegetable market for the western Cannaregio quarter, a short walk.
Tip: Walk-in. Fewer stalls than a decade ago but still open Monday to Saturday for fresh produce.
Rialto Pescheria in Venice's San Polo has run as a fish market since 1097, the neo-Gothic loggia from 1907 where every chef in town shops weekday mornings.
Tip: Arrive before 09:00 for the morning rush of locals and chefs. Moeche (soft-shell crab) appears in April-May; schie (lagoon shrimp) in summer.
