Osteria Rivetta Venice

Tradition at its Highest

Gioele from Venice

Based in Mestre, Venice. I studied languages at Florence University, then moved to Rotterdam, the Netherlands for some 16 months. Afterwards, I spent one month in Hangzhou, China, where I resumed my Chinese language studies and finally moved to Venice where I finished a master course in translating and interpreting (English-Chinese-Italian). I am currently working as a linguistic and cultural medi...
"Being one of Venice’s more ancient Bacaros, Osteria Rivetta is perfect to dive into the local ritual of Venetian apertivo, that is “Ombra de vin e cicheto”"

To the statement claiming that Venice is losing its own character, its own manners and its own style, one could waste many hours going over the gentrification of areas, the lack of opportunities for the locals and so on, or rather, the same one could point you to one of the spots where Venice's identity and habits have remained untouched: the Osteria Rivetta.

Being one of Venice’s more ancient Bacaros (bar), this place is perfect to dive into the local ritual of Venetian apertivo, that is “Ombra de vin e cicheto” (glass of wine and typical finger food).

In this very eclectic place, one’s ear can be pleased with semi-tuned notes coming out of a classical guitar played by a random passerby, one’s eye still beholding the maritime beauty of this very strange island, one’s hands fixed in a glass of wine and a delicious sandwich and one’s mouth busy tasting all of this and conversing with people of all sorts and all backgrounds.

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Based in Mestre, Venice. I studied languages at Florence University, then moved to Rotterdam, the Netherlands for some 16 months. Afterwards, I spent one month in Hangzhou, China, where I resumed my Chinese language studies and finally moved to Venice where I finished a master course in translating and interpreting (English-Chinese-Italian). I am currently working as a linguistic and cultural mediator for Venice's Municipality. Moreover, I am a licensed tour leader in English and Chinese. I also work in French and Spanish. I mainly do daily walking tours in Venice and Florence, but I also orga...

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