Rialto Market — fish and produce, before the tourists

The fish market (Pescheria) is the oldest food market in continuous operation in Italy — fish has been sold on this exact spot since 1097. The fishmongers shout in Venetian dialect and break apart at 1 p.m. sharp. Closed Sundays and Mondays. The produce market alongside (Erberia) sells the rare lagoon vegetables — castraure (baby artichokes from Sant'Erasmo island), bruscandoli (wild hop shoots), radicchio di Treviso. Go at 7 a.m. for the spectacle, not the shopping.

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