Sant'Erasmo by bike — the kitchen garden of Venice

Twenty minutes by vaporetto from Fondamente Nove lands you on a long, flat island where Venice grows its vegetables — castraure (the prized baby artichokes), the local Sant'Erasmo wine, herbs, garlic, asparagus, salad. The whole island is about ten kilometers around, flat, almost no cars, and most of it is farms with stone wells and abandoned watchtowers. Rent a bike at Lato Azzurro (the main inn near the vaporetto stop), pack a picnic from Rialto market the day before, and ride the perimeter in a slow loop. There's a small sandy beach at Punta della Vela on the lagoon side — bring a towel. Few services on the island, almost nobody else doing this. Best from April through October.

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