Treat your tastebuds as well as your eyes with this inside guide on what to eat in Venice Enjoying an aperitivo in Venice, where a glass of wine or spritz often accompanies cicchetti in the city’s traditional bacari. Venice carries one of the most famous travel images in the minds of the world: the sleek, inky-black gondola sliding through the deep, framed by architectural beauty, decaying in an atmospheric and somehow stylish manner.