Clockwise from left: The Antica Osteria Ruga Rialto, one of our favourite places; we often come here before lunch and end up staying; sunset over the Arsenale
Images by Iain Reid uunless otherwise stated
The Giro d’Ombre is the Venetian equivalent of a pub crawl. Needless to say, this being Italy, there is plenty of food to enjoy along the way. Venice native Sara Scarpa is your guide…
We were standing at the bar enjoying a plate filled with some baccalà mantecato (dried salt cod), a few polpette (fried meatballs) and some sardee en saor (sweet and sour sardines), to be washed down with an ombra de vin (a ‘shadow’, or small glass, of wine). The place was relatively quiet as it was still too early for a sit-down lunch, but the atmosphere was friendly and cosy.