VENICE — Last summer, while sweating my way through the Rialto fish market, I spotted a familiar sight from my North Carolina upbringing: Atlantic blue crabs, labeled “granchio blu.” ...

Located near the famous Rialto Bridge, the Rialto Market is a centuries-old market that features everything you would expect including fruit, fish and vegetables. Of course, many travelers head ...

the Rialto market has been a Venetian institution for nearly a millenia! In the Pescheria, fish, shellfish and seafood are brought in from the lagoon every morning to stock up the stalls.