The 5 Budapest Market Tours That Earn Their Price

1.Budapest Cooking Class & Market Tour with Local Guide & Wines

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 553 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $99Our pick

Meet guides such as Kinga, Mesi, Ben, or Birdie at Budapest’s Central Market Hall. Taste pickles, salami, cheese, and pálinka, shop for ingredients, then walk to a cozy Budapest-style kitchen to prepare a Hungarian meal and eat together. Vegetarian and vegan options are available.

“It was fabulous, Kinga was wonderful. We enjoyed the market then walk to the apartment to cook. Only 5 in our group, very nice.”

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2.Budapest Food Tour: Market to Tavern with 14+ Tasters & Wines

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 434 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $76

Spend three hours tasting Hungarian classics with a small group of up to 12. Guides such as Sofia, Kinga, Birdie, and Ben explain food, drink, and local customs as you sample goulash, lángos, sausages, pickles, chimney cake, wines, beer, and pálinka. Choose the morning market tour or the evening drink-focused version.

“The tour was very interesting, our guide Sofia was very funny and helpful. Fuller recommend to take this tour”

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3.Food Tour Market to Tavern: 14+ Tasters & Wines

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 375 reviews · 3 hours · from $78

Spend three hours tasting Hungary with a local English-speaking guide such as Birdie, Emma, Sofia, Mesi or Ben. Try goulash, lángos, cold cuts, pickles, palinka, wine, chimney cake and dessert in a small group, with daytime and evening options.

“Sofia is an incredible guide. Great tour and great experience! Thank you Sofia!”

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4.German tour: Central Market Hall of Budapest with tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 164 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $35Best value

Meet your German-speaking GastroGuides Budapest host at the rear entrance of the Central Market Hall for 90 minutes of Hungarian food tasting and local food culture. Try salami, sausage, cheese, paprika, pickles, honey, chocolate, sweets, Unicum and homemade syrup, then take home three digital guides.

“Agnes was terrific! She explained lot of hungarian products, we couls taste charcuterie, bread, honey, wine, and some more delicious food she prepared for us. Ver recommended!”

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5.Small-Group Cooking Class & Market Tour with Local

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 138 reviews · 4 hours · from $100

Spend four hours with Foodapest guides such as Kinga, George, Mesi, or Marcell, beginning at Central Market Hall and ending in a Budapest apartment kitchen. Taste Hungarian treats, cook chicken paprikash, goulash, or stuffed cabbage, and share wine, dessert, recipes, and conversation.

“Fun cooking class and guide. Nothing to improve other than adding desert. Appetizers and meal either drinks was amazing.”

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