The 7 Best Market Tours in Cancún

1.Cancun Taco Tour, Local Beer and Night Market with Transportation

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 816 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $89Our pick

Spend about four hours tasting Cancun tacos with an English-speaking guide such as G, Diego, Navarro, or Sasha. Ride in air-conditioned transport, visit family-run taco shops, try Mexican beer and churros, and finish at Parque de las Palapas. Vegetarian options are available by request.

“We had an amazing time on our food tour in Cancun! The variety of tacos and different hot sauces was delicious. Our guide was fantastic, informative and friendly. Highly recommend.”

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2.Cancun Street Food Tour with Food Stalls, Local Market and Murals

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 723 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $64Best value

Spend 3.5 hours with a local guide such as Adrian, Sasha, or G, eating at family-run stalls, visiting Mercado 23, and photographing street murals. Hotel pickup, food, drinks, and air-conditioned transport are included for Cancun hotels, while Riviera Maya pickup costs extra.

“Really nice guide, and the foods were nice too, made my first day in cancun! thank you, Jim and Alex!”

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3.Mexican Cooking Class with fresh Local Market ingredients selection and transpor

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 238 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $79

Join guides such as Diego, G, Angel, Sasha, or Nassim for a Mercado 23 visit and Mexican cooking class in Cancun. You’ll select ingredients, prepare guacamole, sopes, enchiladas, tortillas, and arroz con leche, then eat your meal with coffee, soft drinks, and a homemade margarita.

“In-depth culinary experience at La Parrilla restaurant and Market 23, would highly recommend for an open afternoon! Our guide Asim was informative and very funny, he made it very enjoyable and easy going.”

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4.Cooking Class and Optional Local Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 127 reviews · 4 hours · from $78

Spend four hours learning Mexican cooking at a long-running Cancún restaurant. With guides such as Diego, Nassim, or G, you can visit a local market, choose ingredients, press tortillas, make guacamole, cook several dishes, and enjoy a margarita. Hotel transport is optional.

“Great Cooking class. Diego our guide was so knowledgeable and friendly. Was great to walk around the markets to see where the food is sourced and then learning how to cook some delicious traditional Mexican dishes. Can’t wait to try at home.”

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5.Street Food, Local Market and Urban Art Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 88 reviews · 5 hours · from $78

Spend five hours tasting tacos, tamales, carnitas, cochinita pibil, drinks, and desserts at four Cancún food stops. An English or Spanish guide such as Adrian, Diego, or Alex explains each dish, then takes you through a local market. Expect more food than walking, with urban art often viewed from the van.

“The tour was great!! The food was better than expected and plentiful! Go hungry!!!! Street art was really cool too but not as much of it as I thought. The food made up for it!”

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6.Experience Cancun’s Hidden Gems, Mayan museum, cenote & Market 23

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 49 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $213

Spend about six hours with a private guide such as Axel, Vanessa, or Max, visiting Cancun’s Mayan Museum, sampling tortas and tacos at Market 23, and swimming at Neen Ha cenote. Hotel pickup, admission, food, drinks, towels, and a life jacket are included.

“This tour was so well planned and crafted. You can tell Axel and his team but so much thought into the tour and showing the very best hidden gems of Cancun. Mercado 23 was amazing and we tasted many local foods and shopped like locals. Lunch was delicious and more than expected. The cenote was beautiful and relaxing. This company is professional, knowledgeable and enthusiastic. We will 100% use them again. Highly recommended. We went with two teenagers and they really enjoyed it too. Thanks Axel for a special day.”

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7.3-Hour Food Tour, Visit to the Market & Street Art

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 8 reviews · 3 hours · from $81

Meet your English or Spanish-speaking guide outside Super Aki at Mercado 28 for three hours of local Cancun food, market browsing, street art, and stories. You’ll taste panuchos, picadas, carnitas, gorditas, quesadillas, salbutes, fruit juice, and a Mexican popsicle in a group of up to 10.

“Pas mal de restaurant typique et surtout un super guide .”

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