The 13 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.Lucha Libre, Tacos, Margaritas,Tequila and Night Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 64 reviews · from $119

Start at La Parrilla Cancún or arrange pickup, then enjoy tacos, esquites, margaritas, tequila, mariachi, a night market, and front-row Lucha Libre. Guides such as G, Chris, Diego, and Alex have led the evening, which runs about four and a half hours and returns to the meeting point.

“What an absolute blast! Lucha Libre is one of the craziest things you will ever see. Highly recommend if you want a unique and different experience, and one that none of your friends have probably ever seen. Oh, and the tacos part was excellent as well, very tasty and al a little different. Nice that it was in downtown Cancun.”

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7.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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8.3-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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9.Taste of Cancun: Street Food, Local Market and Urban Murals Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $99

Spend 4.5 hours tasting Cancun street food with a guide such as Adrian, Alex, G, or Roy. Visit Mercado 23, try carnitas, tamales, salbutes, barbacoa, and handmade popsicles, then see downtown murals in a group capped at 12.

“We had a wonderful time on the taco tour. The food was great. Different at each stop. We got to see a mural that is animated if you look through an app. Roy and Alex were wonderful! Great guides! I walk with a cane. They were very thoughtful, parking by curbs to make it easier for me to climb in the van. All around good day!”

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10.Steps Full of Flavor, Cancun Foodie & Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $80

Walk through downtown Cancun with Cristobal or another Riviera Maya Food Tours guide, stopping for tacos, empanadas, fruits, drinks, and local specialties. The 2.5-hour tour ends at Market 23, where you will see spices, produce, and everyday Mexican shopping away from the resort zone.

“If you are a foodie I highly recommend you check out this tour.It was amazing.Cristóbal my tour guide was very friendly and has so many knowledge when it comes to the Mexican cuisine.I had street tacos and empanadas made from scratch ,tasted great and fresh,some Mayan fruits ,drink etc.,We also walked around the market where I was shown different spices and lots of other things”

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11.Flavors of Mexico: Cancun Cooking Class & Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 5 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $119

Meet a professional chef at La Parrilla Cancún, visit a local market for ingredients, then prepare six Mexican dishes using a molcajete and comal. The small class includes lunch, drinks, a margarita, hotel pickup in Cancun, and a digital recipe book.

“Very friendly guides and a fun group experience. Highly recommend to anyone visiting and wanting to partake of a local activity”

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12.Cancun Street Food, Urban Art and Local Market Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 4 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $109

Spend about 4.5 hours tasting five Mexican dishes at four local food stalls, exploring Mercado 23, and viewing Cancun’s street art. Hotel pickup, drinks, and an English-speaking guide are included, with vegetarian food available on request.

“The tour was great and so the guide Nassim, very knowledgeable and friendly. He took us to eat delicious food in some of the most local and authentic places (I am a local so I know they were authentic) and check out some spectacular murals and markets. Definitely recommended! Make sure you go with an empty stomach, though. You will eat A LOT!”

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13.Cancun Private Foodies Market Tour and Street Food

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $79

Spend about 2.5 hours with a private bilingual guide at Cancun Market, tasting four traditional dishes and drinks from stalls that supply local restaurants. Your guide explains Mexican ingredients, cooking methods, and family food traditions. The tour starts and ends near Theatre October 8.

“John was an amazing tour guide! He had so much information and we learned so much! Highly recommend!”

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