LIMA · PERU
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The 10 most popular markets tours in Lima, with prices, durations and a clear sense of what each one is actually like.
Lima’s Surquillo market and Miraflores cooking studio pair hands-on Peruvian dishes with exotic fruit and potato tasting for $65.
“Tour through market 2, exotic fruit tasting and cook 3 course meal The food was great, Maverick and chef are amazing.”
4-hour Lima historic-center food tour with tamales, pisco, market fruits, old sights, small-group service. $69.
“It was a wonderful experience. Guide was very knowledgeable and personable, delicious food, and a great experience learning some history also.”
Lima’s 12 Peruvian Snacks walk is a small-group market tour with ceviche, anticucho, Chinatown bites, and classic plaza favorites for $50.
“Easy pace, great food, experienced knowledgeable guide. Saw much of old town including huge market and china town”
Small-group Lima Historic Center tour with Plaza San Martín, Jirón de la Unión, Mercado Central and San Francisco Catacombs, plus pickup.
“An interesting tour to admire some architecture and art, and to know the history of the place. Our guide Renzo gave a lot of interesting details, especially about the Convent.”
A 4-hour English street food and market tour through Lima’s historic center, with chilcano, churros, anticuchos, desserts, and landmarks.
“Great tour. Well worth your money, plenty of food ranging from small local restaurants and street food vendors to fruits from the local market. Excellent background on local culture, and culinary knowledge as well as info about the historical inner city with the guide. Made our stay in Lima.”
Walk Lima’s historic center with Central Market fruit tastings and UNESCO San Francisco catacombs, plus Spanish phrases for street life.
“Make this your first tour to get your orientation to the city. Paula, our tour guide, quickly adapted to our group of 3, personalized the tour for us, gave a good overview of Lima history, answered all our questions, made recommendations for dinner and called an Uber for us! We could not have asked for…”
Taste 35+ fruits at Lima’s Surquillo market, then cook a 4-course Peruvian lunch at SkyKitchen with a pisco sour.
“Well, I didn’t have the option for 10 stars, but that’s how I would rate our experience with Christian. What a high quality, up scale, informative, and fun time. The market tour and fruit tasting was exceptional, don’t skip that part. Then the cooking and eating adventure was just fun and delicious. I would recommend…”
Surquillo market tour plus a Lima cooking class to make causa and ceviche, with a pisco cocktail and recipes. Pickup included.
“Great experience with Dasha at the market. She really knew her fruits and was very nice. Arriving at the cooking school we were served drinks and tried fruits from the market as she explained each one. After we made step by step each dish guided by local chef Camila Don’t miss this activity next time…”
Private Lima cooking class with Chef Hector Aguilar: market trip, Pisco Sour skills, a ceviche-led 3-course meal, e-book included.
“Hector did a great job teaching us all about Peruvian cooking and food. We did this on our first day in Peru and the rest of the trip we were saying, "Oh we know about this!" As we are at restaurants. The food you make is also amazingly delicious at the end! Can't wait to…”
Lima full-day food tour: Surquillo market, hands-on Peruvian cooking with chef Nindi, pisco stops, catacombs, and old-city walking.
“What an amazing day! My guide, Jose picked me up early!!! and asked me to pick one of three appetizers and one of three entrees. I chose cerviche and a beef dish. On the way to the market, I got to ask all sorts of questions about life in Peru. The market was great- Jose…”
