Hungary · SHOPPING TOURS
Every trip has one free day too few. These 15 shopping tours justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part.
Tour Budapest’s Central Market Hall, cook Hungarian family recipes, taste local wines, and share a relaxed four-hour meal in a small group.
“Kinga was fantastic made the experience so entertaining and educational. Truly enjoyed the experience and would highly recommend this experience.”
Taste Budapest through goulash, lángos, chimney cake, wines, and pálinka on a small-group food tour from market to tavern.
“greate tour, very good nstructor, Sofia, good Hungarian food, good company. we went to the evening tour”
Taste salami, paprika, pickles, sweets and Unicum while learning Budapest food traditions inside the Central Market Hall with a German-speaking guide.
“Personal, informative and warm. Really worth double of what you pay. Thanks”
Cook goulash, chicken paprikash, nokedli, and strudel in Budapest, with wine, palinka, and an optional Central Market tour.
“This was a wonderful and informative class. Our chef Bridget was very knowledgeable and was very easy to understand. All of us enjoyed this class and would highly recommend it to other travelers.”
Shop Budapest’s Central Market Hall, taste Hungarian specialties, then cook family recipes with wine, pálinka, and local hosts.
“Very informative and fun. Great value and a good insight into the culture and people. George is a great host”
Cook Hungarian classics after a Central Market Hall walk, with pálinka, local wine, expert guidance, and a four-course lunch in Budapest.
“Loves the whole experience. Shopping in the market to the history and cooking. Even went back to the market for shopping later.”
Taste Hungarian staples, learn market customs, and explore Budapest’s Central Market Hall with a private former chef for $78.60.
“Andrew was a delight and a wealth of knowledge. We enjoyed the small group approach! It was great to get a taste of Hungary!”
Taste Hungarian salami, paprika, cheese, honey, and wine lore on a short German-guided tour of Budapest’s Central Market Hall.
“Es war wunderbar, sehr lehrreich und eines der Highlights unseres Urlaubs! Vielen lieben Dank für den Einblick in eure kulinarische Kultur ☺️”
Shop Budapest’s Central Market with Chef Marti, then cook Hungarian classics and share a homemade meal with wine in a small group.
“What a wonderful experience my husband and I had for our first "travel" cooking class!! Our guide/chef, Marti, took us on a tour of the Budapest Central Market (so much to see there!) and then we went to Marti's kitchen to prepare our meal: Sour Cherry Soup, Chicken Paprika with Dumplings and Gundel Pancakes. There were 5 of us for our class and Marti was an excellent hostess and got everyone involved in cooking and socializing. We enjoyed tasting palinka, homemade soft drinks and nibbles. I would absolutely recommend Marti's tour/class to anyone going to Budapest. My husband was a little apprehensive about doing a cooking class, but told me…”
Explore Budapest’s Christmas markets, St. Stephen’s Basilica, chimney cake, mulled wine, and a dazzling evening light show.
“I can't say enough great things about Katlin Boldizsar, owner and operator of Wonderguides. I almost did not show uo because I was tired of the Christmas markets after arriving from Vienna the day before. This tour was SO much more than a Christmas market tour. Katlain gave me an extensive history inside the St. Stephans Basilica. This is beautiful structure with so much history. She has a history degree, and her grandmother taught history. I'm a history buff and she loaded me with all the history that I could absorb. We did some tastings in the Christmas market and did some more exploring in the city. I highly recommend…”
Explore Budapest’s Great Market Hall with a local guide, tasting Hungarian foods, learning traditions, and seeing how locals shop.
“Definitely book this tour! If you just walked thru this market you would see so many things, but you would miss out on the details. The Hungarian diet much different than USA. Fascinating and strange! Our guide was a young local woman, Ilsa I think was her name. She was funny, patient and so knowledgeable! We sampled regional foods that were very interesting. Definitely a highlight on our trip! And then the World Market shopping! Such fun$$. We came back the next day!”
Explore Budapest’s Christmas markets with local stories, chimney cake, and mulled wine on a friendly 2.5-hour walking tour.
“Our tour turned out to be a private tour since no one else had booked on the same day! Ferenc was an amazing guide!! He was so patient when we wanted to stop at different stalls, he wanted us to see what WE wanted. He provided lots of interesting information about Hungarian Christmas traditions and foods. Such a friendly guy, we felt as though we’d known him for a long time. Before the tour ended he gave us recommendations for a ruin bar, where to get langos, and more! Couldn’t be happier with this tour!!!”
Hunt communist relics, art, furniture, and vintage finds at Budapest’s Ecseri Market with a private guide, coffee, and lángos.
“My guide Barnas Kovecs made it fun. There are hardly any vendors on Thursday and the ones that do come are after 11:00 AM. A bit disappointed given the cost.”
Taste chimney cake, mulled wine, marzipan, and coffee while exploring Budapest Christmas markets and Hungarian holiday traditions with a local guide.
“The tour was great! Our guide knew the area well and described a lot of the architecture throughout our walk. Well worth it.”
Cook a Hungarian three-course lunch, tour Budapest’s Central Market Hall, taste pálinka and paprika, and learn recipes to take home.
“Cooking with Vesna was a lot of fun. Between shared stories, we made Tejfölös krumplileves (creamy potato soup), Csirkepaprikas (chicken paprikash), and Meggyes pite (sour cherry pie). Delicious, delicious, delicious! Everyone should make this class the centerpiece of their Budapest vacation.”
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