Peru Market Tours: Our Top 15

1.Peruvian Cooking Class, Cocktails & Local Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 512 reviews · 4 hours · from $67Our pick

Start at Door 1 of San Pedro Market with Chef Jesus or another English-speaking chef, sampling local produce, cheese, bread, chocolate, and fruit. Walk to a clean central studio to make two pisco cocktails, ceviche, causa limeña, quinoa tamales, and picarones. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and nonalcoholic options are available.

“Best part of our trip so far. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience, from the guided tour of the market, the cocktail making and of course the food! we had a great bunch of people to share the experience with which only added to it. highly recommend.”

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2.Pisac Indian Market and Ollantaytambo Fortress with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 395 reviews · 10 hours (approx.) · from $84

Spend about 10 hours in the Sacred Valley, visiting Pisac Market, local craft sellers, and Ollantaytambo’s Temple of the Sun. A bilingual guide, buffet lunch, and hotel transfers are included. Guides such as Adriel, Luis, Alex, and Julio have earned strong praise for clear history and friendly care. Check your booking option carefully, since entrance fees may vary.

“I ca not say enough good things about this tour. Our guide, Manuel was amazing. He shared so much good information and we learned so much about the culture. Everyone visiting Cusco should take this tour!!!”

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3.Historic Center Street Food, Market, and Eateries Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 216 reviews · 4 hours · from $69

Spend four hours walking Lima’s Historic Center with guides such as Marcos, Aura, Valeria, and Sheyla. Sample anticuchos, churros, picarones, chilcanos, chicharrón sandwiches, market fruit, and chifa flavors while seeing Plaza San Martín, Plaza Mayor, San Francisco, and the Cathedral. Expect a generous, dessert-heavy tasting menu and English-only guiding.

“We really enjoyed the tour! It was the perfect mix of trying foods and learning some history and culture. The places we went to were ones we never would have found on our own and all the foods were delicious. Our guide Marcos was very knowledgeable and helpful! The only thing I would have changed is that the tour is heavy on dessert foods. We had small portions of the savory foods and then had a big churro & full picaron (donut). I would have maybe had a full tamal and shared a churro. But if you love sweets you will be happy, and of course everything was tasty!”

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4.Cooking class and market tour with a local chef

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 186 reviews · 4 hours · from $57Top rated

Meet chef Ronal at Calle San Juan de Dios 264 for a four-hour Cusco food experience. Tour San Pedro Market, taste local fruits and cheese, then prepare rocoto relleno, causa, a pisco cocktail, and your choice of lomo saltado or ceviche. Vegetarian and dietary adaptations are available.

“Really nice way to learn about a culture - through its food. Really enjoyed this experience. 100% recommend. We learnt so much about Peruvian food and culture even tips and tricks - about altitude sickness, herbs etc We had a market experience to appreciate where our ingredients came from. Cooking class is really smooth and well organised. We made a cocktail and ceviche and beef.”

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5.Cusco City Sightseeing, San Pedro Market, Cathedral and Qorikancha Temple

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 139 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $59

This 2:00 pm bilingual tour combines Cusco’s daily market life with major Inca and colonial sights. You’ll see San Cristóbal Plaza, San Pedro Market, Qorikancha, San Blas, Hatun Rumiyoc Street, the Twelve-Angled Stone, Plaza de Armas, and Cusco Cathedral. Hotel pickup, transport, a guide, and entry tickets are included, with groups capped at 15.

“Nice tour of the city. Small group and flexible. Moved around by car efficiently despite being able to do this on foot.”

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6.Experience Lima: Taste 12 Snacks and Visit Top Monuments

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 138 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $75

Start in central Lima with a guide such as Arturo, Yoced, or Joseph, then eat your way through Barrios Altos, Chinatown, Mercado Central, and local cafés. You’ll try ceviche, anticuchos, picarones, chicharrón sandwiches, exotic fruit, and more, with the San Francisco catacombs and major plazas adding history between bites.

“Yocedd took us into the market to places we would not have found on our own and have us, literally, a taste of every day life in Lima as well as excellent insights into the challenges anne the promise of Lima.”

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7.Lima Street Food Tour Beyond Netflix

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 117 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $50

Join guide Bruce for a 3.5-hour Lima food walk starting at Mercado Central. Taste lucuma juice, ceviche, dim sum, anticuchos, picarones, and more while learning how Chinese migration shaped Peruvian cooking. The tour ends near Plaza San Martin, with an optional $8 Pisco Sour.

“Love the tour as you get to eat street food while experience local culture. The guide Bruce with Inka Pride was great and informative about places to vist and see. He did offer alternatives for those who are not adventurous in there food choice as well. Overall the food picks tasted delicious 😋”

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8.Market Tour, Tasting of 35 Fruits, and 4-Course Peruvian Cooking Class in Lima

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 86 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $125

Meet Christian or the class team at Surquillo Market at 9:00 a.m. for a 50-minute produce tour and tasting of 35-plus Peruvian fruits. Then ride to SkyKitchen in Miraflores, where you prepare four courses, make a pisco sour, and eat what you cook. Vegetarian and vegan options are available with advance notice.

“Educational class which also allowed us to immerse ourselves in Peruvian culture. This class allowed us to identify foods as we continued our travels through South America.”

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9.Belen Market & Floating City 2-3 Hour Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 38 reviews · 2h 30m · from $40Best value

Join Kelwin of Kelwin’s Amazon Adventures for a private 150-minute tour from Iquitos Boulevard. Walk through Belen Market, see jungle foods, river fish, crafts, traditional medicine, and then ride a traditional boat through the floating city. English and Spanish guiding, private transport, and a return mototaxi are included.

“Kelwin was an amazing Tourguide for the 2-3 hour tour through Belen! The market and floating houses are really impressive and we felt always very safe with our guide. He knows a lot about anything you ask and the people know him there so it‘s a very good experiance! Thank you so much for the cool morning!”

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10.Peruvian Cooking Class & Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 19 reviews · from $65

Meet at the fountain in the square for a San Pedro Market walk, then join chef Ronald or another English- and Spanish-speaking chef for a hands-on class. Learn about pisco, prepare ceviche, Chilcano soup, lomo saltado, or ají de gallina, and sit down to lunch with your creations.

“Had an amazing time, chef Ronald was the best!”

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11.Food Tour on Local Market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · 3 hours · from $75

Spend three hours walking from Jr. Cusco 400 through Barrios Altos, Chinatown, and Central Market. Your English or Spanish speaking guide introduces nine Peruvian bites, including ceviche, anticuchos, picarones, lucuma, and pan con chicharrón. Guides such as Giovanna also explain Lima’s Chinese influence and local food customs. Food is included, but the Pisco Sour costs extra.

“Lovely tour with our knowledgable and friendly guide. All of the sites/visits were above expectation and kept high quality all the way through. A great tour for understanding the local culture through food.”

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12.Full Day Lima: Local Market+ CityTour+ Barranco & Miraflores

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 6 hours · from $149

Spend six hours with a private guide exploring Lima from market stalls to Pacific views. Taste local fruit, walk the historic center, visit San Francisco’s catacombs, see Huaca Pucllana, and finish in Barranco and Miraflores. Guides speak English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, or Quechua. Lunch is not included.

“Guide parlant très bien français Guide intéressant Visite du marché de Lima et de tout le centre fort instructif, dégustation de nombreux fruits de la région délicieux. N’ayant qu’une journée à Lima cela nous a permis d’avoir un aperçu la ville avec une personne du pays.”

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13.Market Tour, 35 Fruits Tasting & Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 5h 30m · from $120

Meet your English, Spanish, or German-speaking guide at Surquillo Market Nro 1, taste more than 35 Peruvian fruits, then transfer to SkyKitchen for a hands-on four-course meal. You will prepare each dish, sip one pisco sour, and eat courses as they are finished.

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14.Market Tour and Cooking Class with Pisco Sour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 2h 30m · from $59

Meet your English-speaking guide outside the Holiday Inn Lima Miraflores, visit Surquillo Market, taste four Peruvian fruits, then prepare ceviche, causa rellena, and a pisco sour with a local chef. The 150-minute small-group class ends with dessert and your own meal.

“We loved the walk in the market before the cooking class. The restaurant venue for the class was perfect. We enjoyed the drink and two items were prepared. It was fun and delicious. Our best tour of the trip.”

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15.Coricancha, Cathedral & San Pedro Market Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $62

Walk from the Inca Sun Temple to Cusco Cathedral, then browse San Pedro Market with an English- or Spanish-speaking private guide. You’ll see Spanish and Inca layers side by side, sample regional produce, and return to a Historic Center hotel. The market stop may be replaced by Casa Concha.

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