8 Vegan & Vegetarian Tours Worth the Early Start

1.Jaipur Market Tour & Vegetarian Rajasthani Home Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 113 reviews · from $60Our pick

Meet Shalini near Crystal Mall for a market visit, where you choose seasonal vegetables and learn about Rajasthani spices. Then cook a vegetarian meal with Shalini and her mother-in-law in their Jaipur home. Lunch and dinner times are available, and the menu changes with the season.

“This is the best cooking class I’ve ever taken is so special to be in somebody’s home and learn so much about local culture. It was very nice to pick out our own vegetables and learn about the different spices. I would strongly urge anybody to do this, while they are in Jaipur.”

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2.Busan Tailored Korean cooking class (Vegan OK)with market tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 66 reviews · from $95

Meet Suyang near Seomyeon, tour Bujeon Market, choose two banchan and one soup or stew, then cook and eat your meal together. The menu can be adapted for vegetarians and vegans, with recipes to recreate at home. The class lasts about five hours and ends at the meeting point.

“We were hosted by Suyang Chang and enjoyed the cooking class. We visited a local market and sourced the most fresh cooking ingredients of the day. It's Marinated Abalone we learned and it is absolutely scrumptious. The recipe is easy to follow, but the result is surprisingly good. We love the marinated abalone and it is definitely ambrosial and glorious!”

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3.Seville Vegan Tapas Food and Market Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 40 reviews · from $105

Spend 3.5 hours with local guides such as Marta, Bruno, or Diego, visiting Triana Market and three or four tapas spots. You’ll sample traditional plant-based dishes, hear stories about Seville and flamenco, enjoy a drink, and receive a useful e-book guide.

“We strongly recommend this tour for not only vegans, but anyone with an open mind for great food and to get a rich understanding of the history and culture in Seville. Marta and Bruno are excellent. This is the best tour guide we have been on.”

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4.Gwangjang Market Vegan & Vegetarian Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · 2 hours · from $89

Meet Jungho outside Jongno 5-ga Station for a two-hour walk through Gwangjang Market. You’ll taste 11-plus vegan Korean dishes and drinks, from filling meals to sweets, while learning market customs and food traditions. The small group is limited to eight, and Jungho handles ordering and ingredient checks in English.

“Awesome tour! Lots of things to eat and a guide with all the knowledge you could ask for. Highly recommended :) *even for people who are not vegan ;)”

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5.Beijing: Vegan Home Cooking & Local Market Tour with Sanxia

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 4 reviews · 4 hours · from $47

Join Sanxia, also known as Rabbit, near Linheli in Tongzhou for a private market visit and home cooking class. Choose seasonal produce, make dumplings, noodles, steamed buns, and other vegan dishes, then eat together over Chinese tea. English and Chinese sessions run daily for one to eight people.

“This was amazing! I did this cooking class back in September and it was such a great experience! I was the only person booking it that day, so we met a little earlier, went to the market together and bought all the vegetables fresh from there! Then, we went to Sanxia‘s apartment and cooked a lot of different dishes! It was really fun!! We all ate together and talked a lot. I actually ended up spending my whole day with Sanxia, her boyfriend Jürgen and their friends. It was my favorite day of my whole solo trip to Beijing, China ^^”

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6.Vegan Cooking Class – Market & Coconut Basket Boat

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $28

Meet an English-speaking chef-guide, visit a local market, bargain for ingredients, then paddle a bamboo basket boat through Cam Thanh Coconut Village. In a traditional stilt house, you will prepare four Vietnamese vegan dishes, eat your cooking, and return to Hoi An or central Da Nang by van.

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7.Vegetarian Cooking Class & Explore Market wChef Thanh

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 3 reviews · 3 hours · from $27Best value

Join Chef Thanh in Hoi An for a three-hour vegetarian cooking class with an optional local market visit. You’ll learn to select fresh ingredients, cook traditional Vietnamese dishes step by step, and eat what you prepare. Hotel pickup and drop-off in the Hoi An area are available, and vegan requests can be accommodated.

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8.Vegan & Veggie Market Tour with Cooking Lesson

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 2 reviews · 4 hours · from $87

Join a small group of up to eight for a four-hour food and culture walk from Café de Tacuba to Jamaica Market. Explore Centro Histórico, sample vegetarian tamales, fruit cocktails, atole or café de olla, ride the metro, taste Mexican garnachas, and make salsa or a huarache with a family-run eatery.

“The part of the tour that I would give 5* is the Jamaican Market tour and cooking our own salsa - including the group metro ride from the old town. Having more time for this would have been even better. Our tour didn't finish until 2pm, and ended in a rush. The first half of the tour was walking around the old town, including inside the Cathedral and seeing some fascinating murals that we'd never have found on our own. This took us by surprise, as it was not included in the descroption if this tour, and was not really food related. You could lose this part of the tour…”

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