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Latvian Food Tasting Tour at Riga Central Market: A Gastronomic Excursion by Rigatrips
4.6
169 Ratings
Rīga
Embark on a Latvian food tasting tour at Riga Central Market with Rigatrips. Discover the rich culinary traditions of Latvia and indulge in a variety of traditional local delicacies.
Embark on a Latvian food tasting tour at Riga Central Market with Rigatrips. Discover the rich culinary traditions of Latvia and indulge in a variety of traditional local delicacies.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Central Market (Centraltirgus) - You will walk through all 5 zeppelin hangars of the Riga Central Market for 2 hours and taste the food from different stalls.
- Central Market (Centraltirgus) - You will walk through all 5 zeppelin hangars of the Riga Central Market for 2 hours and taste the food from different stalls.
What's Included
- Snacks
- Snacks
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Lunch
Additional Information
Experience Latvian culinary culture on a food tour organized by Rigatrips, held at the biggest open-air marketplace in Europe. This tour offers an insight into local Latvian gastronomy, featuring an expanse of authentic local food items including meat, bread, cheese, fish, indigenous fermented vegetables, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, and…
Experience Latvian culinary culture on a food tour organized by Rigatrips, held at the biggest open-air marketplace in Europe. This tour offers an insight into local Latvian gastronomy, featuring an expanse of authentic local food items including meat, bread, cheese, fish, indigenous fermented vegetables, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, and confectioneries.
- Cancellations - please be aware that we have minimum of 6 poeple per tour to run. If there will be not enough customers - a day before the tour we will offer you another day of tour or a compensation.
- Tour is available for vegeterians, as about 70% of the food samples will be available also for you plus an extra vegetarian offer in one of the places
- Latvian cuisine is based on meat and fish, so if you do not eat either of it, you can still participate in the tour as 60% of the food will still be possible for you to try.
- Not recommended for vegan travellers, as only 40% of the food on the tour is vegan friendly.
Location
Grēcinieku iela 18
Grēcinieku iela
We will be waiting for you at the Grecinieku street in the Riga Old Town below the sign 18 with a green box and the official Riga Guide sign on the neck of the guide. It can happen, that the guide is 5 min late, as is coming from the previous Old Town tour.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(169 Ratings)
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Richardel3556co
Nov 25, 2024
Amazing tour of Riga markets - Amazing tour. Great guide, really informative and the food was delicious and authentically Latvian. Would highly recommend to anyone visiting Riga.
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Callum_r
Nov 9, 2024
Amazing experience - Out tour guide was a lovely and gave us interesting information about the market.
We got to taste a lot of different interesting foods and we got quite full! We also got to taste balsam and Latvian champagne!!!
Really recommend this as you try foods you most likely wouldn't choose by yourself!
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388linda
Nov 4, 2024
Brilliant experience trying local foods - An excellent experience, trying lots of local delicacies. We tried about 20 or so different food and drinks, so don't eat before you go. The guide Guna was brilliant, providing us with lots of information about the food and how it fits in with latvian traditions, as well as historical information about the market itself.
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956ralphm
Nov 3, 2024
Recommended walking tour - Very nice guide, very nice, historical location. We were surprised at the variety of samples we would be served. Everything from soup, chicken, dessert, pickled vegetables to fish was there. We found it more than worth the money
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Jill_l
Oct 21, 2024
Excellent market tour - Guna from Riga Tours was a fantastic guide - we visited many different parts of the Riga Market and Guna told us all about the food, the market, Latvian culture and really gave us an insight. Very well organised, it was very sociable and a brilliant way to spend a few hours. We also had plenty to eat and we tasted lots of different foods. I would definitely recommend this tour.
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Evelin_o
Oct 15, 2024
Well organized, super guide 🤗 - Interesting tour, perfect guide, tips gathered for the next time, food was preorganized and it was an important thing during those two hours.
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Sannax
Oct 14, 2024
Great Guide and Experienceful Tour! - Our Guide, who I have unfortunately forgotten the name of, but she said that she is a teacher of English and Spanish and lives in Jurmala was very good! We got a lot of information, had time for a lot and tasted a lot and it did not feel in the least stressful or that we were in a hurry. The guide helped us with information that was not included in the tour (we wanted to go to Jurmala after the tour and she explained how to buy train tickets and the like). We got to hear about the country's economy, raw materials, exports, traditions and lots more! We had both food tasting (cheese, black beans with bacon, some kind of herring cake, bread, dessert, fish sandwiches) and spirit tasting (riga balsam and bubbly).
We booked the old town - walking tour with the same organizer too and it was just as good. Highly recommended!
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Katrina_g
Oct 20, 2024
Relaxed food tour - enjoyed by both me and my 11 year old - Enjoyed the tour - knowledgeable guide with good English. A good range of different foods to try and some fun anecdotes/stories thrown in. My 11 year old also enjoyed it. Just about the right length of time and pace - we then spent some more time looking about in the market on our own, with at least a little idea of what we were looking at having just been on the tour!
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1shanip
Nov 25, 2024
Lovely Tour Guide - The lady was lovely who took us around the market but to be honest I wasn’t keen on the food we tried and there wasn’t a lot of backstory.
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John_f
Oct 7, 2024
Never again - A guide arrived right on the appointed time, did not check tickets, take names, split the group and started walking. We tried to follow but were soon left far behind (I’m 71).
We stumbled upon them outside the market as the guide finished her introduction. Off they went & we lost them again - never to be seen again.
We experienced none of the tastings.
The meeting place was on a busy corner - are there no squares nearby… like outside St John’s?
A disappointing non-experience.
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