The 8 Best Food Walking Tours in Mexico

1.Playa del Carmen Walking Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,274 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $84Our pick

Spend about three hours walking, tasting, and learning around central Playa del Carmen with Eating With Carmen Food Tours. Guides such as Abby, Marcel, Fabiola, Enrique, and Alex lead small groups to local markets, taquerias, food stands, and a paleteria. Expect generous tastings, fruit drinks, mole, tacos, street art, and vegetarian options.

“We had a great time! Our tour guide Enrique was the best. Very knowledgeable and charismatic. 10/10 great food and great experience. Will be using Eating with Carmen for future trips to Mexico!”

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2.Merida Walking Food Tour. Authentic & Local Cuisine

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 451 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $70

Spend about three hours walking from Plaza Grande through San Benito and Lucas de Gálvez markets, tasting eight local foods and drinks. Your English-speaking guide may be Fernando, Marcos, Laura, Annette, or another member of the Eating With Carmen team. Come hungry: the portions add up quickly.

“Laura was one of the best tour guides I have ever had. She had a personal interest in each and everyone of us taste the unique and exquisite tastes of Merida. Her knowledge of the food and the Mercados was above and beyond. I would recommend this tour to everyone.”

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3.Merida Street Food Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 417 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $69Best value

Start near Mérida’s cathedral at 10:30 a.m. and walk with an English and Spanish-speaking guide through Lucas de Gálvez Market. Taste seasonal fruit, cochinita pibil, panuchos, local drinks, sweets, ceviche, and artisanal gelato. Guides such as Gisell, Luz, Zulma, Laura, and Diego lead the route, which usually lasts three to four hours.

“It’s a wonderful way to experience the local foods of Merida. We had a lot of fun, and tasted many unique fruits, spices, drinks and delicious food.”

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4.Tulum Local Walking Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 340 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $94

Walk through central Tulum with a bilingual guide such as Armando, Diego, or Enrique, stopping at local eateries for tacos, tamales, fresh juices, and other Mexican specialties. The three-hour tour avoids the main tourist circuit, includes tips and tastings, and limits groups to 10 people. Vegetarian options are available.

“You probably get $10 worth of food. Very overpriced tour for what you get. Some of the places we went were dirty and not good. Two stops were good. The guide was good and friendly and knowledgeable. They did accommodate vegetarian options at some stops.”

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5.Mérida: 3-Hour Walking Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 287 reviews · 3 hours · from $69

Meet your English or Spanish-speaking guide at Plaza Grande for a small-group food walk through central Mérida. Try gorditas, poc chuc, salbutes, tamales, local fruit, tacos al pastor, and carnitas, with market visits and cultural stories along the way. Guides such as Laura, Marco, Annette, and Manuel are known for making local food easy to understand.

“A must do in Merida! Pros - Sylvie our guide was great ( it was her first tour, informative, friendly and showed her passion for the city). Good amount of time and walking off food between stops. 7 stops in total (including 2 drinks) and we were full. Ate some interesting food, met friends and learned about the city. They gave good recommendations for the rest of Merida so begin your trip with this. Improvement - drink stops came pretty much back to back and was the same sweet flavoured water. Could do with only one of these. It got a bit sickly. An optional bar stop at the end…”

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6.Playa del Carmen: 3-Hour Local Food Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 267 reviews · 3 hours · from $84

Spend three hours eating your way through local Playa del Carmen with a Spanish or English-speaking guide such as Abbey, Alex, Emmanuel, or Fabiola. Expect tacos, quesadillas, mole, agua fresca, market stops, Mayan and Mexican culture, street art, and a fruit-filled popsicle finale. Groups are limited to 10.

“Alex was awesome. Taught us a lot and was very fun.”

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7.Cancun Walking Food Tour: Local Food, Markets, and Street Art.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 49 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $82

Walk through central Cancun with a bilingual guide such as Alex, Emmanuel, Enrique, or Dreyken, stopping for carnitas, gorditas, quesadillas, sopes, fruit, juices, and frozen treats. You’ll also hear about Mayan food traditions, see local street art, and finish where you started after about three hours.

“We had a great time on this excursion.. Enrique was a great guide and he had a lot of great information about the culture and the food. The food was delicious. I would definitely recommend this tour.”

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8.Street Food Walking Tour in Merida

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 48 reviews · 3 hours · from $69

Meet at Hotel Caribe and walk into Mérida’s central market for cochinita pibil, panuchos, salbutes, fruit, spices, drinks and candy. A restaurant ceviche lunch and Pola Gelato finish the three-hour tour. Spanish and English guides explain Yucatecan food and culture. Vegetarian options require advance notice.

“Our walking food tour was a visit to the busy local market. It provided an authentic experience where locals buy their fresh foods and have their breakfast. Our guide was familiar with the local vendors. We had delicious popular foods (quick service in spite of long queues) and she provided explanations for each dish. We also sampled fresh local fruits, herbs and spices used in Mexican cooking. Lunch was a prawn ceviche and we finished in an ice cream shop with interesting and unusual selection of flavours.”

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