Latvian food tasting tour at Riga Central market (20 tastes)
Description
Latvian food tour by Rigatrips is a tour of local gastronomy in the largest open-air market in Europe, that will give you an understanding of the local Latvian food traditions and provide a wide selection of traditional local food samples - meat, bread, cheese, fish, local fermented vegetables, non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks, and sweets.
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Itinerary
You will walk through all 5 zeppelin hangars of the Riga Central Market for 2 hours and taste the food from different stalls.
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What's included
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- 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.
Reviews(266)
Recommended tour. We loved the market and the food and drinks provided. Our guide was well organised for the tour. LOVED the cheese and the peas dish the most!!
Would highly recommend to anyone travelling to Riga who wants to learn about Latvian food! Our guide was so nice and explained not only the significance of the foods we were trying, but she also pointed out other foods and explained how Latvians cooked with them and which foods they ate in which seasons.
Great fun. And a good way to taste things you would not usually taste. Everything looked neat and clean. Recommended!
Unfortunately I didn’t have the opportunity to do the tour. Myself and 5 others were waiting well before the appointed time at the designated meeting place. No one came. We tried calling and messaging the contact (who had already moved our tour back by 30m that morning). Eventually we had a response with a new meeting place 5minutes walk away. We all went but there was nobody waiting. After 40 minutes and numerous unanswered calls and messages, we gave up. Get Your Guide customer service is looking into this matter. We need our money back at the least. Still it won’t compensate us for the wasted time and anxiety we experienced.
A fun, informative walk through the very local market. Our guide, Baiba, was a delight. She was informative, adapted to her guests and attuned to our needs and made this a great way to enjoy our cruise ship visit to Riga.
This was very fun. Baiba made it incredibly enjoyable as well as educational. We loved the grey peas and smoked meat, the cheeses, strawberries, etc. A lot of food samples for the price. Highest recommendation. Very fun!
Great central food market tour in Riga. Delicious and authentic tastings of local and typical Latvian food. Guna was a fun and informative tour guide. Highlight of my stay in Riga.
Great way to get an understanding of Latvian food and to learn about the historical and current importance of the Riga Central Market. The size and scale of the market are unique and it should be a must see while in Riga. My tour with Baiba was a great learning and tasting experience. She’s a fantastic tour guide and extremely knowledgeable about Latvian food and culture. I highly recommend doing this tour.
Dear Jason, we are so happy you have enjoyed your tour so much! And we hope you had a good trip home, too! We are sure our future customers will find your experience very useful.
No your on first Monday of month. Why did we not hear this till that morning? We booked this long ago and they should not have shown the day available. It was only cancelled the same morning and we had no time to do it the next days. We could have gone the day before if we knew.
We had a very good experience, it is worth doing!
