Mexico · SHOPPING TOURS
This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 15 market & shopping tours worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.
Taste Cancun beyond the resorts with four taco stops, Mexican beer, churros, downtown transport, and a lively night-market finish.
“Our experience guide, Nav, was so great! The tacos were absolutely delicious! Definitely had the best taco I've ever tasted on this tour!”
Taste carnitas, barbacoa, Yucatecan dishes, and frozen treats while exploring Cancun markets, murals, and local neighborhoods.
“This activity was great. The food was amazing at every stop. My favorite was the first one, the vibes was great and really gave an insight to Mexican culture. At the first taco spot there was a man playing a guitar, it was beautiful. Would def do this again. I recommend this to anyone visiting Mexico. Our tour guide was great as well. Gave us stories about Mexican culture. Really enjoyed ourselves.”
Shop Puerto Vallarta’s market with Chef Enrique, make regional Mexican dishes at his home, and enjoy a hands-on lunch with tequila tasting.
“Enrique was amazing! Friendly, pleasant, knowledgeable, and very informative. Made the experience so much fun! Highly recommend!”
Review of Cancun’s 5-hour city tour with El Meco ruins, tequila tasting, shopping, drinks, and Playa Delfines views.
“The Mayan ruins stop was good and interesting. Beware of mosquitoes. At the first shopping stop beware. As in most Mexican cities, the salesmen are aggressive, annoying and in your face. I hated it! I am more out to buy at a store where the salesman does not follow me around and is pushy. The second stop for souvenirs with much better and I did buy something there. Songs from cityside since an interesting murals. Getting stuck in slow moving traffic going back to our resort I was not fun. 4 hour tour turned into six.”
Visit Teotihuacan from Mexico City without forced shopping stops, with transport, an English guide, and time for the pyramids.
“Great guide Jorge. Give us a lot of good and valuable information, we had enough time to visit each place and take photos. No commercial stops, so we had time to visit archeology history museum in one day. Tansportation comfortable. I highly recommend the tour!”
Shop a Mexico City market, cook a seasonal Mexican meal with chef José, and share guacamole, tortillas, guisados, sorbet, and mezcal.
“Such a great experience 10/10. All the food was so delicious. I would definitely do this again. I would recommend this to everyone who is coming to visit Mexico City.”
Shop Oaxaca’s market, help make a changing menu, and sit down to mole, tortillas, drinks, and other local dishes.
“Nicely paced market tour and cooking class! The different settings and pacing made it easy to stay engaged. We also enjoyed the balance between hands-on opportunities to cook and Oscar and the staff helping with clean up and set up to keep the class moving along efficiently. We had a nice group of just 6 of us and we enjoyed lunch together. They also served us a margarita, some mezcal, and iced tea. No complaints!”
Cook a four-course Mexican meal, tour Mercado Medellin, taste local foods, and learn traditional recipes with a chef in Roma Norte.
“Chef Pame was amazing. She taught us about Mexican cooking, took us to the market and then we prepared a 4 course lunch. Amazing”
See Mazatlán’s cathedral, boardwalk, lighthouse, cliff jumpers, shopping district, and beach lunch on a practical half-day city tour.
“We had Victor as our guide and he was the best! Very knowledgeable about the areas we visited and threw in some interesting information about some of the older hotels. Definitely recommend!”
Shop Mercado 23 with a chef, then make guacamole, sopes, enchiladas, tortillas, and margaritas in a small Cancun class.
“Great experience with Diego, Angel & Sasha! Very knowledgeable & informative during both the market tour & cooking class. The food we made was delicious & learned some great techniques. Great personalities! Highly recommend!”
Review of Cabo whale watching with a glass-bottom boat, El Arco, tequila tasting, hotel pickup, and shopping for $115.
“Generally good tour, but did not entirely follow the the tour description per Viator site (e.g., no beach time provided). The bigger issue was poor communication regarding pick-up time.”
Explore Los Cabos by glass-bottom boat, city tour, glass-blowing visit, lunch, and shopping in this practical six-hour review.
“While our group had a great time, and enjoyed exploring Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo, everyone in our party was disappointed with the lunch experience. We all opted out of the included lunch because we didn’t want the limited prix fix menu. People in our party learned on a similar tour in the past that if you opt out of the included lunch, you are able to select from items on the full menu at the lunch location and pay your own invoice. However, our tour guide, Carlos, forced everyone to select from 10 items on a sheet of paper so he could order in advance of…”
Review of Xochimilco’s market, cooking class, quiet chinampas boat ride, and axolotl sanctuary, with practical tips and value advice.
“This was a wonderful tour including market shopping, cooking, and floating along the canals. I appreciated all of it and the thorough information given by our guide(s). Highly recommend!”
Eat tacos, tamales, cochinita pibil, and sweets on a five-hour Cancún tour with local markets, street art, drinks, and hotel transport.
“Both our guide Adrian as well as our driver Angel did an incredible job with the tour. Each spot we went to felt different, and both the food and drink options were excellent. One thing I underestimated though is just how much food there is. So make sure you skip breakfast when taking this tour :)”
Visit Frida Kahlo’s Blue House, stroll Coyoacán, taste tostadas and chocolate, and choose between transport, lunch, or museum-only access.
“Glad to be able to get into the Frida Kahlo house when tickets from the museum were sold out. Digital tour is actually somewhat helpful written notes about the house and collection.”
Pick a coast, a ruin or a kitchen.
