The Budapest Culinary Walk

Highlights

  • Become an expert in Hungarian cuisine at 8 tasting stops
  • Enjoy 3 local wines accompanied by a cheese board
  • Be led by an expert food guide
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What you'll do

Enjoy this unique tour of Budapest where you will learn about the food and wine culture of this city and how it has come about including all the influences that has made it what it is today.

Our food, wine, and cultural walking and tasting tour begins at The Central Market Hall, Budapest’s cathedral of food and one of Europe’s largest and most spectacular indoor markets.

At the market we’ll introduce you to Hungarian cuisine through the great variety and abundance of ingredients on display. We will discuss the spectacular building, the culture of eating and drinking in Hungary, the ingredients, the dishes commonly made from them. As we walk the market aisles we’ll taste a selection of foods which will leave you wanting more.

From there, we’ll start our exploration of the surrounding neighbourhood. After a lunch feast at a traditional butcher, we will head to a classic coffeehouse to sample some of the elegant cakes for which Hungarian bakers are known. After a quick stop at an award-winning chocolatier, we’ll be ready to relax over three glasses of quintessential wine accompanied by some artisanal cheese.

Then, a sommelier will introduce us to the Hungarian wine regions, varietals, and styles, helping you put the Hungarian wine scene in context. We’ll end with a taste of the spectacular golden-tinted Tokaji aszú wine.

This tour will give you a taste of the traditional side of Hungarian cuisine, and the modern artisan producers and specialty shops spicing up Budapest’s food scene.

This tour starts at 9:30am Monday – Saturday.

What's included

Included

  • 8 tasting stops
  • 3 wines and cheese board
  • Cake tasting
  • Local guide
  • Full lunch
  • Market tasting tour
Your local host

Carolyn and Gábor

Travel has been a part of our lives together from the time we met working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean more than two decades ago. We share a special passion (and an appetite) for the food and wine of Central Europe, as well as the people, places, and stories that make this region so fascinating.

We founded Taste Hungary—our Budapest-based food and wine tour company—in 2008, and ever since have loved doing this deep dive into the foodways and wine culture of Hungary. After spending years researching and writing Carolyn’s culinary guidebook to Hungary—Food, Wine, Budapest (Little Bookroom, 2008)—we started Taste Hungary with the intention of sharing their passion for Hungarian food and wine with like-minded travellers who want to experience the region’s authentic flavours and experiences.

At our independent wine shop and tasting cellar in Budapest’s Palace District, The Tasting Table Budapest, our team of sommeliers leads daily wine tastings, introducing wine lovers to the (often unknown) treasures of Hungary.

Travel has been a part of our lives together from the time we met working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean more than two decades ago. We share a special passion (and an appetite) for the food and wine of Central Europe, as well as the people, places, and stories that make this region so fascinating.

We founded Taste Hungary—our Budapest-based food and wine tour company—in 2008, and ever since have loved doing this deep dive into the foodways and wine culture of Hungary. After spending years researching and writing Carolyn’s culinary guidebook to Hungary—Food, Wine, Budapest (Little Bookroom, 2008)—we started Taste Hungary with the intention of sharing their passion for Hungarian food and wine with like-minded travellers who want to experience the region’s authentic flavours and experiences.

At our independent wine shop and tasting cellar in Budapest’s Palace District, The Tasting Table Budapest, our team of sommeliers leads daily wine tastings, introducing wine lovers to the (often unknown) treasures of Hungary.

Location

Budapest is Hungary’s vibrant bustling capital. The city is bisected by the river Danube and there is a chain link bridge connecting the hilly ‘Buda’ area with the flat lands of ‘Pest’. It is a colourful city with arts, history, thermal pools and incredible markets, along with some of the best bars in the world! Over recent years Budapest has evolved into a wine and foodie capital where traditional and modern methods fuse in dramatic style.

 

The tour starts at 9:30 am at The Central Market Hall (Budapest 1093, Vámház krt. 1-3)

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