15 Market Tours in Spain Worth the Slot

1.Paella Cooking Experience & Boqueria Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 3,661 reviews · 3 hours · from $85Our pick

Chef-led stroll through La Boqueria to shop for seafood, then a hands-on paella class with tapas and unlimited sangria in 3 hours.

“From experiencing the market, to picking the ingredients to listening to Kako explain the paella process while enjoying tapas and sangria - it was all amazing. What a treat to have had the opportunity to learn from the best!”

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2.Barcelona Paella Cooking Class with Market Visit, Tapas & Sangria

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,531 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $114Top rated

Small-group La Boqueria market walk plus hands-on paella, tapas and sangria, ending with almond cake and recipes in 3 hours.

“Great time!!! Got to meet some great people and make some excellent paella. A must do while in Barcelona.”

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3.Paella Cooking Class, Wine Tasting & Central Market in Valencia

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,150 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $84

Shop Valencia’s Mercat Central, cook authentic paella step by step, and enjoy wine, tapas, and lunch in 4 hours.

“Daniel was a great cooking instructor and city guide, leading us to and through the central market and teaching us in a fun and creative way how to cook three kinds of paella. Accompanied by great wine and tapas, we had a marvelous time!”

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4.Valencian paella cooking class, tapas and visit to Ruzafa market.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 828 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $78

Shop Ruzafa market, learn Valencian sangria, then cook chicken and rabbit paella in a small group for a full lunch in Valencia.

“Enthusiastic guides, excellent food and sangria. Really fun was to spend an afternoon. There was no shortage of sangria, wine and aperitif by the way.”

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5.Spanish Cooking Class & Triana Market Tour in Sevilla

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 760 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $90

Triana Market tour plus a hands-on Seville cooking class. Make salmorejo, chickpeas, paella, and lemon sorbet with drinks and recipes.

“Excellent tour of Triana Market products and the class was fabulous! We made paella the traditional way and it was delicious!!”

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6.3.5-Hour Spanish Cooking Class & Triana Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 751 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $88

Triana Market ingredients plus a hands-on Seville cooking class: cook salmorejo or gazpacho, paella, sangria, and dessert in 3.5 hours.

“Highly recommend this tour and cooking class. You get to participate and watch how the various prepared meals come together. The atmosphere was fun. Altogether, a very enjoyable learning experience with the added benefit of being able to eat everything we made.”

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7.Paella Cooking Class with Central Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 721 reviews · 4 hours · from $82

Paella class in Valencia with Mercado Central market tour, step-by-step chef instruction, tapas and wine, and homemade paella.

“Our family had the best evening together learning the history of paella and its ingredients that make it official, while cooking it to perfection! Reyes was a wonderful instructor along with Julia who made delicious tapas for us while we cooked and kept our glass full of wine! Highly recommend!”

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8.Paella Cooking Class with Market Visit and More

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 711 reviews · 3 hours · from $95

Cook paella from scratch in Barcelona, starting at La Boqueria for fresh ingredients, plus sangria, tapas, dessert, and take-home recipes.

“It was a perfect activity, we absolutely loved it. You walked to the market and buy fresh ingredients and then you walk to the kitchen a few blocks away and you make paella with 10 of your new friends. Don’t miss it.”

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9.San Sebastian Pintxo Food, Wine & Market Foodie Tour(Small Group)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 621 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $169

A small-group San Sebastián pintxo, wine, and market tour with Iberian ham, gilda, local wines, and Basque dessert in 3 hours.

“Really wonderful. Gabi was a great guide & our group got along well. Made for a perfect first night!”

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10.Ultimate Barcelona Food Tour with visit to a Local Market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 507 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $107

Eat through Born and Barceloneta on a small-group Barcelona food tour with Santa Caterina Market and a seafood paella lunch.

“James was a wonderful guide! He is so enthusiastic, you can tell how much he loves Barcelona. The food and drink was varied and very good. It was too much food for me, but I don't have a big appetite. I would not hesitate to take this tour again.”

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11.Madrid Tapas & Paella Cooking Experience with Local Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 432 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $114

Market visit at Mercado de Antón Martín, then cook tapas and paella in a small-group kitchen with vermouth and drinks.

“We had a lot of fun and the food tasted delicious. Daniel was a very good host. The one problem was, we did not receive the recipes to anything. If you go to his class, make sure you get the recipe before leaving.”

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12.Half-Day Spanish Cooking Class & Boqueria Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 383 reviews · 3 - 4 hours · from $117

Shop La Boqueria with a chef, cook four Catalan-inspired courses, and enjoy wine pairings in a hands-on Barcelona class.

“I really appreciated the morning class which started at the market. Sonia was very comfortable with the vendors and it added to the authenticity of the visit. All of the food we made was wonderful. Sonia was an excellent guide and chef.”

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13.Interactive Paella & Market: Bottomless Wine & Rambla Views

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 376 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $151

Shop Barcelona produce, cook tapas and classic paella, and sip wine with Rambla views. Small group, English class, recipe PDF included.

“This was so interesting because you start out in the local open market that morning to buy fresh ingredients for the recipes you’ll cook later. Then - very comfortable Kitchen with AC! - stools to sit on - and stations preset for food preparation. Great time to get to know your fellow “chefs” ! Our guide was Sonja and she was mindful of everyone in our group”

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14.Valencian paella workshop and visit to the Algiros market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 338 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $82

Shop Mercado Algirós, then cook classic Valencian paella, tortilla, and coca en llanda with wine and sangria, in English.

“Group of 10 at a large table. Nice clean well equipped kitchen. Started with a few snacks and water/sangria. The chef was excellent and funny. He explained the 3 things we would be cooking (tortilla, chicken/rabbit paella and cake) particularly the different types of paella and what you could add versus not. He explained preparing things (hands on) as well particularly how to cook the paella and the pitfalls of not doing so.”

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15.Seafood paella cooking class, tapas and visit to Ruzafa market.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 328 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $78

Shop Ruzafa ingredients, learn sangria, and cook classic seafood paella in a small Valencia class with tapas, wine, dessert, and coffee.

“Excellent experience, well explained, leant so much and great fun. Definately recommend. Everyone is involved, so much great food more thani expected, great value”

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