Food Tour of Varanasi

Delight your senses with the exotic flavours of India on this food tour of Varanasi. Explore the city's food markets and taste some of the area's most typical dishes.

Itinerary

After meeting your tour guide, you'll start your gastronomic discovery of Varanasi, considered the holiest place in India. Hope you're hungry!

During this walking tour, you'll visit the most important food markets in Varanasi and explore the diverse exotic flavours of Indian cookery. You will stop at street food stalls to taste more than seven different delicacies, including snacks such as jalebi kachori, a syrup-soaked spiral-shaped sweet, chaat, salty fried dough mixed with potatoes or chickpeas, and panipuri, deep-fried hollow crisp balls filled with spicy ingredients.

You will learn about how Varanasi's most famous recipes are made and their significance in the city's culture over the centuries. To conclude the tour, enjoy a cup of chai in a location with views over the historic center.