15 Market Visits in Sicily Worth Booking

1.Street Food and Local Market Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 540 reviews · 3 hours · from $81Our pick

Palermo’s 3-hour street food and market tasting with a local guide, Capo and Vucciria stops, original arancini, drinks, and dessert.

“Absolutely excellent tour of the street food in Palermo. The guide, Angelo I believe, was brilliant and gave us a great historic introduction to Palermo’s history/food history. Delicious food (especially the arancini) and I even tried the spleen sandwich which was actually tasty!”

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2.The Original Catania Street Food and Market Tour by Streaty

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 345 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $71Top rated

Taste Catania street food on a 3-hour guided walk, from A’ Piscaria fish market to Castello Ursino, with dessert and drinks included.

“We had a very nice visit of the city and the food was very good. Gisela was a wonderful guide! Would repeat the experience at any time!”

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3.Sicilian Cooking Class & Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 212 reviews · from $107

Shop Taormina market ingredients with Chef Paolo, then cook Sicilian classics like handmade pasta and enjoy lunch with wine.

“We loved our time with Paolo and Francesca! They were so generous with their information And knowledge and hearts. They treated my daughter so kindly and made her feel comfortable and gave her confidence. We learnt so much and left with full bellies and hearts. Grazie!”

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4.Wanna be Sicilian: Palermo Cooking Class and Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 197 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $60

Hands-on Sicilian cooking in Palermo: shop Mercato del Capo with chefs, make arancini and pasta alla Norma, finish cannoli with wine.

“Wonderful experience! Everything from the atmosphere to the food we made was perfect. Highly recommended as a way to spend time together as a family, learn about the local food culture, and a way to make some great food and memories!”

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5.Volcanic Wine Tasting in a Metropolitan Market

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 119 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $53Best value

Sip four Sicilian volcanic wines in Catania’s Piazza Scammacca market, paired with local food and guided by an expert sommelier.

“The wine,the food ,the location ,the history if the wine presented,absolut amazing🤗It was a complete experience😘”

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6.Catania Street Food Tour: Fish Market & City Centre

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 104 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $55

2.5-hour Catania food walk with the morning Pescheria fish market, arancini, fried fish, cannoli, and city-centre sights.

“The guide was fantastic. Really knowledgeable, and showed us some sights and parts of the city we would not otherwise have seen. She also made great choices of eateries whose food was authentically Sicilian with friendly service. Highly recommended.”

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7.Taormina Half-Day Sicilian Cooking Class & Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 82 reviews · from $152

Market tour and hands-on Sicilian cooking in Taormina with Chef Massimo, fresh ingredients, wine tasting, and a full lunch.

“Massimo was amazing! We learnt so much and had an absolute ball. Food was so yummy and setting was stunning”

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8.Sicilian Cooking Class w/ a Visit to Local Market

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 76 reviews · from $107

Taormina market walk and hands-on Sicilian cooking class. Shop for fresh ingredients, cook classic dishes, and eat your meal with wine.

“Paolo and Mary created a fun atmosphere and we learned a lot from them. At the end we ate everything we made including multiple appetizers, parmigiana, pasta, branzino, and dessert with limoncello. Would highly recommend this cooking class.”

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9.Traditional Cooking Class & Ancient Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 72 reviews · from $134

Syracuse market-to-kitchen cooking class in Ortigia: shop with a chef, cook classic Sicilian dishes, then eat your lunch together.

“We loved this experience, all three of us were thrilled by the end at the opportunity to learn from Ettore. The food market experience was very fun and had wonderful fresh ingredients that we don't have access to where we are from, and Ettore took the time to introduce us to the ingredients and help us appreciate them. He tailored the meal to our tastes which allowed us to be part of the creation process and increased our satisfaction. I really enjoyed learning how to make a bisque and pistacchio pesto. We had wonderful wine and sampled many great things at the market. We were impressed with Ettore's skill and…”

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10.Half-Day Cooking Class & Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 60 reviews · from $203

Palermo market tour and half-day cooking class, shopping Capo, cooking four Sicilian courses, and pairing lunch with wine.

“Patrizia was so accommodating and a lot of fun! We had a great time learning to cook the Sicilian way, about her lifestyle and her new ventures. It was like having lunch with a dear friend. Added bonus, we bought her cookbook - so we have all the recipes and more. Definitely worth the day! and can't wait to return.”

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11.Market Tour and Cooking Class with Chef Riccardo

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 40 reviews · from $169

Shop Catania markets with Michelin Chef Riccardo, pair wine at a cantine, then cook and eat a 3-course Sicilian meal.

“Amazing experience and very welcoming host, wouldn’t want to miss it, much appreciated”

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12.The Original Fish Market and Street Food Tour of Catania

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 36 reviews · 3 hours · from $81

A 3-hour Catania street food walk with an expert guide, fish market bites, arancini by mamma Agata, drinks, and a hidden lava tunnel.

“Gisella was an amazing guide, the focus was on the food but she also provided insights about the history of the city and as a local mixed in personal anecdotes, great experience!”

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13.Guided tour of Ortigia with Fish Street Food at the market

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 27 reviews · from $57

Walk Ortigia’s top sights from the Temple of Apollo to Arethusa, then finish with a fresh fish street-food tasting at the market.

“The tour was excellent and was informative and interesting. We came across places that we probably would not havevseen ourselves. It is not really a cannoli tasting tour as you get a voucher for one which you go get yourself after the tour. I thought we would be tasting different ones as we did our walking tour around the city. As it was you only get one , so jot really a tasting tour. It would have been helpful if thr guide had told us which outlet to go to as we passed it , as it was we had to Google it and then find it . Having said…”

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14.Syracuse Tour with lunch in Food Market

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 12 reviews · from $259

Private evening walk through Ortigia with a local guide, iconic fountains and sights, then a tasting lunch in Syracuse’s open-air market.

“Really a great visit Our guide made the visit in French as half of us did not speak English Great guide and very inters ring visit with plenty of stories Thank you Pierre”

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15.Cooking class, visit to the Catania market and light lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · 3 hours · from $94

Cook with an expert chef in Catania, tour the historic market, make homemade pasta, then enjoy a light Sicilian lunch for $94.

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