Cork: Local Market Food Tour with 6 tastings, Stout & Whiskey

3 h 30 min Free cancellation

Cork: Local Market Food Tour with 6 tastings, Stout & Whiskey, photo 2 — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

Taste your way through Cork with a local guide, from award-winning Irish cheese in the English Market to a whiskey finished in casks from the very building you drink it in. Over 3.5 hours you'll enjoy 6 tastings and 4 local drinks across the city centre, the old Huguenot Quarter and the far bank of the River Lee.

Start with a toasted sandwich and a cup of Cork tea in a family-run pub that has poured pints for two hundred years. Then head into the English Market, one of Europe's oldest covered markets, for local cheeses and a seafood platter fresh from the harbours. Warm up with seafood chowder, home-baked bread and a glass of stout, see how Cork's only chocolate factory makes its chocolate, and cross the Lee for your final pour.

Somewhere along the way comes our Secret Dish! We won't say what it is, only that it's worth the walk.

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At a glance

Duration: 3 h 30 min
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 12 people
People per booking: 1–12
Guide: English
Operated by: Secret Food Tours

Ages: Infants (0–2 years) · Children (3–11 years) · Youth (12–17 years) · Adults (18–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Home-baked bread and butter
Included: Seafood chowder
Included: Glass of stout
Included: Irish whiskey
Included: Seafood platter, freshly caught local seafood
Included: Local tea
Included: Toasted sandwich with local ingredients
Included: Our Secret Dish!
Included: Non-alcoholic beverages for those who don’t consume alcohol
Included: Selection of local Irish cheeses
Included: Hot chocolate

Not included

Not included: Pick-up & Drop-off
Not included: Guide's Gratuities

Itinerary

Bishop Lucey Park

one hour

A green space on Grand Parade dating back to a 1980s regeneration, home to fragments of Cork's 13th-century city walls and the restored "Onion Seller" sculpture.
Elizabeth Fort

30 min

A 17th-century star-shaped fort off Barrack Street, built in 1601 and once serving as a barracks, a prison, and a Garda station, with ramparts offering sweeping views over Cork.
The English Market

one hour

One of Europe's oldest covered markets, trading continuously on this site since the 18th century and still home to the city's finest fishmongers, cheesemongers and butchers.
Huguenot Cemetery

one hour

A small burial ground tucked off Carey's Lane, marking the streets once settled by Huguenot refugees who fled France in the 1680s and helped shape this pocket of the city.

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

We will meet in front of the Berwick Fountain, next to Bishop Lucey Park. Your guide will be waiting for you with an orange umbrella for easy recognition.

End point

Your tour ends at 14 N Mall, Sunday's Well, Cork, T23 P264, Ireland

Using your ticket

We kindly ask our guests to be at the meeting point at least 15 minutes before the departure time to check-in with their guide.
Our Secret Food Tours Guide will have an orange umbrella at the meeting point for easy recognition.
Please ensure to contact us in advance of the tour for any dietary requirement, to ensure we can cater for them the best we can.
This tour involves a fair amount of walking; comfortable shoes are recommended.
We regret that we are unable to accommodate guests with wheelchairs or any impairments requiring special assistance.
Gratuities to guides providing excellent service are appreciated.
The Legal minimum age for drinking alcohol is 18 years old.
Please note: the itinerary and menu is subject to change, based on the locations' availability, weather, and other circumstances.
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