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Food & Culinary Tours in Jerusalem

Want to go on a self-guided food tour of the Machane Yehuda market?
“Yalla Basta’s” tasting card is just the thing! 
This card will direct you to the best eateries and vendors in the market where you'll use your vouchers for a taste of each cooking style available.




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Food-tasting vouchers for Machane Yehuda market from "Yalla Basta"

A Bite card that will take you on a nighttime tour of quality alcohol, premium dishes, and decadent desserts at the hottest places in Machne Yehuda Market.

Yalla Basta NIGHT: The Night Bite Card of Machane Yehuda Market

Consider yourself a foodie? Join a food tour of the Machane Yehuda market - the most vibrant marketplace in the heart of Jerusalem. The tour takes you through the mythical shops and the hottest food stalls where you will taste the most popular local dishes that The Market has to offer.



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Rediscover the Shuk: A food tour of the Mahane Yehuda market with “Yalla Basta”

A proper culinary (and Kosher) experience at the lively Machane Yehuda Market, with the one and only - Poly the Chef! 

Poly Chef - Culinary Tours at Machane Yehuda Market By Smart Tour

Indulge your senses in the vibrant tapestry of tastes, smells, and colors at Israel's most beloved market – Mahane Yehuda. Join me on a flavorful journey through the bustling alleys and stalls, where the spirit of Jerusalem comes alive. 

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A Guided Culinary Tour of Jerusalem's Machane Yehuda Market

Love cooking and constantly discovering new tastes and interesting foods? Got Mahane Yehuda Market on your Jerusalem checklist?

Chef-Led Culinary Market Tour at Mahane Yehuda

Join a professional chef on a unique culinary journey that combines a special food tour around Mahane Yehuda Market and a cooking class where you will discover the mysteries of culinary!

Market Tour & Cooking Class with a Professional Chef

Join a combo of a tour that brings you an exciting experience of riding a easy-rider for two hours from the First Station compound and to the Old City and afterward – a delicious culinary tour with Poli the Chef in the colorful Mahane Yehuda market.

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EZ-Rider Tour Around the Old City and Mahane Yehuda Market

Come and share the unique experience of Friday evening in Jerusalem, just before the Shabbat. See all its colors and wonderful details that define this special place and occasion.
It starts with the calming sunset and the vibrating silence that it brings, which you won’t find anywhere else, and the preparations for the festive meal that always goes through the vivid Mahane Yehuda Market.
Visit the unique Nachlaot neighborhood and the known and loved Mahane Yehuda market and see them from a new angle, brought to you by a local musician and artist — Ricka Razel, born and raised in the area.
Get to know a local singer-songwriter, and enjoy the local atmosphere of one of the most magical areas of Jerusalem on this inspiring journey.
The tour includes:

<ul>
 	<li lang="en-US">A unique tour at the Mahane Yehuda Market and the charming Nachlaot neighborhood, led by Raziel who had absorbed all the history and human tales that defines the place. Rika shares personal stories and experiences that are reserved only for those who were raised here.</li>
 	<li lang="en-US">A tasting tour of the colorful Mahane Yehuda Market: we’ll taste its marvels, and get to know its businesses and unique people.</li>
 	<li lang="en-US">After the tour – an intimate performance at Rika’s home at the center of the Nachlaot neighborhood – join an intimate musical encounter that will leave you breathless and captivated.</li>
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Friday tour at the Mahane Yehuda Market and Musical Kabalat Shabat with Rika Razel

Get a uniquely Israeli cooking experience with this tour and vegan cooking workshop of the Mahane Yehuda market. You'll get a special chance to not only explore the tastes of the shuk, but also to cook native dishes under the tutelage of a local chef, with ingredients purchased fresh at the Shuk!
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Mahane Yehuda Culinary Tour & Workshop (Vegan)

The fusion of flavors, colors and aromas, with the voices of the vendors harking their wares in the background, makes the marketplace a colorful, lively and bustling place that invites fascinating encounters.

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Old City Marketplaces, Self-Guided Tour

Machane Yehuda Market is one of Israel's most desirable attractions. People from all around Israel come to taste the market's unique tahini and halva, the locals' favorite khachapuri, fresh hummus and many more interesting delicacies. Tip: Arrive Hungry!
While you're strolling around and tasting the best dishes the market has to offer, you will learn about the culinary revolution that took place at Machane Yehuda a few years ago. The market, which used to be a center of workers' restaurants, has been transformed into one of the city's major attractions with boutique stalls and international chef restaurants.
Take this 2-hour food tour and learn about the formation of the market, understand its true essence, discover the stories of the stallholders, and meet the mythological and contemporary heroes of Shuk Machane Yehuda.

Culinary Food Tour in Machane Yehuda Market

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<h3>Join an unforgettable private tour</h3>
The ultra-orthodox stands as a willingly-separated society within the Israeli ecosystem, living by its own rules, avoiding technology and making any effort to maintain their lifestyle, which is rooted in traditions that transcended many centuries, including the darkest times of the Jewish people.
Within a few hours, you'll gain a rare insight into this world, where traditions valued above all, and everything is structured, has a purpose and a meaning. You’ll learn the intricacies and differences between the different branches of Jewish Orthodox (between Hasidim and Lithuanian frictions). You’ll get to know their way of life and how the life-changing events unfold for them.
You can’t explore the culture and its lifestyle without addressing one of the essential things in our life – food!
The tour will including exciting tastings of traditional Jewish food, affected as well by the eccentric ultra-orthodox way of life. For instance, the Cholent is an effective way to avoid using electricity during the Shabbat or the Gefilte fish – a fish with no bone to take away (since it’s also forbidden in Shabbat, as it is considered work), etc. You’ll see a whole different point of view over culinary and ways to serve a table!
How arranged marriage (shidduch) works? How can you make a living as a close community? Is it possible to live without the technology of the 21st century, including the internet? Why they choose to be secluded, and what scares them the most in becoming secular?
Get to know a new world that resides inside the advanced, secular and technologically advanced state of Israel,
This idea was brought to life by an activist from this sector who is also a social entrepreneur – Nethanel Zelikovich.

Tour in the Ultra-Orthodox quarters - get to know an unusual and ancient culture

Join this special tasting tour to hear the unique stories and authentic characters of the most vibrant place in Jerusalem, the Mahane Yehuda Market! A real celebration of tastes, delicacies, aromas, and real-life tales. 

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Tastings of Jerusalem at Mahane Yehuda Market

This vast tour through Israel is a unique experience, that can be fully adapted to any set of interests or belief as well as for various ages, and mobility. 

8 Day Private Expedition of Israel by Shin Tours

Experience the many faces of past and present Israel the way you want, while enjoying the local atmosphere and the best cuisine, from Carmel Market in Tel-Aviv to Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem.