Shopping Tours: The 7 Best Anywhere

1.Train Market & Floating Market with Boat Ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 9,547 reviews · 7 - 8 hours · from $25Our pick

Travel from Bangkok to two famous markets with an English or Spanish-speaking guide. Ride a traditional boat through Damnoen Saduak’s canals, then watch a train pass within inches of market stalls at Maeklong. Guides such as Sam, Jenny, Jeed, Tammy, and Mr. A are praised for useful advice, humor, and help with photos and timing.

“Best guide ever!! A is super funny and he tells a lot of great storys! We would really recommend to book this Tour!”

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2.Cooking Class Hoi An:Local Market, Basket Boat, Fishing & Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,660 reviews · from $28Top rated

Spend about 4.5 hours exploring Hoi An’s market, riding a bamboo basket boat through Cam Thanh’s nipa palms, trying net fishing, and cooking four Vietnamese dishes. Guides such as Hai, Ly, Lily, and Phuong lead the class, which includes hotel pickup, a welcome drink, bottled water, recipes, and a full meal.

“This is a great experience and our Chef guide was so good a 5 star Chef The market tour and coconut boat ride was good and we got to eat the food we made so great value too”

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3.Market Tour, Basket Boat Ride and Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 2,208 reviews · from $17

Meet your English-speaking guide at the Ivegan shop for a Hoi An market visit, a 40-minute bamboo basket boat ride through water coconut palms, and a rural cooking class. Guides such as Anna, Thao, Linh, and Thuy lead hands-on lessons covering dishes such as bánh xèo, phở, steamed rice rolls, and chè.

“We had such a fantastic time on this tour! Thao was so kind and helpful, making it an experience we will remember for a long time & take the delicious recipes back to Ireland! Thank you again Thao 💗”

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4.Hoi An Cooking Class(Local market,Basket Boat,Fishing & Cooking)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,323 reviews · from $28

Spend about 4.5 hours with an English-speaking chef such as Tram or Sonny, starting with a Hoi An market visit and fresh ingredient shopping. You’ll cook several Vietnamese dishes, ride a round basket boat through Bay Mau Coconut Forest, and try catching crabs. Hotel pickup, food, safety gear, and recipe cards are included.

“This was a great experience. From the pick up to the drop off everything went smoothly. Going to the market to shop for ingredients was the best. And the Basket boats were so much fun. Sonny, the Chef, was not only skilled but very entertaining and made the whole group look good. And the food was delicious. It was one of the best cooking tours I have taken. I will do it again next time I am in Hoi An. I definitely recommend this tour. Just do it. It was great.”

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5.Giza pyramids, Sphinx, ATV bike, Lunch,Camel ride, Dinner cruise& shopping tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 798 reviews · from $65

Spend about 12 hours with a private guide and driver exploring the Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, camel routes, and desert by ATV. The day ends with a Nile dinner cruise and live entertainment. Guides such as Michael, Mohamed Reda, Habeba, and Mahmoud have earned strong praise for their warmth and organization, though shopping stops may test your budget.

“Michael was our tour guide and he was absolutely amazing! He was so fun to be around and did a great job organizing the great day we had. I 1000% recommend this experience of a life time. This is a must do. Thank you so much Michael for being so kind and educating us!”

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6.City of Side: Boat Tour on the Manavgat River w/ Bazaar Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 404 reviews · 7 hours · from $16Best value

Spend seven hours between Side and Manavgat on a three-level boat with lunch, swimming at Cennet Beach, a Great Mosque stop, waterfall option and 2.5 hours at the Grand Bazaar. English, German, Russian and Turkish support is available, with hotel pickup from 8:30 to 9:30 AM.

“Perfect trip. Well organized and everybody was very friendly. Good to do with children. We could take our stroller easily with us. The beach was beautiful and the meal was good. You can decide on bord if you want to do the water fall or not. So, very flexible. The basar was really big and they had everything but unfortunately it was really expensive (in comparison to former times, same prices for children clothes than in germany but less quality). They had also a parrot on bord. You could take pictures with it (and buy them later) and kids could stroke it. My daugther loved it. Perfect value for money!!!”

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7.Bay Mau Cooking Class w/ Market & Basket Boat Option

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 292 reviews · 3 hours - 330 minutes · from $25

At Bay Mau Cooking Class, an English-speaking chef such as Trang, Mo, Hon, or Kieu guides you through four Vietnamese dishes, including pho. Choose the market and basket boat option for fresh ingredients, a Cam Thanh coconut forest ride, and hands-on cooking with stone mortars, wooden pestles, rice milk, and rice paper.

“We were picked up by Mo our chef and guide and taken to the market. Please note that if you do an afternoon option, the market is mostly closed. We took the basket boat option which was kind of touristy but still fun. The cooking class was excellent. Mo showed us the traditional ways to make rice milk and rice paper. We cooked 4 dishes; soup, beef salad, prawn fresh rolls and crispy pancakes. Mo’s instruction was excellent and always careful and friendly explaining. The bus dropped us back to our hotel. A great trip.”

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