Almaty Walking Food Tour

5.0
(11 reviews)

3 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English

This is an ideal trip to fully enjoy the atmosphere of our city and see all the significant sights of Almaty in only 2,5 hours. I recommend to all of our guests to start their trip in Almaty from this tour. Guide will tell your the history of our country, about life style of locals, what places to visit, what foods to try, what activities to experience and many other tips.
Fill you eyes and heart with the people and sites of Almaty. Enjoy a delicious Kazakh meal, and spend time tasting many Kazakh traditional foods in the famous Green Market.

During the tour you will:
• Get acquainted with the history and traditions of our country through the stories of your knowledgeable guide;
• Experience the life of local people as you walk among them;
• Have a delicious traditional Kazakh lunch in a quaint local café;
• Sample various oriental sweets and foods while chatting with local merchants in the famous Green Market, which was a stop on the original silk road passage;

What's Included

Since it is a food tour we will stress our tour on sampling local cuisine. During our visit to Green market we will taste milky, meat products, dried fruites. And at last we will have a lunch

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

We will meet at the South entrance to the park, from Gogol str, near the monument to Baurzhan Momyshuly

End point

The tour will end in the city center and we will help to take you a taxi or public transport so you get your place in safe

Itinerary

Duration: 3 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Park Named After Panfilov’s 28 Guardsmen

    We will visit the nist popular spot in our city - Park named after 28Gueardsmen. There are some historical objects like cathedral, Monuments of Glory, museum. I will tell you the history of the park, city and will describe all the objects, help you to take a photographs.

    20 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 2
    Ascension Cathedral

    I will tell you an interesting facts about this unique building then we will observe object inside. This is a functional orthodox church so you will have a chance to see a masterpiece work of artist who illustrated icons. And may be you will be lucky to attend a church serve.

    15 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 3

    Will give description and tell the history concerning the object

    3 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 4
    Zeleny Bazar

    • Sample various oriental sweets and foods while chatting with local merchants in the famous Green Market, which was a stop on the original silk road passage; • Taste some of the Best chocolate in the world. A visit to Rahat factory store enables all to have fresh and delicious chocolate, candies and cookies of all kinds, including many souvenirs, yes, made out of chocolate! The factory isn’t hard to find, with the aroma of wonderful chocolate inviting you to come even from half a kilometer away 

    15 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 5

    See the architector of past time and modern buildings. Experience a life of locals. You will see a street musicians who performing a folk music on dombra or clasical music. Artist demonstrate work. You can purchase different souvenirs mad by local craftsmen, enjoy the dances of boys. Local people love scrollng around and sit in cosy open caffes while their children play with small fountains. You will relax in this atmosphere and get an idea how people spend their time

    30 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 6
    Kazakh State Academic Theatre Of Opera And Ballet Named After Abay

    Is located on the central street so-called Broadway. You will see an architect of the Soviet period with a elements of Ethnics. There are many fountains, restaurants, cozy bench for the tourist who wants to explore the life of citizens

    5 minutes Admission ticket included
  • 7
    Rakhat Candy Factory

    You will feel a smell of chocolate being 500m away from this place. It will attract you ). Take the best souvenir and gift from Almaty - local chocolate. There are few other places in the world where you will find chocolate of this quality. Chocolate wrapper is decorated in national style

    15 minutes Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by Kazia Tour

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Hiking Tours
Half-day Tours
Private Sightseeing Tours
Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
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