Dolac Market

An exceptional experience, certainly the best value I have encountered on any food tour! Delicious Croatian food as well as a walking history tour of Zagreb by an engaging, passionate and knowledgeable local guide. Our day started with coffee, cheese tastings and then a visit to the Dolac markets for more cheese tastings and visiting other local produce vendors (cured meats, fish, bread, pickles etc... ) Next was a visit to a hidden cafe to have strukli (delicious), to a wine bar to taste quality Croatian wines and cured meats and then to a traditional Croatian restaurant for lunch. We finished the day with a local dessert at a cafe (six hours later). This food tour will be our benchmark for all future tours. We have joined over a dozen food tours across Europe in the past, many of which have been 5 star experiences but in comparison this tour is 7 stars!

This is a must do for any foodie! We had already done a food tour with Karmela two days earlier, so we knew this was going to be special. The kitchen is amazing and everything is made from scratch with quality ingredients and traditional methods. Karmela is a wonderful cook, host and local Croatian. The class goes for 4-hours and the three course meal and wine is superb. As with the food tour, if I could, I would give this cooking class 7 stars, it is an experience that we will never forget and will always remember Zagreb fondly because of Karmela.

This was a wonderful experience! Karmela is a patient teacher-she has a lovely manner about her and the best part was sitting around the table and eating and talking! Totally worth it!

Karmela was an absolutely wonderful guide. She gave amazing descriptions of the food we were trying and history of the city as we walked around. It was the perfect combination and the time flew by. We would absolutely recommend Karmela's tour to others visiting Zagreb!

We enjoyed our cooking class so much! It was very interesting to see Dolac market with a local guiding us and it was a great way to experience the culture of the city. Karmela was so kind and informative throughout the experience. We loved the recipes she chose and thought they were very authentic. She is very knowledgable about food and the different cuisines in the different regions of Croatia. We would absolutely recommend this tour and is a great way to start your exploration of Croatia

Learned the technique of stretching dough, which I didn't fully understand before. Overall, a wonderful experience.

I loved exploring the market and learning all about it. The cooking class was very informative, fun, and casual. Absolutely loved the experience!

Hearing how our teacher learned to cook from her grandmother. Rolling out the filo was fun and interesting.

All the delicious food was the best. Karmela was fantastic. Best way to see and taste Zagreb. Highly recommend

I have enjoyed very much! And the štrukli was delicious! The guide is very nice and she knews English

My friend and I participated in this experience and here's what she said to me afterwards: "Throughout all my travels, never had I had this behind-the-scenes perspective where I actually participated in making the new flavours I was trying. I had SUCH a great time." And so did I. We were so impressed by Karmela's knowledge of local and international cuisine, history, geography and the people, regional differences in ingredients and colourful stories of cooking with her grandmother. We were completely entertained and engaged throughout the entire tour. I wholeheartedly recommend this experience. Thank you, Karmela!