GetYourGuide lists 40 bookable experiences in Kilkenny, 14 of them about food and drink. 3 of the operators we recommend in our own guides sell there too, and those come first below. Prices start from EUR 8, and most listings can be cancelled free up to 24 hours ahead.

For what we actually recommend eating and doing, start with our own guides: food tours in Kilkenny, cooking classes, markets and day trips worth eating your way through. This page is the bookable layer under them.

Our picks, bookable on GetYourGuide

These are operators we researched and recommend in our own guides, where the same company sells the same experience on GetYourGuide. Booking there gets you their live calendar and free cancellation on most listings.

Kilkenny Food Tours

Food tour

Kilkenny Food Tours runs 3-hour culinary walking tours of the city on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday mornings plus a Friday afternoon departure.

On GetYourGuide as: Kilkenny Food Tours: Taste Kilkenny with a Local Guide, sold by Kilkenny Food Tours

Bonner Travel

Food tour

Viator's Kilkenny Food and Brewery Tour explores historic Smithwick's ale, a local chocolatier and Irish seafood tastings on a walking tour from Kilkenny Castle.

On Viator, sold by Bonner Travel

Smithwick's Experience

Food tour

The Smithwick's Experience brewery tour at 44 Parliament Street takes guests through 300 years of brewing history on the site where Franciscan monks first.

On GetYourGuide as: Kilkenny: Smithwick's Beer Experience, sold by Smithwicks Experience Kilkenny

On Viator, sold by Smithwick's Experience

Dates and prices: Kilkenny Food Tours

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Food and drink experiences

Tastings, food walks, cooking classes and dinners on the marketplace, ranked the way GetYourGuide ranks them.

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Hurling Experience in Kilkenny City

Guided tour1.5 hours4.9 from 25 reviewsfrom €30

At Hurling Tours Ireland we offer you the chance to fully immerse yourself in Irish culture and tradition through the national sport of hurling. A uniquely Irish experience.

Food and drink experiences on their own page

Day trips from Kilkenny

Trips out of the city with transport included. Our own day-trips page covers the towns worth eating in; these are the coaches and drivers that get you there.

Waterford Crystal & Kilkenny City

Day trip1 day4.7 from 17 reviewsfrom €149

Visit part of Ireland's Ancient East, where there are Medieval and Viking cities to be explored! Enjoy a full day tour to a big chunk of Ireland's Ancient East - in Ir...

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Tickets and attractions

Timed entry, skip-the-line and city cards. Book these ahead in high season.

Tickets and attractions on their own page

Guided tours

Walking, bike and themed tours of the city itself.

Kilkenny Dark Tours

Guided tour75 minutes4.7 from 101 reviewsfrom €19

A walking tour of medieval Kilkenny with stories of its terrible history. A city steeped in dark tales and narrow laneways.Note : Days unavailable contact us for group...

Guided tours on their own page

On the water

Cruises and boat trips.

On the water on their own page

Also bookable on Viator

The same city on Viator (Tripadvisor's marketplace), top rated first: a third place to compare dates and prices.

Kayak Tour Kilkenny

Viator1.5 h5.0 from 29 reviewsfrom EUR 55

We are life time paddlers, sharing our passion, incorporating fun, learning and awareness of river and its surrounds . Our customers get personal attention and feel v...

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Also bookable on Musement

The same city on TUI's Musement marketplace: tickets, tours and tastings, food and drink first. A second place to check dates and prices.

Also bookable on Musement on their own page