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Be Your Own Tour Guide at Findlay Market

a close up of text on a white backgroundWe know this has happened to most travelers. You’re visiting a historic site or local attraction, and you’re ready to learn more. You’re intrigued enough to inquire about a guided tour, but you’re stopped in your tracks. Sold out. Or no tours available that day. You pick up a brochure and fumble your way around, but you still feel like there’s more to the story.

We feel your pain. In an effort to help visitors who want to learn more about historic Findlay Market, even when no guided tour is available, Cincinnati Food Tours has designed a self-guided audio tour. We’ve created a way for you to hear the stories of Findlay Market and also enjoy the wonderful flavors that keep locals coming back for more. Appropriately entitled Eat. Walk. Repeat., the 24-minute self-guided tour allows you to listen to the narrative as you meet the merchants and choose your own stops for samples. Go ahead and pause the audio to shop, or take a break for a glass of wine or beer. After all, you’re the guide!

The self-guided tour is available only on the Cincinnati Food Tours website. Purchase the packet and you can immediately download the audio to your favorite platform on your smartphone.  (If you plan to visit with others, consider purchasing extra tokens at the same time you purchase the packet so that everyone gets their own tasting experience.) a store front at dayOnce you arrive at Findlay Market, stop by the Market Center to pick up your self-guided tour packet. Your packet contains a keepsake guide booklet, a map with navigation cues, and a set of five tokens to redeem as you meet the merchants along the route. You will also pick up any additional tokens you purchased during the booking process. Plug in your earphones and get ready to eat, walk, and repeat as you make your way around Findlay Market.  Learn More

Special note: During the COVID-19 pandemic, Findlay Market remains open as an essential business. Masks are required and a comprehensive safety plan is in place. We designed this self-guided experience as another way to give you the confidence to continue to support the local businesses so vital to our community.