THE REAL MEXICAN FOOD TOUR AND SIGHTS:
Join a Mexican guide through these amazing 9 days tour to understand better one of the 5 cuisines recognized around the world by UNESCO.
Learning more about real Mexican food from the roots, learn what MILPA is and why it is so important in the Mexican agriculture system. Discover how the colonial time influenced Mexican food nowadays.
Finish this gastronomic experience, cooking hand by hand with a Zapotecan amazing lady.
- Start/Finish: MEXICO CITY / OAXACA
- Physical rating: 2 OUT OF 5
- Group size: 2 TO 12
Day 1 Mexico City welcome meeting / arrival day.
Welcome to Mexico City! Your food adventure starts meeting your local guide at the lobby of the hotel at 5 pm for your welcome meeting. After a quick introduction, get ready for a taco taste tonight.
INCLUSIONS:
TACO TASTE
Day 2 Mexico City Anthropology Museum.
Our food adventure starts with an early visit to The Anthropology Museum: domestication of corn, ancient agriculture, interpretation and relationship with pre-Columbian deities and importance of local markets in ancient times.
The rest of the afternoon is free for you to explore.
INCLUSIONS:
BREAKFAST
VISIT, GUIDE AND ENTRANCE FEE MUSEO DE ANTROPOLOGIA E HISTORIA.
ROUND TRANSPORTATION
Day 3 Mexico City Chinampa visit and Market Food tour.
Visit Chinampa and learn about the ancient agriculture process and how locals preserve these important traditions.
Discover a very traditional local market and how it was connected with chinampas production before 1920´s. Learn the way pre-Columbian culture harvests and how locals preserve these ancient techniques.
You will try real Mexican food in the local market.
The rest of the day is free for you to explore.
INCLUSIONS:
breakfast
boat ride, chinampa visit, market food tour.
round transportation.
Day 4 Teotihuacan ruins and Puebla transfer day.
We traveled today to the Teotihuacan ruins, exploring one of the most important and biggest sites between 150a.c to 750 a.c.
Meet a local family to learn more about obsidian, and try cactus local products.
Puebla ride will be only 2 hours away, finishing with a walking orientation in the famous city of Angels.
INCLUSIONS:
breakfast.
teotihuacan, entrance fee, guide, family visit, puebla walking orientation.
transportation.
Day 5 Puebla Cultural food tour Day.
Day 5 Puebla Cultural food tour Day.
Today we will be exploring the city, visiting famous ex convents, admiring the very amazing old kitchens and history where you can almost smell what the nuns cooked there.
Taste a 3 times menu in a very local restaurant. Including mole!
The rest of the afternoon is free for you to explore.
INCLUSIONS:
breakfast.
entrance fees, guide.
lunch.
Day 6 Oaxaca Travel Day.
Get an early 5 hour ride from Puebla to Oaxaca.
Enjoy the amazing panoramic view on the road.
Discover the city through a walking orientation while the rest of the day is free for you to explore.
inclusions:
breakfast
walking tour/orientation.
Day 7 Oaxaca.
Feel free to explore Oaxaca city.
From amazing museums, tasty restaurants, street art in small neighborhoods, fascinating and colorful architecture, ancient Zapotec and Mixtec ruins, and more.
Your tour guide will give you all the options available and recommendations for today. 🙂
INCLUSIONS:
BREAKFAST
Day 8 Oaxaca Tlacolula visit, Mezcal Factory and Zapotecan cooking class.
Feel free to explore Oaxaca city.
From amazing museums, tasty restaurants, street art in small neighborhoods, fascinating and colorful architecture, ancient Zapotec and Mixtec ruins, and more.
Your tour guide will give you all the options available and recommendations for today. 🙂
INCLUSIONS:
breakfast
local market visit.
mezcal factory visit and taste
dinner
Day 9 Oaxaca.
Departure day, no activities or meals included for today.
Inclusions.
MEALS: 7 breakfast / 2 lunch / 2 dinners.
Transportation: private transportation
Accommodation: (4 stars hotel) (3 stars hotels) (hostels) (mix hotel-hostel)
ACTIVITIES:
- Anthropology Museum fee.
- Chinampa visit, trajinera boat ride & market tour.
- Teotihuacan guide, entrance fee & local family visit.
- Puebla walking orientation.
- Puebla ex convent fees and guide.
- Oaxaca city tour & walking orientation.
- Oaxacan market visit, mezcal factory visit & cooking class with a Zapotecan lady.
CERTIFIED MEXICAN GUIDE.
