Mexico Real Food Adventure
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Highlights
- Kick off your adventure with a taco crawl in Mexico City – your chance to try the authentic version of one of the most popular dishes in the world.
- Get hands on with a market visit and cooking class with a local chef in Oaxaca and learn about a signature Mexican drink at a mezcal tasting session.
- Visit the community of San Pedro Tlahuac, where Nahuatl descendants preserve traditions from pre-Columbian times, including chinampa farming, fiestas and ceremonies from ancient days.
- Dig into the culture and history of Mexico during a walking tour of Mexico City’s historical centre and a visit to the ancient Mitla ruins.
- Get to the source of some of the nation's most iconic foods, including churros, barbacoa, tamales, tortillas, elotes and mole.
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- Mezcal Sip - Mexico City
- Mexico City - Taco Crawl
- Mexico City - Centro Historico food tour and lunch
- Mexico City - Breakfast at Bakery
- Mexico City Tour
- San Pedro Tlahuac Community Visit Lunch
- Puebla City - Food Tour & Lunch at Market
- Oaxaca - Mercado Benito Juarez
- Oaxaca - Mercado 20 de Noviembre
- Lunch at Oaxaca Market
- Barrio Jalatlaco Oaxaca orientation walk with coffee
- Oaxaca Cooking class with lunch
- Mitla Ruins Visit
- Oaxaca - Mezcaleria visit
- Lunch at Tlacolula Market
- Mitla Arqueological Site - Arqueological Local Guide
Itinerary
Bienvenidos! Welcome to Mexico City. Your adventure begins with a welcome meeting at 6 pm tonight, where you'll meet your leader and fellow travellers. After, head out for a taco crawl around town so you can sample different versions of Mexico’s most popular global dish. You may like to accompany your tacos with a refreshing local beer or horchata, a milky cinnamon rice drink.
With your leader, you’ll visit a Mexico City institution – a two-storey bakery brimming with cakes, breads and biscuits, followed by a walking tour of the Centro Historico. Take in the beautiful Bellas Artes Palace, travel down the Paseo de la Reforma thoroughfare and...
Take a private vehicle to Puebla this morning, stopping in San Pedro Tlahuac along the way, where Nahuatl descendants preserve pre-Columbian traditions. This is one of the last remaining places in Mexico that still has the canals and chinampa farms – man-made agricult...
Venture out on a culinary city tour with a stop in a famous local market for lunch. Puebla is renowned for dishes that combine Spanish and pre-hispanic influences, such as chiles en nogada (stuffed chillies covered in creamy walnut sauce). Start with some Pueblan stre...
Travel by bus to Oaxaca – a beautiful city nicknamed the ‘land of the seven moles’, hinting at its varieties of the thick sauce. When you arrive, head straight for the bustling Mercado 20 de Noviembre for a late lunch. Among the many great choices, tlayudas (Oaxacan p...
Today, visit a market with a local chef and learn about Oaxaca’s cuisine from an expert. Take the ingredients you’ve picked up and, during a special cooking class, learn how to transform them into traditional Oaxacan dishes, which you’ll then enjoy for lunch. And you ...
Today, you'll venture out of Oaxaca for an insight into regional life. First, head to the ancient ruins of Mitla. Mitla (the Nahuatl word for 'underworld') is an important Zapotec archaeological site and was the main religious centre for the Zapotec people. At lunchti...
Your adventure ends after breakfast. Additional accommodation can be pre-booked if you wish to spend more time exploring Mexico. Just speak to your booking agent ahead of time.
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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Intrepid Travel Reviews & Ratings
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Our guide Fernando was exceptional his knowledge
Our guide Fernando was exceptional his knowledge and attitude made this experience so memorable and special for my family and I. He is an amazing guide and so passio...
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- Oaxaca Real Hotel
- Calle de Manuel García Vigil 306
- Centro
- Oaxaca
- 68000
- MEXICO
- Phone: +1 (951) 506 07 08
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- 15 Mar 2025 (QVZA250315), 19 Jul 2025 (QVZA250719), 11 Oct 2025 (QVZA251011), 08 Nov 2025 (QVZA251108), 20 Dec 2025 (QVZA251220), 27 Dec 2025 (QVZA251227)
- Hotel Victoria Oaxaca
- Carretera Internacional Km 545
- Col. Figueroa
- Oaxaca
- 76180
- MEXICO
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