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Food and drink Oaxaca City, Mexico
Authentic Oaxacan food & Cultural Experience
5.0
(13 reviews)
9 hours
Free cancellation
Private tour
out of 5
13 reviews
About this activity
If you really want to go beyond the restaurants and really taste Oaxaca, this tour is for you. We leave the city to visit Native towns where indigenous families & traditional cooks still prepare food the old-fasioned way! Grinding corn by hand, cooking over the wood fire and usuing clay pots and comales.
You will taste dishes prepared specially for you, learn about Ancestral cooking techniques, hear stories behind each recipe and see how food, identity & daily life are deeply connected in this communities.
By choosing this Tour, you also support local markets, indigenous cooks and local families who preserve Oaxaca´s culinary heritage.
A genuine Oaxacan Cultural & Gastronomic inmersion - Fully private and all-inclusive
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At a glance
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Confirmation
- Instant confirmation
- Ticket
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group
- Your group only
- People per booking
- 1–15
- Guide
- English, Spanish
- Operated by
- Oaxaca Conmigo Tours
What is included
Included
- Included: Alcoholic beverages: Mezcal tasting
- Included: Traditional Chocolate workshop
- Included: Meals: Authentic Mole tasting
- Included: Breakfast in Teotitlán market
- Included: Bottled water: A cooler with drinks
- Included: Lunch: Tacos & Oaxacan Icecream at Tlacolula market
- Included: In-vehicle air conditioning: Private Transportation
- Included: Textile weaving demostration in Teotitlán town
Itinerary
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Oaxaca
45 min
STARTING TIME 9:00 AM
We will do 45 min approximately from Oaxaca city to the fisrt stop.
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Stop 2
one hour Admission included
We will start this delicious and cultural experience in a small native Market to have breakfast and try the next options: Memelitas, Empanadas of Mole amarillo with chicken, oaxacan cheese or squash blossom flower, traditional tamales and Atole!
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1 h 10 min
We will move to the next spot in the same community, visiting an indigenous Family and see how they work with the weaving process making beautiful rugs! They still keep the old traditions which is been passed generation by generatios using natural dyes from diferent elements sunch as the cochinilla insect, some flowers, roots, seeds, and more for all the colors they work with.
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one hour Admission included
We love Tacos!
One of the special things in this market are the Barbacoa Tacos. They are soo delicious and we will try some tacos of Goat and sheep with a good salsa and fresh water.
(Food is included in this stop)
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Stop 5
2 hours
Two activities with a Traditional Oaxacan Cook!
We will visit the house of a native family and eat with them but before... We will work out all the food we have ate.
The first activity is a chocolate workshop, we will toast the cacao seeds on the comal and grind them in the Metate stone to prepare tradicional oaxacan chocolateand enjoy it with a piace of bread, we also will learn about the cosmovision of the Cacao in the zapotec culture.
After that we will try three different types of Oaxacan Tamales, fresh made by this family.
(Both activities are included on the price)
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Santiago Matatlan
1 h 10 min
Dessert for the end!
We will visit a traditional Paleque (distillery) to see the whole process of the mezcal since how the cook the plant, the fermentation process, destilation and more. Finally you will have a Mezcal tasting which is included on the price.
We save the mezcal at the end because this place has a beautiful view of the sunset and agave fields. Salud!
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Oaxaca
one hour
BACK TO YOUR HOTEL
We would do 1 hour approximately from the Mezcal spot to Oaxaca city.
Meeting point and pickup
You can be picked up from your accommodation or go straight to the meeting point.
Meeting point
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We will pick you up directly at your Hotel/ AirB&B 10 minutos before the scheduled departure time.
End point
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We will pick you up directly at your Hotel/ AirB&B 10 minutos before the scheduled departure time.
Pickup points
- Hotel Castillo de Reyes
- Siglo 17
- Cielo Zapoteco Confort Suites
- Casa Sofia Oaxaca
- Hotel Posada Escudero
- Posada Villa Maria
- Casa Hidalgo Hotel Boutique
- Niyana
- Casa Blanca Coexist Space
- Hotel Casa Lula’
- Quieto Hotel Suites
- LARIMAR Gallery y Hotel Boutique
and 132 more pickup points
We will pick you up directly at your Hotel/ AirB&B 10 minutos before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation
Free cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
| If you cancel | You get back |
|---|---|
| At least one day before | 100% |
| Less than a day before | 0% |
- The operator may cancel if the weather does not allow it; you then get another date or your money back.
Good to know
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Wheelchair accessible
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Options
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Full-Day Gastronomic & Cultural Tour in Oaxaca
Pickup included
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OPTION FOR 3 PEOPLE
OPTION FOR 3 PEOPLE
Pickup included
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SUV VEHICLE FOR 4 PEOPLE
SUV VEHICLE FOR 4 PEOPLE
Pickup included
Traveller ratings
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