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Santiago: Lastarria Food Tour with 5 Tastings and Ice Cream

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Santiago: Lastarria Food Tour with 5 Tastings and Ice Cream

About this activity

Walk into Santiago's heart with a local guide who turns four centuries of collapse and reconstruction into the story behind every dish you taste. Over three hours and six stops, you'll go from the historic downtown to the heritage streets of Lastarria, tasting Indigenous corn, Spanish stews, the red, white and green of a Completo Italiano hot dog, German cheese, and a French grape once presumed extinct.

Your guide knows which counter makes the best Completo Italiano, reads the market like a regular, and explains why Chile gave a hot dog its own national holiday, how a lost Bordeaux variety hid in these valleys for a century before becoming the country's calling card, and why the Plaza de Armas was built for defense long before beauty.

This is a Food Tours experience, so a Secret Dish is waiting too, revealed only on the day and served with a pisco sour, holding the heart of Santiago's cooking in a single course.

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At a glance

Duration
3 hours
Confirmation
Instant confirmation
Ticket
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group
Up to 12 people
People per booking
1–12
Guide
English
Operated by
Secret Food Tours

Ages: Infants (0–2 years) · Children (3–11 years) · Youth (12–17 years) · Adults (18–99 years)

What is included

Included

  • Included: Chilean wine (choice of red or white)
  • Included: Fresh Peach Juice
  • Included: Pastel de Choclo
  • Included: Queso Valdivia
  • Included: Artisanal Ice Cream
  • Included: Our Signature Secret Dish
  • Included: Completo Italiano
  • Included: Non-alcoholic beverages for those who don’t consume alcohol
  • Included: Pisco Sour Tasting

Not included

  • Not included: Guide's Gratities
  • Not included: Pick-up & Drop-off

Itinerary

  1. Stop 1

    30 min

    Santiago's historic covered market, where the tour's guide reads the stalls like a regular to pick out the fresh, local ingredients behind the day's tastings.

  2. Plaza de Armas

    15 min

    The city's founding square, built for defense rather than beauty, and the starting point for tracing how Santiago's food history unfolds outward from its historic core.

  3. Stop 3

    Passing by

    The cathedral anchoring the Plaza de Armas, rebuilt after earthquakes just like the culinary traditions the tour follows, layered and reconstructed generation after generation.

  4. Iglesia de Santo Domingo

    Passing by

    One of downtown Santiago's oldest churches, standing as a marker of the Spanish colonial era that first brought stews and Old World cooking to the Chilean table.

  5. National Museum of History

    Passing by

    Housed on the Plaza de Armas, this museum holds the deeper history behind the dishes tasted on the tour, from Indigenous corn to colonial-era staples.

  6. Correo Central Building

    Passing by

    The former governor's palace turned central post office, a downtown landmark that frames the historic backdrop for the tour's opening stops.

  7. Stop 7

    Passing by

    A colonial-era basilica in the historic downtown, another example of the city's cycle of earthquake damage and rebuilding that mirrors its layered food story.

  8. Cerro Santa Lucia

    Passing by

    The hill separating downtown from Lastarria, marking the shift the tour makes from colonial history to the immigrant flavors of the heritage neighbourhood beyond it.

  9. Barrio Lastarria

    2 hours

    The heritage neighbourhood where the tour's later stops unfold, home to the Completo Italiano hot dog, German-influenced cheese, and Chile's once-thought-extinct French grape.

  10. Stop 10

    Passing by

    A historic parish near Lastarria, adding another layer of colonial-era heritage to the streets the tour walks through on its way to the neighbourhood's food stops.

  11. Parque Forestal

    Passing by

    A tree-lined park bordering Lastarria, offering a scenic stretch of the walk between the tour's historic downtown stops and its heritage-neighbourhood tasting

  12. Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral GAM

    Passing by

    A modern cultural center near Lastarria, showing how Santiago's food story keeps evolving even as the tour ties each bite back to the past.

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

  • The tour beings at Santo Domingo Church. Our guide will be waiting for you with an orange umbrella for easy recognition.

End point

  • We will end our tour at Our Gabriela Mistral Cultural Centre

Using your ticket

We kindly ask our guests to be at the meeting point at least 15 minutes before the departure time to check in with their guide.

Our Secret Food Tours Guide will have an orange umbrella at the meeting point for easy recognition.

Please ensure to contact us in advance of the tour for any dietary requirement, to ensure we can cater for them the best we can.

This tour involves a fair amount of walking; comfortable shoes are recommended. Not recommended for travelers with movement impairments.

We regret that we are unable to accommodate guests with wheelchairs or any impairments requiring special assistance.

Gratuities to guides providing excellent service are appreciated.

The legal minimum age for drinking alcohol in Chile is 18 years old.

Please note: the itinerary and menu is subject to change, based on the locations' availability, weather, and other circumstances.

Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Good to know

  • Public transportation options are available nearby

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

  • Not recommended for travelers with movement impairments.

Traveller ratings

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