Bogotá: La Candelaria Food Tour with 7 Tastings & Ajiaco

Highlights

• Explore Bogotá's La Candelaria neighborhood on a guided food tour
• Taste local dishes like tamal tolimense and sip on local tea
• Learn about the city's history and culture from your local guide
• Discover the story behind the murals that adorn the city's buildings
• End your tour at a barista school and savor a cup of Colombian coffee

Description

Bogotá rises high in the Andes, on a savanna the Muisca people farmed for centuries before the Spanish ever arrived. This tour walks you through La Candelaria, the oldest part of the city, and tells its whole story through what you eat along the way. You begin in a working market hall that has fed this neighbourhood for almost a hundred years, with a breva con arequipe, a fig cooked down in syrup with milk caramel and a little salty cheese, followed by a tasting of Colombian fruits most travellers have never encountered before. From there your local guide leads you through cobbled streets and quiet plazas, one bite at a time: a tamal tolimense steamed slowly in a banana leaf the way it has been made for generations, a taste of chicha, the fermented corn drink this city once tried to outlaw, and a griddled arepa fresh off the pan. You sip on some authentic local tea and finally hear the real story behind local products, then settle into a full bowl of ajiaco, the potato soup every Bogotano grew up loving. Along the way, your guide fills in everything a map leaves out: the plaza where the city was founded in 1538, the Indigenous history beneath the colonial streets, and the towering murals painted across whole buildings, and the fight it took to make them legal. Somewhere in the middle of it all, you'll be handed a secret dessert dish, one we only reveal once it's in your hands, a local favourite that somehow pulls the whole city together in a single bite. The tour finishes at a working barista school, where Colombian coffee is brewed in front of you and you'll hear how this country learned to keep its very best beans for itself. Small groups, a guide who lives and breathes this neighbourhood, and a walk through five centuries of history, one plate at a time.

Includes

Breva con arequipe, a fig cooked in syrup with milk caramel and fresh cheese Fresh fruit tasting Tamal tolimense Arepa Ajiaco Seasonal street bites Plus, our Secret Dessert Dish

Excludes

Guide's gratuities Pick-up & Drop-off

Important Information

• 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. 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 is 18 years old.

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund