Authentic Oaxacan food & Cultural Experience

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Summary

Experience Details

What You’ll Experience

Where to Meet

Reviews

Location

Oaxaca de Juarez

Duration

9 hours

Number of Guests

1 - 4 guests

Accessibility

Stroller Accessible

Language

English, Spanish

Other

Vegetarian, Wheelchair Accessible, Family-friendly, Pet-friendly, Private Experience

Digital Ticket

Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Embark on a full-day journey into Oaxaca's flavors and traditions. Savor authentic locally-made dishes, visit vibrant markets, and connect with indigenous cultures in an intimate group setting.

For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

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

What You Get

Alcoholic beverages

Mezcal tasting

Traditional Chocolate workshop

Meals

Authentic Mole tasting

Good To Know

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Service animals allowed

What You’ll Experience

Oaxaca

STARTING TIME 9:00 AM We will do 45 min approximately from Oaxaca city to the fisrt stop.

45 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Teotitlán del Valle Craft Market

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!

1 hourAdmission Ticket Included

Teotitlan del Valle

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.

1 hour 10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Mercado Tlacolula

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)

1 hourAdmission Ticket Included

Santa Ana del Valle

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)

2 hoursAdmission Ticket Free

Santiago Matatlan

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!

1 hour 10 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Oaxaca

BACK TO YOUR HOTEL We would do 1 hour approximately from the Mezcal spot to Oaxaca city.

1 hourAdmission Ticket Free

Meeting & Pickup

Pickup Point

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Pickup Details

We will pick you up directly at your Hotel/ AirB&B 10 minutos before the scheduled departure time.

Meeting Point

Oaxaca, Mexico, MX, 68000

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We will pick you up directly at your Hotel/ AirB&B 10 minutos before the scheduled departure time.

End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund.
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Reviews

5.0

based on 12 reviews

(TripAdvisor)

A truly special, wonderful tour

February 17, 2025

Felix gave us a fantastic tour! His enthusiasm for and knowledge of Zapotec culture made the experience very rich - not just about the food we tried (all delicious) but the sights we saw and the pe...read more

(Viator)

Amazing glimpse of Oaxaca’s food and culture

November 26, 2024

Six out of five stars! Or seven! Our tour guide Iveth took really good care of us and made sure met our and her expectations. Each place we visited was very traditonal and the food was amazing! O...read more

(TripAdvisor)

Better than we could have imagined!!! Don’t let the price scare you…it was definitely worth it.

June 14, 2024

Antonia was great to book with. He was responsive and in doing some research, the booking experience was completely safe as they are affiliated with Viator and Trip Advisor. It was only my daugh...read more

(Viator)

Highly recommend!

May 15, 2024

This was an amazing experience. Felix was an awesome guide and everything we did was wonderfully fun. The food was great, but seeing the traditional wool dyeing and weaving techniques was a true hi...read more

(TripAdvisor)

Oaxaca at its finest!

April 20, 2024

From start to finish working with Conmigo Tours was professional and easy. Antonio helped ensure that our tours exceeded our expectations. We did 2 tours the GASTRONOMIC & CULTURAL FULL DAY TOUR a...read more

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