Oaxaca Food & Tasting Tour — Cheese, Chocolate & more

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Oaxaca Food & Tasting Tour — Cheese, Chocolate & more

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 US$125.16  per guest
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Free cancellation (24 hours notice)
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals
Summary
Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
Where to Meet
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Duration
6 hours
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Number of Guests
4 - 10 guests
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Accessibility
Stroller Accessible
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Language
English, Spanish
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Other
Vegetarian, Wheelchair Accessible, Family-friendly
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Digital Ticket
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

This tour was built around one simple idea: the best way to understand a culture is to taste it. Not in a restaurant — at the source. You'll pull quesillo from a dairy vat with your own hands, drink tejate from the same clay bowl the Zapotecs used a thousand years ago, and sit beside a baker in a market town as she explains why the bread only tastes right when it's baked in clay. Every stop is a tasting, every tasting has a story, and every story connects you to a part of Oaxaca that most visitors never see. No ruins, no museums — just food, people, and the living traditions behind one of Mexico's greatest culinary cultures. All tastings included.

What You Get

Tour guide
In-vehicle air conditioning
Air-conditioned vehicle
Lunch
The aforementioned tastings and foods are included: cheese and cheese tasting, memelas, tamales, tejate, nicuatole, water chocolate, casserole bread.
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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
  • Wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

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Etla

Begin in the small dairy village of Reyes Etla, celebrated throughout Oaxaca for producing the finest quesillo — the fresh string cheese that is one of the state's most beloved foods. Watch how it is made from scratch and pull the warm, stretchy strands yourself directly from the whey. You'll also taste memelitas, thick handmade corn tortillas topped with local ingredients — simple, extraordinary food prepared the same way it has been for generations.
1 hour 35 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
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San Andres Huayapam

Enter a world of pre-Hispanic flavors in the village of San Andrés Huayapam. Here you'll taste tejate, an ancient cold beverage made from corn, cacao, and mamey seed that was once reserved for Zapotec royalty — and is still prepared by hand in clay bowls today. You'll also discover water chocolate, stone-ground cacao dissolved in water the traditional Oaxacan way, and taste tamales and nicuatole, a silky corn-based dessert with a flavor that exists nowhere else on earth.
2 hours 50 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
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Tlacolula

End in the lively market town of Tlacolula, where a local baker walks you through the making of casserole bread — a rich, anise-scented bread baked in clay pots that is a staple of Oaxacan celebrations. You'll also learn how Oaxacan chocolate is ground and prepared from raw cacao using a traditional stone mill (metate). Tlacolula's Sunday market is one of the largest and most authentic indigenous markets in Mexico — a feast for all the senses.
1 hour 35 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Meeting & Pickup

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Pickup Details
Show up in the lobby of your hotel. The pick up time will depend on how far your hotel is from the Zócalo, it can be up to 30 minutes before departure time.
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Meeting Point

C. de Manuel García Vigil 306, Calle de Manuel García Vigil, Oaxaca, Mexico, MX, 68000

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In our office located at García Vigil 306 inside the Oaxaca Real hotel
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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Extraordinary
June 03, 2024

Excellent services from the entire team. Starting with Edgar who explained each trip to us and helped plan the tours. Gaby who was our tour guide, very kind and patient with us. He knows the histor...read more

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