Journey Through La Merced

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
4 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 4 guests
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Language
English, Spanish
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Explore La Merced Market's vibrant culture and flavors. Taste local delicacies, meet vendors, and uncover the market's history, just a subway ride from the Historic Center of Mexico City.

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

Experience Details

The colorful, chaotic Merced Market serves thousands of shoppers daily. On this tour, you’ll visit our favorite food stalls, meet some talented market vendors, and learn the market’s history. You’ll finish knowing why La Merced is unlike anywhere else in Mexico.


We’ll start this tour in the Downtown Historic Center, before jumping on the subway two stops to La Merced market. There, we’ll wind through the market’s lively banquetón, or prepared food area, tasting tacos, aguas frescas and tamales. After that, we’ll stroll through the gigantic fruits and vegetables building, and learn about—and taste!—prehispanic ingredients, such as grasshoppers and agave worms. After a quick stop to rest, we’ll leave the market to take the subway back to the Historic Center where we’ll finish up the tour with a refreshing drink and a snack in a newly revived part of the city that you won’t want to miss!


This tour is good for seasoned travelers.


What You Get

One coffee, beer or another non-alcoholic beverage
Traditional Mexican candy
One agua fresca
Transport to/from the meeting and end points of the tour
Souvenirs
Tip for your guide

Good To Know

  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What You’ll Experience

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La Merced

The colorful, chaotic Merced Market serves thousands of shoppers daily. On this tour, you’ll visit our favorite food stalls, meet some talented market vendors, and learn the market’s history. You’ll finish knowing why La Merced is unlike anywhere else in Mexico.
3 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
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Centro Historico

At the end of this tour, we'll spend some time strolling through the streets of a newly revived part of the centro, an area filled with buoyant bars and cafés and boasting a lively urban art scene.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Free

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

El Nuevo Café Bagdad, Plaza Juan José Baz, Ciudad de México, Mexico, MX, 06090

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In front of El Nuevo Café Bagdad in the Historic Center. It is important to be aware there is a "Café Bagdad" in Roma Norte, this is NOT the right location. You can write "El Nuevo Café Bagdad" into your Uber app, and it will take you to the correct place.
End Point

Roldán 37, Calle de Roldán, Ciudad de México, Mexico, MX, 06060

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We’ll finish at a beautiful restaurant in a restored mansion, where you’ll relax with a cold drink and a snack with your guide.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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Great food tour in La Merced Market.
July 01, 2025
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Our guide Adrian was awesome. Very friendly and knowledgeable. He took us to lots of great places. We had some amazing authentic food. He even got all of us including our 11 year old to try and enj...read more

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Fascinating tour of Merced Market
July 01, 2025
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My husband, 13-year-old son, and I loved the tour of Merced Market. Our guide, Clara, was engaging and kind from the first minute to the last, and she made the tour both interesting and entertainin...read more

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La Merced/Eat Mexico incredible experience!!
June 21, 2025
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Hector and Clara provided an unbelievable experience with our families (including children) through La Merced. We would not have been able to consider or experience this exceptional part of Mexico ...read more

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Fantastic market experience
June 21, 2025
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The tour was incredible! Definitely of our trip. Yimnah was our tour guide and was super friendly and knowledgeable about not only where to eat at the market but also of the market’s history. Ate s...read more

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Delicious and Informative!
June 19, 2025
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The food was incredible and Adrian was incredibly knowledgeable! I learned so much about Mexico City. This tour was favorite part of the trip :)

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