Mexico Real Food Adventure

Mexico Real Food Adventure

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Mexico Real Food Adventure

8 Days Starting in Mexico City and ending in Oaxaca

Visiting: Mexico City, Puebla, Oaxaca, Oaxaca

Tour operator:

Intrepid Travel

Tour code:

QVZA

Guide Type:

Fully Guided

Group size:

1 - 12

Physical rating:

Low

Age range:

15-99 years

Tour operated in:

English

Interests:

Foodie and Wine Tours

From: $2255

NB: Prices correct on 22-Dec-2024 but subject to change.

Tour Overview

Get an authentic taste of Mexico on a journey through some of the country’s most famous culinary regions. Meander through Oaxaca’s aromatic markets with a local chef, take to the streets of Puebla to sample some the city’s local specialties and tuck into tacos in Mexico City. Your local leader will help you dig into the culture and history of Mexico with walking tours, visits to ancient ruins and local markets. If you’re after cultural richness, authentic experiences and flavoursome food, this is the adventure for you.

Highlights

  • Kick off your adventure with a taco dinner in Mexico City, your chance to try the authentic version of one of the world’s favourite foods.

  • Get hands on with a market visit and cooking class with a local chef in Oaxaca, and a seafood cooking class in the coastal town of Huatulco.

  • Visit the community of San Pedro Tlahuac, where Nahuatl descendants preserve traditions from pre-Columbian times, including chinampa farming, fiestas and ceremonies from ancient days.

  • Dig into the culture and history of Mexico during a walking tour of Mexico City’s historical centre and a visit to the ancient Mitla ruins.

  • This trip takes you to the source of some of the nation's most iconic foods, including churros, barbacoa, tamales, tortillas, elotes and mole.

  • By travelling on this trip, you’ll learn about our Intrepid Foundation partner, Gastromotiva. Donations help them provide nutritious, balanced meals for vulnerable people in Mexico. Intrepid will double the impact by dollar-matching all post-trip donations made to The Intrepid Foundation.

  • Kick off your adventure with a taco crawl in Mexico City – your chance to try the authentic version of one of the most popular dishes in the world.

  • Get hands on with a market visit and cooking class with a local chef in Oaxaca and learn about a signature Mexican drink at a mezcal tasting session.

  • Get to the source of some of the nation's most iconic foods, including churros, barbacoa, tamales, tortillas, elotes and mole.

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Day 1: Mexico City

Location: Mexico City

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: dinner

Bienvenidos! Welcome to Mexico City. Your adventure begins with a welcome meeting at 6 pm tonight, where you'll meet your leader and fellow travellers. After, head out for a taco crawl around town so you can sample different versions of Mexico’s most popular global dish. You may like to accompany your tacos with a refreshing local beer or horchata, a milky cinnamon rice drink.

Included Activities:
-Mezcal Sip - Mexico City
-Mexico City - Taco Crawl

Day 2: Mexico City

Location: Mexico City

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: breaksfast, lunch

With your leader, you’ll visit a Mexico City institution – a two-storey bakery brimming with cakes, breads and biscuits, followed by a walking tour of the Centro Historico. Take in the beautiful Bellas Artes Palace, travel down the Paseo de la Reforma thoroughfare and see the enormous Zocalo square. Along the way you'll call into Mercado San Juan, the city’s main food market, then roam the surrounding streets and watch local vendors at work. Pull up a chair at one of the best seafood stands in the city for a late lunch. Enjoy the rest of the day at leisure. Maybe relax in Chapultepec Park, take in some of the city's notable museums or check out the home of artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.


Included Activities:
-Mexico City - Centro Historico food tour and lunch
-Mexico City - Breakfast at Bakery
-Mexico City Tour

Day 3: Puebla

Location: Puebla

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: breaksfast, lunch

Take a private vehicle to Puebla this morning, stopping in San Pedro Tlahuac along the way, where Nahuatl descendants preserve pre-Columbian traditions. This is one of the last remaining places in Mexico that still has the canals and chinampa farms – man-made agricultural islands – from the times of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. Start your visit in a family kitchen where tortillas are freshly cooked and taken to the local market to sell. Be sure to sample the tortillas before boarding a trajinera (a flat-bottomed boat) for the 30-minute journey to the chinampas. Tour the chinampas with a Nahuatl farmer, who will show you their crops, explain how they make a chinampa and their tips for a successful harvest. Fill a basket with vegetables, which you’ll turn into a salad for lunch. A fresh spread will accompany your salad – tortillas stuffed with pork or vegetables and hibiscus tea. Arrive in Puebla in the afternoon – a city known for its long culinary history – and spend the rest of the day as you wish. Perhaps you’ll check out Zocalo, the central plaza, or pop down Alley of the Frogs, a colourful street perfect for souvenir shopping.

Included Activities:
-San Pedro Tlahuac Community Visit Lunch

Day 4: Puebla

Location: Puebla

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: breaksfast, lunch

Venture out on a culinary city tour with a stop in a famous local market for lunch. Puebla is renowned for dishes that combine Spanish and pre-hispanic influences, such as chiles en nogada (stuffed chillies covered in creamy walnut sauce). Start with some Pueblan street food like tacos Arabes (a style of taco created by Puebla’s Middle Eastern immigrants) or chalupas (fried tortillas with a spicy filling). Then, make a beeline for Calle de los Dulces (Sweet Street) to sample tortitas de Santa Clara (shortbread biscuits) and camotes (sweet potato lollies). Save space for a cinnamon-dusted churro or two! Once you’re full and satisfied, perhaps check out Talavera pottery or chill out in a cantina.

Included Activities:
-Puebla City - Food Tour & Lunch at Market

Day 5: Oaxaca

Location: Oaxaca

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: breaksfast, lunch

Travel by bus to Oaxaca – a beautiful city nicknamed the ‘land of the seven moles’, hinting at its varieties of the thick sauce. When you arrive, head straight for the bustling Mercado 20 de Noviembre for a late lunch. Among the many great choices, tlayudas (Oaxacan pizza) is a staple you shouldn’t miss. Next, visit Mercado Benito Juarez – a bountiful market taking up a full city block and brimming with produce like mole spices, pastes and towers of Oaxacan cheese. With free time for the remainder of the day, you can continue to roam the markets, people watch in the zocalo or take a gentle stroll around Oaxaca’s streets.

Included Activities:
-Oaxaca - Mercado Benito Juarez
-Oaxaca - Mercado 20 de Noviembre
-Lunch at Oaxaca Market

Day 6: Oaxaca

Location: Oaxaca

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: breaksfast, lunch

Today, visit a market with a local chef and learn about Oaxaca’s cuisine from an expert. Take the ingredients you’ve picked up and, during a special cooking class, learn how to transform them into traditional Oaxacan dishes, which you’ll then enjoy for lunch. And you can take these recipes home as a souvenir – the gift that keeps on giving! After, explore Oaxaca’s artsy neighbourhood, Jalatlaco, with your leader. Bright murals and coffee shops adorn its streets so sit down with a hot cup of caffeine from a cafe that’s been open for 140 years and take in your colourful surroundings.

Included Activities:
-Barrio Jalatlaco Oaxaca orientation walk with coffee
-Oaxaca Cooking class with lunch

Day 7: Oaxaca

Location: Oaxaca

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: breaksfast, lunch

Today, you'll venture out of Oaxaca for an insight into regional life. First, head to the ancient ruins of Mitla. Mitla (the Nahuatl word for 'underworld') is an important Zapotec archaeological site and was the main religious centre for the Zapotec people. At lunchtime, explore the abundant Mercado Tlacolula, renowned for its barbacoa and the ideal choice to refuel until dinner. On the way back to Oaxaca, stop at a mezcaleria (mezcal distillery). Although this drink is experiencing a resurgence in popularity all over Mexico, it is largely produced in Oaxaca. It's generally enjoyed straight-up, so it's not for the faint-hearted! 

Included Activities:
-Mitla Ruins Visit
-Oaxaca - Mezcaleria visit
-Lunch at Tlacolula Market
-Mitla Arqueological Site - Arqueological Local Guide

Day 8: Oaxaca

Location: Oaxaca

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: breaksfast

Your adventure ends after breakfast. Additional accommodation can be pre-booked if you wish to spend more time exploring Mexico. Just speak to your booking agent ahead of time.

What's Included

  • Accommodation
    Hotel (7 nights)

  • Mexico City - Welcome Dinner

  • Tlahuac - Community Visit

  • Puebla - City food tour

  • Mexico City - Leader-led Historico Centro tour

  • Mexico City - Street eats and market tour

  • Puebla - Supermarket stop

  • Oaxaca - Mercado Benito Juarez

  • Oaxaca - Mercado 20 de Noviembre

  • Oaxaca - Cooking class

  • Oaxaca - Mezcaleria visit

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What's Not Included

  • Tipping and Gratuities

  • International Travel

Included Activities

Mexico City - Leader-led Taco CrawlMexico City - Centro Historico food tour and lunchPuebla - City food tourOaxaca - Mercado Tlacolula visit with Barbocoa TastingOaxaca - Mezcaleria visitOaxaca - Mitla Ruins (Entrance)Boating ExpeditionHuatulco - Cooking Class

Transport

Boat , Taxi , Private van , Public Bus , Metro

Accommodation

The style of accommodation indicated in the day-to-day itinerary is a guideline only and may change. On some occasions, alternative arrangements may need to be made due to the lack of availability of rooms in our preferred accommodation. In these cases, we will use a similar standard of accommodation.Throughout the trip, we request that our properties prepare rooms in time for our arrival, especially if we're arriving prior to normal check-in time. However, this isn't always possible which means we won't be able to check-in immediately on arrival at some hotels. Instead, we can store our luggage and explore our new destination or on some trips, have use of shared day rooms until all rooms are available.

Important Information

1. A single supplement is available if you’d prefer not to share a room?on this trip. The single supplement applies to all nights of your trip?and is subject to availability. Please speak to your booking agent for further information.2. While we endeavour to cater for specific dietary requirements, some meals and food activities are set in advance and may be difficult to adjust. Please advise us of any dietary requirements at the time of booking so that we can ensure you’ll enjoy this trip.

Mode of Transport

Private Vehicle , Local Bus , Metro , Taxi

Check out our Q&As

  • Is this trip right for you

    The cuisine of Mexico includes a lot of meat and seafood. For vegetarians and vegans, we recommend reviewing the itinerary and inclusions to ensure that you will be able to fully participate and enjoy this trip. We offer many other trips to Mexico which can accommodate a range of dietary requirements.

    Mexico's climate is hot and humid. Wear loose clothing and make sure you stay hydrated, especially while out on walking tours. You can expect to walk a lot on this trip and the terrain is often steep. Make sure to pack a jacket for the higher altitude cities like Mexico City and Puebla.

    Mexico is a big country and you will be covering a fair amount of ground on this trip, so be prepared for some long drives. Please read the itinerary carefully for travel time estimates.

    This trip visits places that are at high altitude, and as a result some people can suffer from altitude sickness, regardless of age or physical health. Please see the Medical and health information section of the Essential Trip Information for more detail.

  • What policies are in place for Covid-19?

    Please contact us for latest COVID-19 policies

  • How long has the tour company been trading?

    Intrepid Travel has been taking travellers around the world for over 30 years

  • Will the accommodation included meet local health and safety regulations?

    Yes

  • What Ethical Travel credentials does the tour company have?

    Since 2002, The Intrepid Foundation has supported over 130 organisations across the world. We’re creating positive impact through the joy of travel, community and connection.

  • Do you operate a “single share” option and how does it work?

    Over 50% of traveller travel solo with Intrepid. You can choose to share a room with another solo travelle of the same sex for no additional charge, or choose to pay a single supplement if you’d like your own room. Please request this when booking, and we will secure you a single supplement wherever possible. Please note, if you are booking a last-minute trip, it may be harder for us to secure a single room

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