Gastronomic and Cultural Walking Tour of Quito with Tastings





Description
Are you looking for a tour that mixes history, culture and gastronomy? This tour is the perfect opportunity to get to know the city of Quito and its hidden wonders, along with its landscapes you will have beautiful photographs to remember all your life.
Tour Options
Itinerary
The Gothic Revival church similar to Notre Dame, where our guide will explain its history, legend and gargoyles.
An art gallery where they will learn about some of the stories, traditions and ideologies of the indigenous groups of Ecuador. (DEPENDING ON THE DAY THIS PLACE MAY OR NOT BE OPEN)
A unique and special craft shop in the city, we will taste some local snacks such as the famous “dog poop, roasted corn with brown sugar” We’ll also take a shot of a national or non-alcoholic liquor to toast and then dance to indigenous music while wearing the masks of the most famous character “diablo huma”
Depending on the day, you can taste a sandwich, each city has a sandwich with something special, come and find out why our sandwiches are special and unique
Unique place in Quito, because it has the best sweets in the city where we can taste them and you will find some unique sweets in the world as “miscellas”, discover them
Place where you can take the best pictures of a colonial house and also taste “empanadas or pristine” all options can be vegetarian or vegan
Our guide will clearly show you the history and evolution of Quito and Ecuador, from the square you will be able to see "El Plalacio de Gobierno", "The Cathedral". In order to understand why Quito is considered "First Cultural Heritage of Humanity"
You will walk through the most touristy street in the historic center of Quito, where you will see Iglesias, the headquarters of the Royal Audience of Quito, the municipal library, all this will be explained by your guide
Best expression of the Quiteño Baroque, where your guide will explain from the outside why it is called the Church bathed in gold leaf and its main facade, remember that the end of the tour is near this attraction so you can return if you want to visit it by inside
A brief stop outside the Old Central Bank of Ecuador to learn why we use the dollar and what was our currency?
You cannot leave Quito without buying delicious vegetarian or vegan “humitas and quimbolitos” there are also local options, the tasting of food will be here or elsewhere
The largest convent in South America, where your guide will give you an explanation of it and some curiosities
You like chocolate? Enjoy the best chocolate, where we will have a tasting of Ecuadorian chocolate made with fine aroma cocoa and the history of it in Ecuador and the world
The place may vary, but you can’t leave Quito without having the famous “canelazo” that is a local drink, with or without alcohol you decide. If you were in Quito and you didn't take the cannellazo, you didn't visit Quito.
With a beautiful view of the Church of San Francisco you will finish your tour, receiving a souvenir from your experience in Quito.
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(1,236)
The tastings were great and filling. Our tour guide was awesome and knowledgeable. I highly recommend this tour of Quito.
This tour is great, but doesn’t include a tour of inside the Basilica. Our tour guide was wonderful. The food was wonderful and the people on the tour together were great. Highly recommend.
Vivi was a great guide, full of energy and passionate about Quito. The tour was centered around the old town with just the right mix of culture and food tasting
Stefy was an amazing guide, full of positivity and knowledge. We learnt so much and had a great time! Would definitely recommend. The food was amazing, but so was learning about the culture and history.
Great tour! Stefy was so friendly and also very knowledgeable and thorough. She made everyone feel so welcome in Quito and was a wonderful host and guide! The food was great and wonderful to get to experience things I would never have found or tried on my own. For a tasting tour it was a lot of food! Highly recommend!
Excellent experience with Stefy! I learned a lot about Quito and got several ideas of places to explore during the rest of my trip here.
Vivi was great! The tour was a nice balance of history and fun. Liked being able to try the different foods of the area and Vivi kept it fun for a family of 6 (ages 13-48!)
Great tour! Tour guide had great energy and was very knowledgeable.
We really enjoyed this tour. Stefy did a fabulous job, and we definitely got a generous amount of food and drinks and did not leave hungry! It was nice to explore places we did not know about and to learn new insights. And we received some wonderful parting gifts from our new friend, Stefy. Highly recommend this tour.
Really fun experience learning about Quito’s food culture. We ate a lot of chocolate and had a chance to try the coffee!



