Oaxaca Food & Tasting Tour — Cheese, Chocolate & more
Descripción
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.
Opciones de la excursión
Itinerario
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.
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 chocolate de agua, 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.
End in the lively market town of Tlacolula, where a local baker walks you through the making of pan de cazuela — 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.
Lo más destacado
Qué incluye
Lugares y horarios de recogida
Presentarse en el lobby de su hotel. La hora del pick up dependerá de la lejanía de su hotel con respecto al Zócalo, puede ser hasta 30 minutos antes de la hora de la salida.
Valoraciones de viajeros
Información importante
- Accesible para silla de ruedas
- Hay opciones de transporte público disponibles en las cercanías
- Los bebés deben sentarse en el regazo de un adulto
- Adecuado para todos los niveles de aptitud física
Opiniones(1)
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 history of Oaxaca and its Traditions very well. And for the drivers Cesar and Eric who drive well and carefully with their passengers. We recommend this tour agency for your vacation in Oaxaca. Thank you from The Duran Family!
Hola Familia Duran! Nos sentimos muy felices y satisfechos por tan amable comentario acerca de nuestros servicios. Ha sido un verdadero placer conocerlos y compartir esos días de tour con ustedes, Esperamos tenerlos pronto por estas bellas tierras del mezcal y del mole. A nombre de todo el equipo Dainzúu les damos las gracias por confiar en nosotros. Reciban un cordial saludo.
