Small Group or Private Mexico City Market Secrets & Cooking Class Tour
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Small Group or Private Mexico City Market Secrets & Cooking Class Tour
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5 hours (Approx.)
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Offered in: English
Good for avoiding crowds
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Overview
Peruse 2 of Mexico City's top street markets during this 5-hour cultural and l cooking class tour. Navigate the bustling markets packed with goods like exotic flowers, traditional piñatas, super hot tamales, taco lesson and taste, food history, and 'magic' love potions with your guide, who will give you the inside scoop on the best places to find whatever you're after. With tasty samples along the way, you'll finish your tour with panza llena, corazon contento: a fully tummy and a happy heart.
- Explore 2 of Mexico City's local markets
- Shop for items like fresh produce, local flowers, and local candies
- Indulge in lots of tastings along the way
- Learn about the history of Mexican cuisine, ingredients, local producers, and how Mexican families are involved.
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Meet your guide at the Hostel Mundo Joven facade. Begin your insider tour of the city's best markets the way the locals do:
Your first stop is a market that even some locals don't know about. As you have a look around, learn about the context of this place in Mexican social and political history in the early 20th century. Hear about the market's connection to prominent Mexico City historical figures Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.
Jump back on public transport and head to the 3 in 1 flower market. Continue a few blocks to a market that has 3 parts: flowers, fresh produce and prepared food. Ask one of the vendors in the largest flower market in the city to pick out some flowers that match your eye color. Stroll through the warren of stalls chock full of local products, atole, taco, huarache dish, tamales and pineapple tepache as you walk.
Last stop is a local patio for some more food samples, also a cooking spicy hand-on class ensuring you won't end your 5-hour tour hungry.
Your first stop is a market that even some locals don't know about. As you have a look around, learn about the context of this place in Mexican social and political history in the early 20th century. Hear about the market's connection to prominent Mexico City historical figures Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.
Jump back on public transport and head to the 3 in 1 flower market. Continue a few blocks to a market that has 3 parts: flowers, fresh produce and prepared food. Ask one of the vendors in the largest flower market in the city to pick out some flowers that match your eye color. Stroll through the warren of stalls chock full of local products, atole, taco, huarache dish, tamales and pineapple tepache as you walk.
Last stop is a local patio for some more food samples, also a cooking spicy hand-on class ensuring you won't end your 5-hour tour hungry.
Itinerary
Enjoy the local atmosphere on 2 hidden Mexican markets. The Mural market and the Flower market.
Visit the mural market in the very heart of Mexico City and learn about the social-political issues during the early 1940s. Try the best tamales in Mexico city and learn more about Mexican dishes.
Duration: 1 hour
Admission Ticket Included
Catch the Mexican subway to get to the flower market. A 3 in 1 market, where we will try some tacos, tepache, buying some local ingredients, and smelling the colorful flower area while we walk to a family local business.
Meet a local family that has been here almost 100 years keeping the family business and learn how to cook spicy Mexican sauce on a traditional way.
Duration: 2 hours
Admission Ticket Included
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- "Lots of walking - wear comfy shoes - and bring water because it is hot and you may be eating some spicy foods :" See review
- "You even go super local and take local transport to your stops!" See review
- "The tour was a little more than we wanted to pay but man was it worth every minute!!" See review
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