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Gastronomic and Cultural Walking Tour of Quito with Tastings

By Fernando Gualoto - TuristiK
9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is RM 161 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

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.

Activity location

  • Basilica del Voto Nacional
    • Carchi 122 y Venezuela.
    • 170150, Quito, Ecuador, Ecuador

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • QFMV+R5G
    • 170130, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

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Gastronomic and Cultural Walking Tour of Quito with Tastings
  • Activity duration is 3 hours and 30 minutes3h 30m
    3h 30m
  • English
Price details
RM 161.13 x 1 AdultRM 161.13
Total
Price is RM 161.13
Until Tue, 7 Apr

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Empanada, pristine, sanduche, humita, quinbolito
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Chocolate tasting
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Tasting of traditional sweets
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Tasting of canelazo - traditional drink with or without alcohol
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Lunch
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Gratuities

Know before you book

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Basilica del Voto Nacional

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
The Neo-Gothic Church similar to Notre Dame, where our guide will accompany you to the towers to have a spectacular panoramic view of the entire city of Quito.

Museo Camilo Egas

  • 15m
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)

Nucanchi Shop

  • 20m
  • Admission ticket included
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”

Calle de las Siete Cruces

  • 15m
  • Admission ticket included
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

ISLA TRAORI - MISKICOR

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket included
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

Palacio Arzobispal

  • 15m
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

Plaza de la Independencia (Plaza Grande)

  • 20m
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"

Calle García Moreno (Pass by)

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

Fundacion Iglesia de la Compania (Pass by)

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

Antiguo Banco Central del Ecuador

  • 10m
A brief stop outside the Old Central Bank of Ecuador to learn why we use the dollar and what was our currency?

Los Jugos De La Sucre

  • 15m
You cannot leave Quito without buying delicious vegetarian or vegan “humitas and quimbolitos” there are also local options

Iglesia y Convento de San Francisco

  • 15m
  • Admission ticket not included
The largest convent in South America, where your guide will give you an explanation of it and some curiosities

Yumbos Chocolate

  • 25m
  • Admission ticket included
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

Plaza de San Francisco

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket included
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.

Iglesia y Convento de San Francisco (Pass by)

With a beautiful view of the Church of San Francisco you will finish your tour, receiving a souvenir from your experience in Quito.

Location

Activity location

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    Basilica del Voto Nacional
    • Carchi 122 y Venezuela.
    • 170150, Quito, Ecuador, Ecuador

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    QFMV+R5G
    • 170130, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

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