Antigua Guatemala Food Walk: Market Comedores, Pepian & Chocolate
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Antigua, Guatemala
Antigua
1N (Tiempo de participación)
Caminar (Medio de transporte)
Inglés (Idioma)
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Descripción del tour
Antigua fue la capital de la Centroamérica española hasta que un terremoto la arrasó en 1773, y lo que quedó es una cuadrícula de calles empedradas con ruinas y casas coloniales de poca altura bajo tres volcanes, uno de los cuales humea constantemente.
La gastronomía aquí tiene una base maya con capas de influencia española. El pepián, un guiso espeso de pollo o res espesado con semillas de calabaza y ajonjolí tostados junto con chiles secos, es el plato nacional y casi con certeza de origen prehispánico. Los chiles rellenos de aquí no son la versión mexicana: se rellenan de carne picada y verduras, se rebozan en huevo y se sirven dentro de un pan.
Comenzamos en el mercado municipal, donde los habitantes de Antigua realmente hacen sus compras, con un desayuno en un comedor y un paseo por la sección de productos agrícolas: frijoles negros, decenas de tipos de chiles, flor de loroco y frutas que probablemente nunca antes haya visto. Luego disfrutaremos de tamales y atol de elote, una bebida tibia de maíz dulce que se vende desde una olla en una esquina.
Terminamos con cacao, domesticado en esta región y utilizado alguna vez como moneda, molido y bebido a la usanza antigua con chile, junto con una taza de café guatemalteco de un tostador que puede indicarle de qué finca proviene.
Grupos reducidos, máximo 8 personas, completamente a pie.
La gastronomía aquí tiene una base maya con capas de influencia española. El pepián, un guiso espeso de pollo o res espesado con semillas de calabaza y ajonjolí tostados junto con chiles secos, es el plato nacional y casi con certeza de origen prehispánico. Los chiles rellenos de aquí no son la versión mexicana: se rellenan de carne picada y verduras, se rebozan en huevo y se sirven dentro de un pan.
Comenzamos en el mercado municipal, donde los habitantes de Antigua realmente hacen sus compras, con un desayuno en un comedor y un paseo por la sección de productos agrícolas: frijoles negros, decenas de tipos de chiles, flor de loroco y frutas que probablemente nunca antes haya visto. Luego disfrutaremos de tamales y atol de elote, una bebida tibia de maíz dulce que se vende desde una olla en una esquina.
Terminamos con cacao, domesticado en esta región y utilizado alguna vez como moneda, molido y bebido a la usanza antigua con chile, junto con una taza de café guatemalteco de un tostador que puede indicarle de qué finca proviene.
Grupos reducidos, máximo 8 personas, completamente a pie.
Meeting point:
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Parque Central, in front of the cathedral, Antigua Guatemala
We meet in Parque Central in front of the cathedral ruins. Your guide will have a small sign with your name.
Itinerario detallado
Stop 1 - Mercado Municipal: The working market three blocks from the centre. Black beans, chillies, loroco, herbs and fruit, with your guide translating.
Stop 2 - Comedor breakfast: Eggs with black beans, fried plantain, fresh cheese and tortillas made on the comal in front of you, at a market comedor.
Stop 3 - Chiles rellenos and tostadas: Peppers stuffed with minced meat and vegetables, battered and fried, and tostadas topped with guacamol, salsa or black bean.
Stop 4 - Pepian: The national dish - chicken or beef in a thick sauce of toasted pumpkin seed, sesame and dried chilli, with rice and tortillas.
Stop 5 - Atol de elote and tamales: A warm sweetcorn drink from a pot on the street, with a tamal or a chuchito steamed in a leaf.
Stop 6 - Cacao: Cacao beans roasted and ground on a stone, drunk the pre-Hispanic way with chilli, and tasted against a modern bar.
Stop 7 - Guatemalan coffee: A cup from a roaster who can name the farm, with pan dulce, and a walk under the arch on Calle del Arco.
Stop 2 - Comedor breakfast: Eggs with black beans, fried plantain, fresh cheese and tortillas made on the comal in front of you, at a market comedor.
Stop 3 - Chiles rellenos and tostadas: Peppers stuffed with minced meat and vegetables, battered and fried, and tostadas topped with guacamol, salsa or black bean.
Stop 4 - Pepian: The national dish - chicken or beef in a thick sauce of toasted pumpkin seed, sesame and dried chilli, with rice and tortillas.
Stop 5 - Atol de elote and tamales: A warm sweetcorn drink from a pot on the street, with a tamal or a chuchito steamed in a leaf.
Stop 6 - Cacao: Cacao beans roasted and ground on a stone, drunk the pre-Hispanic way with chilli, and tasted against a modern bar.
Stop 7 - Guatemalan coffee: A cup from a roaster who can name the farm, with pan dulce, and a walk under the arch on Calle del Arco.
El precio del tour incluye
• Small-group English-speaking local food guide
• All food and drink tastings listed in the itinerary
• One local drink at the final stop
• Bottled water and wet wipes throughout the walk
• All taxes and service fees
• All food and drink tastings listed in the itinerary
• One local drink at the final stop
• Bottled water and wet wipes throughout the walk
• All taxes and service fees
El precio del tour no incluye
• Recogida y regreso al hotel, salvo que se indique lo contrario
• Bebidas adicionales aparte de las incluidas
• Seguro de viaje personal
• Propina para el guía (agradecida, pero no obligatoria)
• Comidas y compras fuera del programa
• Bebidas adicionales aparte de las incluidas
• Seguro de viaje personal
• Propina para el guía (agradecida, pero no obligatoria)
• Comidas y compras fuera del programa
Política de cancelación y reembolso
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the tour start time for a full refund. Cancellations within 24 hours are non-refundable. Tours run rain or shine; the rainy season brings afternoon downpours and we finish before them.
Otras notas
Runs daily at 09:00. The market is at its biggest on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Safety: the US State Department rates Guatemala at Level 3, reconsider travel. The risk is concentrated on intercity roads rather than in central Antigua, which is a small, walkable, heavily visited town. We arrange our own vetted airport and intercity transfers rather than letting guests take shuttles they found on the street, and we would strongly advise you to do the same. Read your own government's advice and decide for yourself.
Volcanoes: Fuego, visible from town, is in a state of near-constant activity and ashfall days happen in Antigua. They are a nuisance rather than a danger here. We do not sell or recommend volcano hikes - they are genuinely risky, operators vary enormously and there is no mountain rescue.
Semana Santa, Holy Week, is extraordinary in Antigua - processions, sawdust carpets covering whole streets - and also the single hardest week to operate in. We run a special version then at a different price and streets close without notice. Accommodation books out a year ahead.
Water: tap water is not drinkable. We use venues that use purified water and provide bottled water throughout.
Cash: quetzales for the market and street; cards only in sit-down restaurants.
Rainy season runs May to November, with afternoon downpours.
Dietary needs: tell us at least 48 hours ahead. Vegetarian is straightforward via beans, tortillas, chiles rellenos and market vegetables.
About 2 km of walking on cobbles, which are uneven - wear proper shoes and note this is not a wheelchair-friendly town.
Safety: the US State Department rates Guatemala at Level 3, reconsider travel. The risk is concentrated on intercity roads rather than in central Antigua, which is a small, walkable, heavily visited town. We arrange our own vetted airport and intercity transfers rather than letting guests take shuttles they found on the street, and we would strongly advise you to do the same. Read your own government's advice and decide for yourself.
Volcanoes: Fuego, visible from town, is in a state of near-constant activity and ashfall days happen in Antigua. They are a nuisance rather than a danger here. We do not sell or recommend volcano hikes - they are genuinely risky, operators vary enormously and there is no mountain rescue.
Semana Santa, Holy Week, is extraordinary in Antigua - processions, sawdust carpets covering whole streets - and also the single hardest week to operate in. We run a special version then at a different price and streets close without notice. Accommodation books out a year ahead.
Water: tap water is not drinkable. We use venues that use purified water and provide bottled water throughout.
Cash: quetzales for the market and street; cards only in sit-down restaurants.
Rainy season runs May to November, with afternoon downpours.
Dietary needs: tell us at least 48 hours ahead. Vegetarian is straightforward via beans, tortillas, chiles rellenos and market vegetables.
About 2 km of walking on cobbles, which are uneven - wear proper shoes and note this is not a wheelchair-friendly town.
Lista de precios detallada
| Tipo de viajero | Precio |
|---|---|
| Adultos | $49 |
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