Cuenca Food Walk: Mercado 10 de Agosto, Hornado & Andean Sweets
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Cuenca, Ecuador
Cuenca
1N (Tiempo de participación)
Caminar (Medio de transporte)
Inglés (Idioma)
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Descripción del tour
Cuenca is a UNESCO colonial city in the southern Ecuadorian Andes, flatter and calmer than Quito, with three rivers, red tile roofs and one of the best market food halls in South America.
The Mercado 10 de Agosto is the centre of it. On the second floor, a row of women carve hornado - pork roasted whole overnight - to order, serving it with mote, the boiled hominy corn that Cuenca eats with everything, plus llapingachos, pickled onion and ají. You choose your plate by walking the row and pointing.
Downstairs, the fruit hall, and outside it the cascaritas vendors: pork skin blowtorched until it blisters, scraped and served in pieces with lime and salt, eaten standing up. Your guide will explain the corn culture here, which is genuinely deep - Cuenca has words for maize at half a dozen stages of ripeness.
We also eat mote pillo, hominy scrambled with egg and spring onion, and morocho, a warm milky drink made from cracked white corn with cinnamon and raisins, and finish with dulces, the convent sweets that Cuenca's nuns have made for centuries.
Small group, maximum 8 guests, entirely on foot on flat streets.
The Mercado 10 de Agosto is the centre of it. On the second floor, a row of women carve hornado - pork roasted whole overnight - to order, serving it with mote, the boiled hominy corn that Cuenca eats with everything, plus llapingachos, pickled onion and ají. You choose your plate by walking the row and pointing.
Downstairs, the fruit hall, and outside it the cascaritas vendors: pork skin blowtorched until it blisters, scraped and served in pieces with lime and salt, eaten standing up. Your guide will explain the corn culture here, which is genuinely deep - Cuenca has words for maize at half a dozen stages of ripeness.
We also eat mote pillo, hominy scrambled with egg and spring onion, and morocho, a warm milky drink made from cracked white corn with cinnamon and raisins, and finish with dulces, the convent sweets that Cuenca's nuns have made for centuries.
Small group, maximum 8 guests, entirely on foot on flat streets.
Meeting point:
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Mercado 10 de Agosto, Calle Larga, Cuenca
We meet at the Calle Larga entrance to Mercado 10 de Agosto. Your guide will have a small sign with your name.
Itinerario detallado
Parada 1 - Mercado 10 de Agosto: Los pabellones de frutas y verduras del mercado, con su guía sobre el maíz andino, las papas y las hierbas utilizadas para los rituales de limpieza de la limpia en la planta superior.
Parada 2 - Hornado en el segundo piso: Cerdo entero asado, cortado al momento, con chicharrón, mote, llapingachos y cebolla encurtida. Elija su plato recorriendo la fila.
Parada 3 - Cascaritas: Piel de cerdo quemada con soplete hasta que se ampolla y cruje, raspada y servida en trozos con limón y sal por un vendedor ambulante.
Parada 4 - Mote pillo: Maíz mote revuelto con huevo, cebolla de verdeo y leche: un desayuno cuencano y el plato que explica la relación de esta ciudad con el maíz.
Parada 5 - Morocho y humitas: Una bebida caliente de maíz blanco partido con leche, canela y pasas, acompañada de un paquetito de maíz cocido al vapor.
Parada 6 - Paseo por el centro histórico: La catedral nueva, el mercado de flores y la Calle Larga, con su guía sobre las capas coloniales y cañaris de Cuenca.
Parada 7 - Dulces y café: Dulces conventuales —dulce de higo, quesadillas, alfajores— con café ecuatoriano para terminar.
Parada 2 - Hornado en el segundo piso: Cerdo entero asado, cortado al momento, con chicharrón, mote, llapingachos y cebolla encurtida. Elija su plato recorriendo la fila.
Parada 3 - Cascaritas: Piel de cerdo quemada con soplete hasta que se ampolla y cruje, raspada y servida en trozos con limón y sal por un vendedor ambulante.
Parada 4 - Mote pillo: Maíz mote revuelto con huevo, cebolla de verdeo y leche: un desayuno cuencano y el plato que explica la relación de esta ciudad con el maíz.
Parada 5 - Morocho y humitas: Una bebida caliente de maíz blanco partido con leche, canela y pasas, acompañada de un paquetito de maíz cocido al vapor.
Parada 6 - Paseo por el centro histórico: La catedral nueva, el mercado de flores y la Calle Larga, con su guía sobre las capas coloniales y cañaris de Cuenca.
Parada 7 - Dulces y café: Dulces conventuales —dulce de higo, quesadillas, alfajores— con café ecuatoriano para terminar.
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 market is under cover.
Otras notas
Runs daily at 09:30. The market is at its best in the morning.
Altitude: Cuenca sits at about 2,560 metres. That is mild compared with Cusco or La Paz but it is not nothing, particularly on your first day. We keep the pace easy and the route flat.
Safety: Ecuador is rated Level 2 and is under a nationwide state of emergency, but Cuenca carries no city-specific warning and is noticeably calmer than the coast. It is a comfortable city to walk in daylight. Read your own government's advice.
Currency: Ecuador uses the US dollar; the market is cash only.
Water: tap water is not drinkable. We provide bottled water.
Rain: the wet season runs January to May and is heaviest from March to May.
Cuy, roast guinea pig, is an Ecuadorian speciality but the roasters are on the roads out of town and are not walkable. Ask your guide and they will tell you where to go.
Dietary needs: tell us at least 48 hours ahead. Vegetarian is straightforward via mote pillo, humitas, llapingachos and the fruit hall.
About 1.5 km of walking, largely flat - the easiest of our Andean tours.
Altitude: Cuenca sits at about 2,560 metres. That is mild compared with Cusco or La Paz but it is not nothing, particularly on your first day. We keep the pace easy and the route flat.
Safety: Ecuador is rated Level 2 and is under a nationwide state of emergency, but Cuenca carries no city-specific warning and is noticeably calmer than the coast. It is a comfortable city to walk in daylight. Read your own government's advice.
Currency: Ecuador uses the US dollar; the market is cash only.
Water: tap water is not drinkable. We provide bottled water.
Rain: the wet season runs January to May and is heaviest from March to May.
Cuy, roast guinea pig, is an Ecuadorian speciality but the roasters are on the roads out of town and are not walkable. Ask your guide and they will tell you where to go.
Dietary needs: tell us at least 48 hours ahead. Vegetarian is straightforward via mote pillo, humitas, llapingachos and the fruit hall.
About 1.5 km of walking, largely flat - the easiest of our Andean tours.
Lista de precios detallada
| Tipo de viajero | Precio |
|---|---|
| Adultos | $45 |
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