Gastronomic Tour: City & Local Food
Presentation
Visit the most outstanding sites and enjoy local food, traditional preparations and the best export-type coffee, in places carefully selected and recommended by Medellín de Cerca.
This tour must be done in a vehicle, as you will visit different sites that are separated by several kilometers. You will have the opportunity to walk through the places where stops are made.
Only tours with printed guide included
Learn more! Only our tours include a souvenir guide-collection. This is our original book Medellín Up Close – Medellín de Cerca. Awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Colombia.
Approximate duration
9 hours
From the agreed start time until we drop you off at the same place where we picked you up or any other place you indicate.
Ideal for…
– Experience the unique and traditional flavors of Medellín, Antioquia and Colombia, in carefully selected establishments and restaurants recommended by Medellín de Cerca.
– Visit the most recognized places in the city and listen to the stories that allow us to understand its conformation and evolution.
Itinerary
– Pick up at your place of preference (hotel, lodging, any other, within the urban area).
– Breakfast: enjoy a typical breakfast in a high quality restaurant, selected by Medellín de Cerca.
– Plaza Botero: walk among the sculptures created by world-renowned artist Fernando Botero, a native of Medellín and a leading figure in international art.
– Edificio Coltejer and Pasaje Peatonal de Junín: get to know the city’s flagship building and walk through one of the most typical and authentic streets; feel the scent of Medellín’s flowers and mingle with its inhabitants.
– Typical fruits: taste a variety of the most representative and unique fruits of the region.
– Metro and Metrocable: live the experience of traveling around the city in its public transportation system, internationally recognized for its quality and social sense.
– Typical lunch: enjoy the most traditional dishes of the paisa culture, in a high quality restaurant, selected by Medellín de Cerca.
– Specialty coffee for export: learn how to taste the best coffee in the country, with the guidance of an expert barista.
– Pueblito Paisa: walk through the square and streets of a typical Antioquian village and enjoy a panoramic view of the valley in which the city sits.
– Something: delight yourself with the best traditional bakery products and pastries and accompany them with a delicious hot or cold drink.
– Traditional sweets and treats: we will provide you with a personal kit with a selection of typical sweets to take away.
– We will drop you off at the place you indicate (hotel, lodging, any other, within the urban area).
The meals included in the tour price are those mentioned in this tour description, in the quantities specified.
All our tours are private and personalized
You choose the time and place of pick-up. At the end of the tour, we will drop you off at the place you indicate, within the urban area. Transportation will be exclusive for you and your group.
Extra services available
When you make your reservation, you can request the following:
medellin-book-offer
English-guided tour
These complements are optional and have additional values to the tour rate.
Rates
Group rates
You pay a one-time fee and the service is contracted for your entire group.
Private Tours
- 1 to 2 persons: COP $ 940.000
- 3 to 4 persons: COP $ 1.335.000
- 5 to 6 persons: COP $ 2.210.000
- 7 to 9 people: COP $ 2.920.000
- 10 to 15 people: COP $ 4.260.000
Example: if the rate for 1 to 2 people was COP $10, then if the tour was done by one user, he/she would pay COP $10. If two users were to attend, they would also pay COP $ 10 in total (equivalent to COP $ 5 per person).
If you need to hire a private tour for more than fifteen people: contact us via chat or phone line and Whatsapp +57 (324) 261 2618 to request a custom quote.
Surcharge for script in English:
COP $ 50,000 (one-time fee, applicable only once to the entire group).
Gift
Book any of our tours and you will receive, free of charge, a copy of our book Medellín Up Close – Medellín de cerca. LIMITED TIME OFFER (terms and conditions apply).
Medellín Up Close – Medellín de cerca is the most beautiful and complete collection book and tourist guide about the city. This work was awarded by the Colombian Ministry of Culture. Its retail price in tourist sites and bookstores in the country is COP ($) 59,900.
What does it include?
– Private transportation: we pick you up at your hotel, home or wherever you indicate. In our tours, transportation is an exclusive service (the only passengers will be the members of the group that made the reservation; they will not share with other groups). At the end of the tour, we will drop you off at the same pick-up point or at any other place you indicate.
– Accompaniment by a tour guide or driver-guide.
– Medical assistance policy.
– This tour includes breakfast, lunch, coffee, light lunch in the afternoon and a kit of traditional treats.
Does not include
- Unspecified food or beverages.
- No additional products or services.
Tour start times
You decide the time. Choose from the different schedule options you will find in the booking form or contact us through the chat button (located at the bottom of this page) or Whatsapp line +57 (324) 261 2618, to request a personalized pick-up time.
Recommendations
- Contact us via chat or Whatsapp line to let us know the time and place of pick up. This way we make sure to meet you correctly.
- Once you complete your reservation, we will send you a complete list of recommendations to your email or Whatsapp.