Merida Street Food Walking Tour

Sightseeing  :  Mexico  :  Yucatan  :  Merida  :  Food Tours

This street food tour is perfect for you if you are not in the mood for cooking but still want to learn about Mexican and Yucatecan food. Try local dishes without the cooking experience by visiting the food area of the main market of Merida, a seafood restaurant and a delicious gelato store. On this tour, you can try some fruits, juices, cochinita pibil, tamales, panuchos, empanadas and seafood to truly get to know about the most amount of dishes you can in a short period of time.Meet your guide at 10:30am at Hidalgo Park and walk through the city to the main market. Here, you will learn about the local produce and how people use them. Stop at two different spots to have your first tasting experience. First, you will try local empanadas, polcanes, panuchos or salbutes- you can choose two different ones between a wide variety. Then, you’ll stop to taste the most famous tacos of Yucatan, Cochinita Pibil and Lechon and have one taco of each.

Then, you will walk to eat seafood tacos at “El Marlin Azul”, and taste two different flavors. On the way, you will visit the main square and take a look at the most important buildings overlooking it, while your guide gives you an insight of them.

Finally, you will walk to a gelato store where you can choose between dozens local fruit ice cream. This Street Food Tour is for foodies and people willing to experience some genuine street food. So, harvest the courage to take some bites of glorious and tasty Yucatan.