Taste of the Yucatan: Merida Cooking Class and Market Visit | 5 hours

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Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English, Spanish
  • Uber ride to back to the meeting point
  • Local guide
  • Lunch
  • Bus ride to the host house
  • Beverages
  • Food tasting
  • Items of personal nature
  • Tips to the guide
  • Pick-up

Overview

Walk from the meeting point to the market to explore it with your guide, try some local fruits, cochinita pibil (pork cooked underground) and other samples while you are shoping all the ingredients for the class on the market. Experience a local bus ride to your host house and enjoy the cooking class with her and your guide, learn cooking secrets and enjoy lunch together and refresh with local beverages.

Meeting points

Parque Manuel Cepeda Peraza
C. 60 X 59, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yuc., Mexico

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Entrance of Hotel Caribe. Inner corner of Hidalgo Park, Calle 59 entre Calle 60. Centro. 10 min. wait tolerance. Your Adventures Mexico guide will call the tour as no show after this lapse time.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Immerse yourself in the local culture! This tour will take you to the local market where you'll discover amazing traditional dishes, you’ll get to taste delicious local fruits and you'll learn about the customs and traditions of Yucatan. After buying all your supplies you'll take an exciting bus ride to the local home where your host and guide will guide you step by step to cook a traditional menu.

Sample Menu

STARTER

Sikil Pak & Empanadas or similar

MAIN

Papadzules or Pollo Pibil

DESSERT

Coconut Cream

Additional Info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Children under 5 years are free of charge
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Vegetarian and Vegan option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • A minimum of 2 Adults per booking is required
  • Transportation is by public bus and Uber back to downtown

Free Cancellation

June 15100% refund
June 16No refund

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Delicious food.

Published on Dec, 2024

Fabulous class. Laura Lopez was very knowledgeable and worked to accommodate my preferences. Dorcas was patient. Food was delicious and now I am sure I can make authentic empanadas.

So much fun at the market visit and cooking class!

Published on Dec, 2024

We had an amazing time doing the market tour and cooking class! Our guide, Laura, was very friendly and helpful. The Lucas de Galvez Market was very vibrant, and it was so nice to have a local guide to help us navigate through it to find the ingredients. The cooking class was also fun for our entire family. Bertha was very warm and inviting, and made us feel like family in her home. Our kids loved learning how to cook Yucatecan. This experience was definitely a highlight of our trip, and I would 100% recommend it to anyone who is considering it!

Perfect

Published on Nov, 2024

Great tour! Exactly as advertised. Our family of 4 and another couple made up our group. We used a mix of Spanish and English with Luz (our translator) and Mercedes (the chef) as we all wanted to practice our Spanish more, but were at different levels. The market tour left me wanting to return with more confidence. Vendors and other patrons at the market were very nice to our group and answered lots of questions. Great photo opportunities! The home had plenty of space for our group, great ventilation in the kitchen (necessary once the chiles were roasting on the stove), and we made delicious food. It was like learning from grandma! Luz also helped with lots of random questions about Merida and took photos for us while we cooked. Our kids are already planning the empanadas and coconut creams they will make at home.

A most memorable Cookingclass with Laura, a must to do in Merida!

Published on Nov, 2024

Yesterday we had a very nice Cookingclass with Laura in Merida! Its was so great to walk with her in the big Market first to buy all the things we needed for making a fourcourse lunch. Then bus to a private home where we met ”Mama” who was a superperson! There we prepared and ate our good lunch. We had all: 6 guest, Laura the perfect guide and ”Mama”, a most enjoyable and memorable moment together! Dont miss this tour with Laura when you visit Merida. It takes 5 hours, time just passed very fast indeed!

Great cooking experience

Published on Nov, 2024

Great experience cooking some authentic food from Yucatan. Guide was very knowledge and was able to show us a good selection of food in the markets.

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