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Mercado Meals Santiago Food Tour with 12+ Tastings

By A Chef's Tour
Free cancellation available
The previous price was £44 and current price is £35 per adult

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

Santiago’s best food isn’t found in restaurants designed for visitors, it’s in its markets. But with hundreds of stalls and regional dishes, it’s not always clear where to start. This tour cuts through that, taking you directly to the vendors and plates beloved by locals.

Over four hours and 12+ tastings, you’ll move through several of the city’s most important food hubs, experiencing the full range of Chilean cooking in one place. From hearty lunchtime staples and seasonal stews to fresh seafood and classic street snacks.

The experience celebrated Chilean's obsession with almuerzo, Chile’s main meal of the day, when markets are at their busiest and most authentic. With a knowledgeable local tastemaker guide, you’ll learn what to order, how dishes are prepared, and how to navigate these spaces with confidence.

This isn’t a curated restaurant tour. It’s a practical, in-depth introduction to Santiago’s food culture.

Activity location

  • Santiago
    • Santiago, Chile

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Monument to the Indigenous Peoples
    • Plaza de Armas
    • Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile

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Mercado Meals Santiago Food Tour with 12+ Tastings
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
£43.70
£34.96 x 1 Adult£34.96
Total
The previous price was £43.70 and current price is £34.96
20% off
Until Fri, 24 Apr

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Led by professional tastemaker guides
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Bottled water included
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Max 8 exclusive guests, smallest group size in Santiago (private tour or 9+ guests possible)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    12+ food tastings included, more than any other Santiago food tour
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Movable food feast with 7-8 stops around Santiago
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Alcoholic drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Pick up and drop off from hotel excluded

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Santiago

  • 30m
Our Santiago food tour offers guests a culinary experience carefully curated food adventure, led by our team of Santiago tastemakers. Before we get started, our tour reflects the local cuisine, and the limitations of street food vendors and local eateries mean we cannot cater for every dietary restriction. Here's an honest appraisal for the tour, so no-one is disappointed: Unsuitable for vegetarian, vegan, lactose intolerance, gluten intolerance, halal diets, and severe allergies as the number of tastings would be very limited. No pork diets, pescatarian and mild tree nut / peanut allergies are possible though some tastings do not have alternatives available and the menu would be more limited

Santiago

  • 3h
Experience Santiago’s lunchtime culture on a 4-hour food tour through the city’s historic market district. Chileans take almuerzo seriously, and you’ll see why as you explore Vega Central, Mercado Tirso de Molina, and the iconic Central Market with 12+ tastings along the way. Start with classics like empanadas and sopaipillas before moving into traditional dishes such as humitas, pastel de choclo, and porotos granados. As you go deeper into the markets, seafood takes centre stage with paila marina, fresh ceviche, and rich crab pie. Along the way, snack on local favourites and finish with mote con huesillo, Santiago’s iconic drink. This isn’t about fine dining, it’s a true introduction to how locals eat in the Chilean capital. Join our small group tour limited to 8 guests to discover the city’s food scene with the help of an expert local tastemaker guide.

Santiago

  • 30m
The tour concludes after 3.5-4 hours. You'll leave not only full, but with a much deeper understanding of Santiago food culture and the confidence to continue eating your way through Chile.

Location

Activity location

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    Santiago
    • Santiago, Chile

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Monument to the Indigenous Peoples
    • Plaza de Armas
    • Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile

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