Half-Day Rio Food Crawl with 15+ Traditional Brazilian Tastings

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Half-Day Rio Food Crawl with 15+ Traditional Brazilian Tastings

By Cook in Fiesta

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Free cancellation available
5h
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Multiple languages

Overview

This isn’t a restaurant tour, it’s a journey through Rio’s real areas, where every corner tells a storey and every bite carries a piece of Brazil’s soul.

Led by passionate locals, you’ll walk from the beaches of Ipanema to the buzzing streets of city centre, tasting more than 15 foods and drinks that define carioca life, from golden coxinhas and Amazonian açaí to fresh pastel and cold draft beer.

At each stop, your guide reveals the history, people, and traditions behind the food, the kind of stories you won’t find on Google or inside a restaurant.

It’s cultural discovery disguised as pure fun, perfect for couples, solo travellers, and curious foodies who want to explore deeper.

After this half-day experience, you’ll leave not just full, but enriched, carrying home memories, flavours, and a genuine understanding of Rio’s culture because you didn’t just hear about it — you lived it!

We guarantee this experience will be five stars, and if it’s not, we’ll give you your money back.

Activity location

Big Nectar
- 34 Rua Teixeira de Melo
- 22410-010, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Meeting/Redemption Point

Big Nectar
- 34 Rua Teixeira de Melo
- 22410-010, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Shared Group Food Crawl

5h
English

Duration: 5 hours
15+ items

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time: 13:00

Price details

£71.74 x 1 Adult£71.74

Total

Until Sun, 8 Feb

What's included, what's not

15+ tastings of traditional Brazilian foods and local drinks across multiple areas
Cultural insights into Rio’s culinary roots, stories, and everyday traditions
All drinks included: tropical fruit juices, draft beer, caipirinhas & Amazonian liqueurs
Guided food crawl from Ipanema to city centre Rio led by passionate local hosts
5-Star Guarantee: love your experience or get your money back
Any food or drink outside our "included list" is not included and can be purchased on the side.

Know before you book

Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
Not recommended for pregnant travellers
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Kids under 18 will get juices and soft drinks instead of alcohol.
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

Big Nectar

Your crawl begins in Ipanema’s laid-back core, at Big Nectar, a classic juice bar that locals swear by. Here, tropical fruits are blended into colourful juices — from açaí and graviola to cupuaçu — each one telling a storey from a different corner of Brazil. As you sip, your guide reveals how these Amazon-born ingredients became staples of Rio’s beach culture, fuelling surfers and families alike.

Praca General Osorio

Step across the street to Praça General Osório, the beating heart of Ipanema’s weekend life. Surrounded by art stalls and street musicians, this square is where generations of locals have gathered for the Sunday Hippie Market since the 1960s. At a small family-run bakery nearby, you’ll taste a warm, puffy margherita pizza — the kind that vanishes before it hits the plate. It’s a bite that captures Rio’s Italian influence and its passion for simple food done perfectly.

Casa Mohamed

From Ipanema, stroll towards the iconic Copacabana streets, alive with vendors, chatter, and the smell of frying dough. You’ll pause at a no-frills stall where locals grab a pastel de carne with chilled sugarcane juice — a combo so classic it defines Rio’s street food DNA. Your guide will point out how the beach lifestyle shaped quick, satisfying snacks: light, salty, and always served with a smile. Between bites, you’ll see the mosaic pavements and feel that effortless Rio rhythm tourists rarely slow down to notice.

Beco das Sardinhas

4th stop of the tasting tour where you'll taste some of the best fried sardines in Rio while watching cariocas hangout during happy hour.

Largo da Carioca

Later, the atmosphere shifts completely. You’ll dive into Beco das Sardinhas, a narrow alley city centre where after-work crowds gather shoulder-to-shoulder, beer in hand, laughter echoing between century-old façades. Here, sardines sizzle in oil right before your eyes — crisp on the outside, tender within — served with a squeeze of lime and a cold Pilsen. It’s loud, imperfect, and utterly authentic — the kind of moment that makes you forget you’re on a tour and feel like a local.

Location

Activity location

Big Nectar
- 34 Rua Teixeira de Melo
- 22410-010, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Meeting/Redemption Point

Big Nectar
- 34 Rua Teixeira de Melo
- 22410-010, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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