Private Tour

Private Market Tour and Cooking Class in Bucaramanga with a Mother-Son Duo

Overview

Available languages

English

Spanish

4 hours

Mobile ticket

Discover with Fabio, a gastronomist, the variety of fruit and vegetables harvested in Santander at Bucaramanga’s central market. Fabio will take you to one of the oldest cafes in the city for a typical coffee and pandebono, a sweet and savory cheese bread. Return to his apartment to prepare regional cuisine such as empanadas and arepas or a fish stew with Fabio and his mother Carmen. You will learn to make the dough and prepare a variety of fillings such as beef and rice, chicken and mushroom or santandereanas (carne oreada with hogao) accompanied by sauces like a Colombian pepper sauce, herb mayonnaise or caramel pineapple.

Enjoy your home-cooked meal with fun locals that will start with a taste of fresh fruit. Soups are a staple of the Colombian diet so your meal will continue with a typical soup or stew filled with seasonal vegetables and meat followed by empanadas or fish in criolla sauce. End your meal with dessert and limonada made from panela, sour fruit juice spices and ice.

Additional Info

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Alcoholic Beverages

Private market tour and cooking class with your host Fabio

What To Expect

Meet your host at their apartment in Bucaramanga for your private market tour and cooking class.

Options

Market + cooking + dinner

Reviews

5.00

5 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

A great way to get to know Colombian food and the welcoming people of Bucaramanga!
Heather W,
Jun 8, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Américo and his mother welcomed to me into their home this afternoon. We spent some time talking about possible menus and then off we went to several markets to buy the necessary fish, fruits, vegetables and other necessary ingredients for our dinner. Américo is a trained chef and his mother and he make a great team in the kitchen. They taught me how to prepare patacones, yuca frita, arroz, majorra, bocachico, jugo de lulo, ensalada rusa, ensalada de aguacate, papas amarillas, and more! It was delicious! They also took me to the dulceria Dona Mireya and bought me some local specialty sweets. I really appreciated spending the afternoon and evening with this wonderful son and mother team. Everyone in all the local shops knew them and It was interesting to see them interact. This was a great way to spend time with local people and their dog and a great way to get to know the people of Bucaramanga, Colombia, their local products, and their food. I recommend this market visit and cooking class to anyone wanting an authentic cultural and culinary experience.
What are true Colombian experience!
Galen E,
Aug 2, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Americo and his mother were amazing the house for this food tour and cooking class experience. He even offered free of charge a Morning tour of old Bucaramanga and Simon Bolivar museum. Then taking us to this incredible market in this old building where his mother knew everyone so you knew you were getting top quality ingredients after that we went to his home where I learned amazing recipes of real Colombian cuisine. Meanwhile, my family enjoyed conversation with his mother through body language, and Google translator. It is a must do activity/tour when you come to Bucaramanga. ♑Americo comes in as your tour guide but you leave as friends. The only negative is that I wish I could give more than five stars. Instead, I will continue to share my experience with all my friends and family, so that if they may talk about this tour with others, they will go and book it because it is a true experience when I will hold forever in my heart and memories.
Amazing experience with wonderful hosts
nolang290,
Sep 12, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
I loved this experience meeting Fabio and his mother and learning how to make several Colombian specialties. From the market visit to the general cooking tips to the hands-on lesson in making arepas and patacones to (of course) eating the delicious meal, this was an unforgettable experience where I felt beyond welcomed. Fabio really went out of his way to make sure I got everything I wanted out of it (which specifically was, the arepa and patacon lessons and fresh juices from Colombian fruits). Highly recommend!