Top Cartagena Food & Drink

Learn to cook traditional Colombian food during this half-day class in Cartagena. Shop at a local open-air market with your chef/instructor, who will guide you in selecting ingredients for the dishes. In a local family's kitchen, try your hand at making dishes such as empanadas, coconut rice and others; then feast on your work. Round-trip transportation from Cartagena hotels or a central downtown meeting point is included.

If you love food this is the experience you are looking for! It is your chance to try something delicious and different while you explore the cool places of the city tasting the local gastronomy! Get prepared for the amazing combination of biking tour and street food tour all in one in Cartagena! We start in Getsemani and follow a well-thought route of snacks around all of the old city. We try many different types of local street bites that local people like, share interesting info about the recipes and the location. During the tour we also have some stops to enjoy, relax and discover! When you make this tour on a bike you can see a lot and eat a lot! A combo of our knowledge, biking and food makes Cartagena the perfect place for BIKE & BITE! In addition, we will be biking with our unique Colombian-flag colored bicycles that have a basket in front and are a beautiful decoration to your photos! You will eat like a local and learn the true taste of Cartagena! Come with an appetite!

In Colombia, coffee is an artform. From the mountain terraces where the beans are grown and picked to the rich aroma as you take a sip, every step in the process is carefully considered. This morning tour of some of Cartagena’s best cafés will take you on a journey of discovery, learning all there is to know about Colombia’s rich coffee culture and sampling some of its finest brews along the way.

I provide a personal experience about cartagena´s street food, also we can interacting and meet the real street life.

This tour will give you the ends and outs on the bar scene and help you know the layout, and where to go to meet the beautiful women and party with the most fun women in the world.

With the help of our instructors you will cook typical Colombian Food. We teach you traditional cooking methods with very fresh ingredients and a nice presentation. You will be able to cook these dishes at home and we will give you some tips on how do substitute difficult to find ingredients.

We will be on the private rooftop of our house located in the neighborhood Getsemani! with a beautiful view of the castle San Felipe! a cool place since being on a third floor there is always a relaxing wind blowing!

With the help of a local Chef you will discover Cartagena's flavours. In this workshop you will roll up your sleeves, put on an apron and cook. Joins us and discover the Chef inside you!

This interactive class will allow you to learn directly from a knowledgeable host about cooking techniques in the Caribbean. You will b informed about tradition and cuisine culture in Cartagena. You will prepare at least 3 dishes and there are options for vegetarians and people who don't eat gluten or fish and seafood. You only have to inform us in advance of your preferences!

Savor the unexpected flavors of Cartagena during this 4-hour combination food tour and cooking class. Experience the explosion of exotic fruits, seafood, and local cuisine for sale at the city market during an optional excursion. Then head to a local home in the village of La Boquilla to prepare a mouthwatering meal with your hosts.

Get a taste of authentic Colombian culture with a private cooking experience in Cartagena, with hassle-free hotel pickup included. Browse fresh produce in the bustling Bazurto Market with your host, then be welcomed into their home for a cooking class focused on traditional Colombian recipes. Afterwards, sit down to enjoy your home-cooked lunch together.

Experience the natural beauty of Colombia’s Rosario Islands on this all-day excursion. After a convenient pickup at select hotels, head to the archipelago with an informative local guide and spend the day and check out an island that once belonged to Pablo Escobar, enjoy a delicious complimentary meal and kick back in a hammock at Gente de Mar, and relax with a drink at Cholon Island.

We will be in the kitchen of our family restaurant, which meant a lot to us. in the historic center of Cartagena, a kitchen with music, air conditioning, and we have decorated with photos of all the people who have visited us as a way to remember our friends all over the world. In this kitchen, not only is cooking, we also dance once when (our chefs also know how to dance a lot!)

Description: Enjoy the best of the traditional Caribbean flavor of Cartagena, in the best street food and fusion food stalls

Cartagena has much more to offer besides San Felipe Castle, Rosario Islands, and Torre del Reloj. Bazurto Market is definitively one of Cartagena’s hidden gems; not a very common touristic destination, and much more than a common fruit & vegetable Colombian Market. This place has everything you could ever need; from vegetables, fish, meat, fruit, clothing, and even an Art market. This tour is for adventurous souls that want to take a peek into the lives of the real inhabitants of Cartagena.

THIS IS A PLAN to be a local for a couple of hours with your local guide. As much you will eat, as much you will learn about our culture. You will learn about the stories behind every recipe and every spot.We will start at 4:00 pm, let's meet at "Exito San Diego Supermarket". From there we will walk to the first spot where we will eat "fritos" and some local juices. Then we will try some " arepas", "chinese empanadas", Patacón with cheese and local sweets. This is a BIG deal to be able to eat like a local and have fun like one. We will teach you the connection of these recipes and the life in neighborhoods, and for sure we will introduce to you all the cooks You will try 8 recipes, local juices, local soda, some local sweets and exotic fruits.

The Rosario Islands are one of the main destinations for travelers visiting the city of Cartagena for its warm and crystalline waters

In this tour we have the oportunity show for our travelers our real cartagena & explore our authentic flavors.

During this private and exclusive experience, at one of the most renowned restaurants in the city, participants will enjoy a journey around the country by tasting drinks and cocktails prepared with spirits from different regions of Colombia. Brandy and artisanal rums will be the protagonists of this story. During the tasting all participants will receive 3 snacks to accompany the drinks. This Cocktail tasting experience is very unique and takes place in one of the best and most original restaurants in the City. You will have an amazing time and we highly recommend this experience for couples or groups.

Get the red carpet treatment as you explore the history, culture and architecture of the UNESCO World Heritage city of Cartagena on a 4-hour private tour. Tour this atmospheric Colombian city by private vehicle, stopping first to visit the upscale Bocagrande neighborhood and its historic luxury hotel. After exploring the 17th-century San Felipe Fort and the convent of “La Popa” Hill, talk a walk through the charming streets of Cartagena’s old town. A private guide, entrance fees and round-trip hotel transport are all covered.

The raison d'être of Folklore Café is to delight coffee lovers around the world with Colombian coffee of the highest quality while seeking to increase knowledge and culture around their consumption through education in special coffees. This tasting consists of a talk about Colombian coffee, explanation of the coffees or seasonal origins inside the store to finish with the preparation of the filtrates on the table.

Wake up your senses with an experience full of emotions, aromas, fragrances and flavors of the best Colombian coffee. To enjoy the best coffee it's necessary to do it from beginning to end. When the people speak about the coffee, Colombia is present, the reason for this hall of fame is because of the unique characteristics of the Colombian coffee that count with the perfect combination of pleasant and smooth taste on the palate. The strategic location of Colombia, its variety and richness of soils, weather, altitude makes it the perfect place to cultivate the best coffee. Complementing this experience with the exploration and pairing of different premium rums in Colombia.

In this coffee experience that awakes the senses, you will learn to appreciate and enjoy the particular attributes of specialty coffee through a delicious sensorial exploration. Through this experience you will get an introduction to the coffee production in Colombia, to the coffee crop and its processes, and you will get to do cupping of some of the best Colombian coffees. This is a sensorial awakening where you will identify flavours and aromas.

Venture into the real Cartagena with a tour of the Bazurto food market. Swirling with flavors from Africa, Spain and indigenous Colombian cultures, tourists often avoid this heaving market scene.  It’s hectic, grimy, and a bit overwhelming. They’re missing out. Feel safe exploring this authentic look at Cartagena’s rich culture with the help of a local guide to maneuver the chaos and sample exotic Colombian fruits and foods found nowhere else.