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4 hours (Approx.)
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Offered in: English
Good for avoiding crowds
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Face masks required for guides in public areas
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Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
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Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
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Overview
Follow your senses on a 4-hour tapas walking tour through the best markets, taverns, and wine bars of Vigo’s cobblestoned Old Port district. Learn to eat like a local as you sample favorite regional dishes like Spanish tortillas, chorizo, and fresh seafood, paired with fine Galician wines served in traditional ceramic drinking cups. Complete your afternoon experience with a coffee or tea and some of the famous Tarta de Santiago almond cake.
- Learn about regional cooking at a bustling market
- Sip Galician wine and sample delicacies like spider crab pate and seafood rice
- Includes four tapas and four drinks
- Small group limited to 12 people ensures a personalized experience
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Meet your food-loving guide in front of Vigo’s Marine Station in the late morning, and set off on a stroll through the historic port district to a local market. See the interplay of old and new as cobblestone streets unfold onto this modern urban marketplace where stalls are stocked with a vibrant array of produce, meats, and the fresh seafood supplied by local fishermen. It's a great place to explore the raw ingredients used in typical Galician cooking.
After exploring the market, stop by a quaint bar near the Cathedral of Santa Maria de Vigo to sample Ribeiro white and Mencia red wine served in typical tazas (ceramic bowls used for drinking), paired with Galician cheese and spider crab pate.
Then, follow along the streets of the city's port district. Stop here to sample the catch of the day, commonly mussels and shellfish, and sample Albariño white wine from the D.O. Rias Baixas.
Finally, enjoy a sweet conclusion to your Vigo food tour as you take a seat in a quaint cafe to taste the traditional Tarta de Santiago almond cake accompanied by a coffee or tea. Your tour concludes here.
After exploring the market, stop by a quaint bar near the Cathedral of Santa Maria de Vigo to sample Ribeiro white and Mencia red wine served in typical tazas (ceramic bowls used for drinking), paired with Galician cheese and spider crab pate.
Then, follow along the streets of the city's port district. Stop here to sample the catch of the day, commonly mussels and shellfish, and sample Albariño white wine from the D.O. Rias Baixas.
Finally, enjoy a sweet conclusion to your Vigo food tour as you take a seat in a quaint cafe to taste the traditional Tarta de Santiago almond cake accompanied by a coffee or tea. Your tour concludes here.
Itinerary
Our meeting point is an iconic monument the statue “El Salto” (The jump or dive) or “La Bañista” (The Bather) made in wrought-iron by the sculptor artist Fransico Leiro who has done many statues in squares in the city of Vigo. We will walk along the nautical port of Vigo see the views and learns about the largest fishing port in Europe, 2nd in the world behind Tokyo!
Duration: 10 minutes
Admission Ticket Included
Stopping out front of the Real Club Nautico de Vigo, yachting club of the city. Not only do the work on the bay of Vigo but it is a city of nautical importance for pleasure boats and even competitions or regattas. Here we will see as well important building along the port promenade like the AC Universal Hotel which was a Casino in its days now a 4* hotel in a great location of the city.
Duration: 5 minutes
Admission Ticket Included
The old fish market now a street famed for enjoying seafood. A row of restaurants with oyster stone benches where the locals come to sell fresh raw oysters! This street is also called the Calle de las Ostras (Oyster Street) We will try some of the local seafood with a fisherman’s rice dish.
Duration: 45 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
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