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San Salvador: Food Tour and Central Market tasting

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San Salvador

Duration: 3 hours

Languages: English

Guru: Dave

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Registered on 6 March 2023

Hi I am Dave Mendez and I am a cool guy who loves to meet people from around the world. I love to share stories, legends and experience the culture at first hand with my new friends. We will enjoy the national gastronomy and of course our beautiful culture. Our team is growing and now you can either be guided by myself, Alessandro, or Marcela for the spanish tours.

Free reservation and cancellation

Pay-what-you-want tour, no set price, reservation and cancellation are free

Tour description

Highlights

Discover the variety of national dishes in El Salvador on a food tour
Enjoy the main national dish of El Salvador, "La Pupusa," among others
Savor a variety of pupusas, sopa de gallina india, sopa de frijoles con huezo
Try a variety of beverages like horchata, tamarindo, maracuyá, and chan
Visit the main market in San Salvador and see how the locals live and sell

Full description

Discover the variety of national dishes in El Salvador on a guided tour of San Salvador. Immerse yourself in the local gastronomy with a local guide and enjoy a variety of traditional dishes.

Try the main national dish, "La Pupusa," and other types of dishes like "Sopa de gallina india," "Sopa de frijoles con Huezo," and different varieties of pupusas. If you are a vegetarian, try "Rellenos de ejotes, papa, coliflor."

Enjoy beverages like the frescos of "Horchata," "tamarindo," "maracuyá," "chan," and "sebada." Sample snacks like "quesadillas," "semitas," "empanadas," and "atoles."

Visit the main market of San Salvador to see how the locals live and sell their products.

Includes

Guided tour of San Salvador's main markets, restaurants, cafeterias, ice cream spots, snack stores, etc

Does not Include

Food and drinks, snacks, etc
Tips

Meeting point

We will meet at main entrance of Mercado Hula Hula, on Ruben Dario Street, on the sidewalk where there is a quote from Ruben Dario, "Si pequeña es la patria, uno grande la sueña."

Important information

What to bring

Comfortable shoes
Hat
Camera
Sunscreen
Water

Know before you go

Be prepared to taste and eat a lot, have a small breakfast so you can have an idea of what the salvadorean gastronomy offers you, you will not regret it!

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Mercado Hula Hula

I will be at the main entrance of Mercado Hula Hula, on Ruben Dario street, exactly where it says: ¨Si pequeña es la patria, uno grande la sueña¨

Outside visit

Central Market

This is the market where we will go and have a taste of all of the different dishes they sell at this interesting spot. It is full of fruits, vegetables, and best of all full of tasty experiences.

Outside visit

Pollo Bonanza

The only one restaurant in the whole country that sells broiled chicken called pollo bonanza, they do not want to franchise it other wise they will loose their quality.

Outside visit

Típicos Mimita

This is the spot of coffee, enpanadas, atoles, yuca frita, ayote en miel, these very typical salvadorean dishes including our main dish, las pupusas.

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours don't have a fixed price. At the end, each person contributes to the guide the amount they consider fair based on their satisfaction. As a guideline, Guruwalk recommends between €15 and $50 per participant.