Private Quito City Tour And Food Tasting

Luis made this 5 hour tour of Quito unforgettable! We toured the historic center, the newer part of the city , the Virgin statue up on the hill to get a sense of Ecuadors place in the middle of the mountains and volcanoes . We learned all about chocolate- how to taste it, and how special the Ecuadorian cacao is. Ended the tour in the big marketplace tasting fruit I've never heard of and having a delicious lunch there. Perfect introduction to this special city.

My group of 10 had a fantastic experience with Luis! This tour was so interesting, delicious and fun! It was a perfect blend of major sites, history and food! I highly recommend this "not to be missed" experience while in Quito!

Our guide Luis was amazing. He was so personable and knowledgeable and truly gave us a real taste of Ecuadorian culture and food.

Seeing the city and sampling food with Jimena was a great experience. Fun to mix history, culture and food together while exploring a new city. Jimena is very knowledgeable and also open to our request to visit a supermarket.

Freddie was an amazing guide and went above and beyond to ensure our family had a great day. Don’t let the “doesn’t include lunch” fool you. We tasted so many different foods (empanadas, snacks, ice cream, chocolate, cocoa, brownies, fruit @ the market) and were plenty full. When access was not available for one attraction, Freddie had another option at the ready.

Great food and tour with Jimena. She was very knowledgeable and accommodating. She was early to pick us up and gave great options if there was something we weren’t interested in

We cover the old town and the new town food market. Very interesting chocolate tour. Walking area was strong

We had a great time on this tour! Carlos was a fun and knowledgeable guide. I loved the mix of culture, sightseeing, and tasty food. Thank you for a great introduction to Quito!

Our guide, Ximena, was very knowledge and brought us to some great places to try food, from a market for fruits and pulked pork plates to a truly magnificent been to bar Chocklatier. She us birn and raised in Quito and knows so much about the city.

I would give Luis 10 stars if I could. He was amiable, knowledgeable, and accommodating. The food was delicious and the sights were unforgettable. The tour was the perfect balance of activity and eating. Plus, we learned a lot about Quito.

Marcelo was a wonderful tour guide. He is so knowledgeable about so much not just food. We had a great variety of experiences. We went to the farmer's market and sampled fresh fruits and local dishes at the food court. Then we went to the hill with Virgin Mary statue and sampled delicious empanadas and local drink canelazo at the food court there. Then headed to a great walking tour of old Town and experienced a chocolate shop that presented the history of Ecuadorian chocolate and of course had lots of yummy samples.

It was so fun and interesting learning about Quito through its food and sights! Just the right mix of both Our guide was great—both friendly and knowledgeable!

Excellent tour. Daniel arrived on time, introduced himself and off we went on a four hour walking and tasting tour around old town ending up at the Winged Mary statue. Lots of history included.

the tour was really fun and Michael was super nice and a good driver! loved the food and all the information i got!!!

If you want a combination of an old town tour plus trying of local food, this is for you. Eduado picked us up from the hotel on time. Due to Quito traffic it took over half an hour to get to the large central market but worth the trip. Lots of stalls of fruit/ veg/ meat/flowers etc and hawker bar style eateries to learn about. Eduado’s English is good. Keep asking questions and he knew most of the answers. By 11am we were eating pulled pork/ crackling and unusual fruit smoothies. It would have been nice to have been given the option of having a fish dish instead. If you wanted to try different fruit, he will buy you a sample to try. Then off to Pancillo to see the city and enormous statue of the Apocalyptic Virgin Mary ( taller than Christ the Redeemer.) After, we went down into old town to walk the La Ronda, for a canelazo, and Grande Plaza with a highlight of the Golden Society of Jesus Church ( wow!) Eduado gave us lots of information throughout and time to pop into interesting shops ( eg bought a wooden spinning top and popped into the fabulous Cacao factory shop off the grand plaza.) While walking back to the car there was a huge deluge so we stopped for a small empanada to try as we’d expressed an interest… whole trip took 5 hours.

This was such a wonderful way to see the city starting at the viewpoint then going to the market and trying various local fruits as well as local food. We then went to the Old Town and sampled more food and saw the beauty of the area. Carlos was a wealth of knowledge and was an incredible guide for the day. Highly recommend this tour!

I am happy that they were able to accommodate me as I was a solo person on the tour, but it was not much of a food tasting experience as expected. I have been many places overseas and when there is a food tasting experience, everywhere you go, they have something to try. Unfortunately, the only time I tried something was during 'breakfast' and I am allergic to fruit, made this known, and that was still the bulk of it. I did get to try a good breakfast dish, but the rest of the tour was a fast run around old town to 2 squares and a couple of other places I asked about and we by-passed pretty quickly. I had to literally ASK for food (lunch) because I was so hungry. Nothing else was offered for food and it was not the best interaction with the guide, not that he was not friendly, but just not very engaging. Never went to La Ronda or Fotch which are known for food. I went on a tour after this one (same night) and told them I missed a lot, so they actually accommodated me and did their tour PLUS added the items this tour should have covered. I got to really enjoy and experience then. Maybe they should ask what you are interested in prior to the tour so they can cultivate a better itinerary and actually include food! By the way, when I asked for lunch, the guide said ok I'll give 45 mins and showed up in 15 rushing me.

Luis was a fantastic guide and the tour was a balance of the Old city history, culture and architecture and food markets where we tasted fresh treats and watched the locals going about their everyday life. Great introduction to Quito.

We had a great time on our private tour of old quito. Our guide was excellent!! We couldn’t be happier with our tour. We got to try so many new foods & learned not only about history of quito but also culture. Of note you will pay for the goods you choose to try but the cost of the street food is minimal. We had such a great time we recommended this tour to friends we met along our way in Ecuador.