About Activity
Walk into Santiago's heart with a local guide who turns four centuries of collapse and reconstruction into the story behind every dish you taste. Over three hours and six stops, you'll go from the historic downtown to the heritage streets of Lastarria, tasting Indigenous corn, Spanish stews, the red, white and green of a Completo Italiano hot dog, German cheese, and a French grape once presumed extinct.
Your guide knows which counter makes the best Completo Italiano, reads the market like a regular, and explains why Chile gave a hot dog its own national holiday, how a lost Bordeaux variety hid in these valleys for a century before becoming the country's calling card, and why the Plaza de Armas was built for defense long before beauty.
This is a Food Tours experience, so a Secret Dish is waiting too, revealed only on the day and served with a pisco sour, holding the heart of Santiago's cooking in a single course.
Includes
- Chilean wine (choice of red or white)
- Fresh Peach Juice
- Pastel de Choclo
- Queso Valdivia
- Artisanal Ice Cream
- Our Signature Secret Dish
- Completo Italiano
- Non-alcoholic beverages for those who don’t consume alcohol
- Pisco Sour Tasting
Excludes
- Guide's Gratities
- Pick-up & Drop-off
Departure Point
- The tour beings at Santo Domingo Church. Our guide will be waiting for you with an orange umbrella for easy recognition.
Return
- We will end our tour at Our Gabriela Mistral Cultural Centre
Stop At: Santiago's historic covered market, where the tour's guide reads the stalls like a regular to pick out the fresh, local ingredients behind the day's tastings.
Stop At: Plaza De Armas The city's founding square, built for defense rather than beauty, and the starting point for tracing how Santiago's food history unfolds outward from its historic core.
Stop At: The cathedral anchoring the Plaza de Armas, rebuilt after earthquakes just like the culinary traditions the tour follows, layered and reconstructed generation after generation.
Stop At: Iglesia De Santo Domingo One of downtown Santiago's oldest churches, standing as a marker of the Spanish colonial era that first brought stews and Old World cooking to the Chilean table.
Stop At: National Museum Of History Housed on the Plaza de Armas, this museum holds the deeper history behind the dishes tasted on the tour, from Indigenous corn to colonial-era staples.
Stop At: Correo Central Building The former governor's palace turned central post office, a downtown landmark that frames the historic backdrop for the tour's opening stops.
Stop At: A colonial-era basilica in the historic downtown, another example of the city's cycle of earthquake damage and rebuilding that mirrors its layered food story.
Stop At: Cerro Santa Lucia The hill separating downtown from Lastarria, marking the shift the tour makes from colonial history to the immigrant flavors of the heritage neighbourhood beyond it.
Stop At: Barrio Lastarria The heritage neighbourhood where the tour's later stops unfold, home to the Completo Italiano hot dog, German-influenced cheese, and Chile's once-thought-extinct French grape.
Stop At: A historic parish near Lastarria, adding another layer of colonial-era heritage to the streets the tour walks through on its way to the neighbourhood's food stops.
Stop At: Parque Forestal A tree-lined park bordering Lastarria, offering a scenic stretch of the walk between the tour's historic downtown stops and its heritage-neighbourhood tasting
Stop At: Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral Gam A modern cultural center near Lastarria, showing how Santiago's food story keeps evolving even as the tour ties each bite back to the past.
Public transportation options are available nearby Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap Suitable for all physical fitness levels Not recommended for travelers with movement impairments. Operated by Secret Food Tours For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
Great food experience in Santiago!cynthiar807
This was the fourth Secret Food Tour that we experienced and we were very excited when we discovered the tour was now available in Santiago.
We try and book the tour shortly after arriving in a city; it helps you get a feeling for the area and the guides provide a cultural background which is so beneficial. Our guide, Badia, was exceptional. Badia was professional, friendly, he spoke excellent English and enjoyed sharing his knowledge of food, its origins and where to go for the best offerings.
Fabulous experienceLivvie85
Badia was a wonderful guide! The food was delicious too. We really enjoyed it.
Fun food tour in Santiago!valeriekI9853EL
Our tour guide, Juan, (Pablo) was outstanding! We lucked out as it was just the two of us with him for the day. He was super knowledgeable and fun to be with, very down to earth. He also gave us the chance to stop into some other little spots and take pics along the way.
We had so much food!!! Fun trying all the local items with a local!
Fantastic Food TourlisawE2907CB
Badia Ali was an excellent tour guide!! we loved each and every I restaurant he took us too, he taught us a little bit about every single Chilean dish we ate. Thank you so very much for allowing us to have such a wonderful day. We met some great people that were on the tour as well. Thank you so much, Badia!!
Pablo is awesome.Alex_H9999
Pablo was awesome. He is, most importantly, a great guy, but he also has a deep knowledge of the food, culture and city and is passionate about his country. Worth the price of admission just to hang with him. The tour is fine, but Pablo makes you feel like you’re part of Santiago, at least for the day.
