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Bogota food tour

Join our Bogota food tour curated by a leading Colombian food historian in to get to the bottom of what the city's food scene is all about.

Kicking off at a bustling local market as lunch hour starts, you will dive into the best ajiaco in the city. Later you will dig into the magical world of lechona (that’s roasted suckling pig to me and you) as well as more than eight more dishes as snacks as you wander from the modern downtown area to the historic old city.

Stop en route for an explosive game of tejo - Colombia's national sport which involves hurling metal pucks and packets of gunpower. Then sign off with an immersive coffee workshop tasting several different beans, watch different steeping techniques and understand why the country grows, roasts and brews some of the best cups of joe on Earth. Get ready for Bogota's best food tour.

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Why this tour is awesome

We’ll be honest. To the outsider, Colombia’s culinary prowess isn’t immediately obvious. But scratch its underbelly a little deeper, and you’ll find some of the most complex fare in South America.

On this small-group tour limited to 8 exclusive guests, you'll get to grips with the capital's food scene with tastings all over the city. Plus, you'll visit a local market to learn about ingredients, stop off for a quick game of tejo and learn about Colombia's best coffee beans while being led by one of Colombia's leading authorities on the countries food history.

Andres is a leading authority on Colombian cuisine having graduated from one of the country's most prestigious gastronomic universities. Since leaving, he's researched and written a number of publications on how history has influenced Colombia's food scene. There's simply no one better to take you on your Bogota food tour.

Stop in a local food market to try a ton of exotic fruits

Getting lost in this Bogota foodie market

Tasting exotic fruits

The best empandas you'll try in Bogota

Lechona - iconic crispy pork with crackling

Stop off for a game of traditional tejo

Wafer thin obleas filled with caramel

Learn about the culture and history of Old Bogota

• Price US $45 per person
• Language English, Spanish
• Small group Limited to 8 exclusive guests
• Tastings 10 tastings + coffee workshop
• Drinks Bottled water and local drinks
• Duration 12h00 - 16h00
• Guide Led by one of our superb Bogota food hosts
• Cancellation Cancel up to 48 hours before departure for a full refund
• Family friendly Children welcome on private tour
• Transport Walking tour
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• Pick up / drop off Our guests come from all over the city, so to save time we have a meeting point for everyone. Your guide can help you find transport back at the end of the tour

Dietary information

• Vegetarian Meat and seafood is present in over half of the menu, with no alternatives available
• Vegan Unsuitable for vegans
• Lactose free Unsuitable for lactose intolerant
• Gluten free Unsuitable for gluten intolerant
• Pork free Pork free not available

Discover what Bogota cuisine is all about

How to book

To join our Bogota food tour, use the calendar at the top of this page to select your preferred date, and click "Book" to complete your reservation. For special requests, private bookings, or dietary requirements, please  contact us . Safety of our customers is our first priority, so if you have any allergies, please  contact us  before booking.

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We will meet directly outside the brightly coloured "La Perseverancia Market Square". It is a central and a safe place to meet. We will send you more information in the confirmation email.

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Bogota Food Tour

• 9.80 / 10 26 reviews | 337 travellers Excellent gastronomic tour by guide Mariana. 10 Guillermina Hidalgo
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Explore Bogotá with this food tour taking in all of Colombia's culinary culture. Enjoy delicious traditional food or the city's fine dining in some of the capital's most famous neighbourhoods. 

At 1:30 pm, we'll meet on Calle 12 in Bogotá and start our food tour of the Colombian capital. Hungry? Let the feast begin!

We'll discover Colombian culinary traditions by venturing into the La Candelaria neighbourhood , which is the best place for this. On our tour, you'll stroll through its streets and visit the local markets .

As we explore La Candelaria, we'll try  arepas, buñuelos, and Colombian empanadas . You'll even learn to make your own! This tour will also give you a perfect insight into Colombia's idiosyncratic culture .

The tour will finish at The Cranky Croc Hostel at around 4:30 pm.

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The activity takes place with a guide that speaks in English, although it may occasionally be done in two languages.

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You can book up until 36 hours before the activity as long as there are still places. Book now to guarantee your spot.

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Wheelchair accessible. This must be indicated in the reservation. An accompanying person is required.

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• Provide a safe and satisfying experience.
• Reduce, reuse, recycle.
• Incorporate eco-conscious technologies.
• Uphold fair employment standards.
• Foster the growth of local communities.
• Preserve the integrity of local culture.
• Safeguard both cultural and environmental heritage.
• Ensure ethical treatment of animals.
• Operate with honesty and transparency.
• Encourage sustainable behaviors among customers and staff.

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The Cranky Croc Hostel

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Cooking & Food Tour Bogota

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Walk through Paloquemao Market

Paloquemao Market is one of the most traditional and oldest markets in Bogotá. It was founded in 1946, and moved to its current location in 1967. In Paloquemao, you can find everything from fruits and vegetables to fresh flowers and freshly cut meats. You will most assuredly be shocked and awed at the diversity of exotic fruits and vegetables available in this market.

The selection of fresh flowers is no less amazing. Colombia produces an incredible amount of beautiful and diverse flowers, and Paloquemao may just be the best place to see this variety of Colombian flora.

Cooking Class

You will visit a local cooking school, where you will prepare a traditional Colombian dish under the guidance of a skilled chef. While cooking, you will learn more about Colombian food and which dishes are famous in each region of Colombia.

Once your food is ready, we will sit down together to enjoy a delicious Colombian lunch complete with fresh fruit juice.

Note: If you have any special dietary requirement or are interested in learning how to cook a particular Colombian dish, please let us know. We will adjust the menu accordingly!

Dessert Time

To finish the tour with something sweet and also to show another area of Bogota, we will take you to Bogota’s dessert district. This is where families gather on weekends to partake in something sweet. You’ll get the chance to choose from a variety of traditional Colombian desserts such as tres leches cake, flan, milhojas and more.

Detailed Itinerary

Departure Time: 9 am

We will pick you up from your hotel and then go straight to the market at Plaza de Paloquemao. We walk around the market and search for the best places to buy all the ingredients for lunch. You will have to use your best bargaining skills to get the best price, just like a real Bogotano! This market is the perfect environment to interact with the locals and learn about day-to-day life in Bogota. And, we won't leave the market without trying a delicious freshly made fruit juice!

Once we have everything we need, we will drive to the cooking school to prepare our lunch. We will prepare a traditional Colombian dish with the guidance of a skilled chef. Once the food is cooked, we will sit down to enjoy a delicious Colombian lunch!

Our last stop will be to Bogota’s dessert district, where shops full of Colombian treats lined the road. You’ll get the chance to choose from a variety of traditional Colombian desserts such as tres leches cake, flan, obleas – a dulce de leche-type spread sandwiched between two big wafers and more. After our culinary and cultural experience, we will drop you at your hotel.

Finish Time: 2 pm

Here are some things to remember before taking this food tour in Bogota:

• Don’t eat breakfast or eat something light, you will be eating plenty of food during this 5-hour tour.
• Wear comfortable shoes because you’ll be walking a lot at the market, then standing a lot while cooking.
• Don’t worry about writing down all the ingredients used at the cooking school, you will receive a recipe for the traditional meal by email after the tour.
• Please let us know, if you have any dietary requirement or if you wish to cook somehting in particular and we will update the cooking class accordingly

What's Included

• Private transfer to and from the hotel
• Guided tour in English
• Snacks and fruit juice at the market
• Ingredients for lunch Cooking class
• Lunch and drinks mentioned in the itinerary
• Day tour insurance

What's Not Included

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If you wish to book this tour, please click on the yellow "Book Now" button, select the date, number of people, complete the details and go through a secured online payment platform.

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The Ultimate Foodie Tour of Bogotá

Colombia’s capital city, Bogotá, is fast becoming a hot new spot for foodie travellers, as people wake up to the city’s beguiling mix of interesting restaurants, local cuisine and wonderful traditional food markets. For hardcore foodies who want to make the most of their time in Colombia’s culinary capital, here’s the ultimate foodie tour.

You can start off your Bogotá foodie tour with a classic breakfast experience at La Puerta Falsa , Bogotá’s oldest restaurant and a foodie reference point in the city for well over a century. Head to this tiny spot just off the Plaza Bolivar and order one of Bogotá’s classic (and most confusing) dishes: hot chocolate and cheese. This typical local snack has been helping Bogotanosto warm themselves against the Andean chill of their city for decades, and no foodie trip to Bogotá is complete without it. It’s also surprisingly delicious!

Then it’s off to the Paloquemao , Bogotá’s biggest and busiest food market, for some exploring and brunch. The market is huge, and can seem intimidating at first glance, but just relax and wander around and you’ll soon feel right at home. Make your way to the fruit stalls and sample some of the myriad exotic fruits, many of which you’ve probably never heard of before: lulo, guanabana, maracuya, mangosteen… the list goes on and on.

Make sure you leave some room for some fresh, cheesy arepas . By the time you get to lunchtime (and there’s easily enough to see at the market to keep you there that long) you can grab a fresh tamal at Dona Rosalba’s stall; this typical pork dish from Tolima region is a Colombian culinary classic .

After lunch, grab a taxi back to La Candelaria neighbourhood. By now you will be quite full up on food, so it’s time to enjoy some of Colombia’s best drinks. Head to Calle del Embudo, alongside Chorro de Quevedo Square, where you can sample the best chicha (a traditional fermented maize-based drink) in the city, as well as enjoying a steaming hot cup of coca tea. Make sure to swing by Contraste Coffee Lab, where you can enjoy a tasting session of some of the best locally grown coffee in town.

For your evening meal, it’s time to go a bit more upmarket. Book a table at one of the city’s high-end restaurants to enjoy a gastronomic experience like no other (and quite distinct from the more traditional dishes you’ve enjoyed all day). The top recommendation would have to be Leo Cocina y Cava . Leo Espinoso, the restaurant’s chef and owner, was voted Best Female Chef in Latin America last year, and her tasting menu is a masterful culinary journey through Colombia’s regions. Other top choices would be El Cielo , Bistronomy or, if you don’t quite have the budget for those, Salvo Patria, Ocio or Misia.

By the time your foodie day in Bogotá is done, you will have enjoyed a real cross-section of the city’s up-and-coming food scene, by eating at restaurants as traditional and diverse as La Puerta Falsa and Leo, and by spending time at Paloquemao and El Chorro, you will have experienced distinct sides of the capital’s cuisine, and can really say you’ve had the ultimate Bogotá foodie experience!

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Street Food Tour in Bogota

This Street Food Tour in Bogota takes you through the La Candelaria neighborhood, the beating heart of Colombia’s capital city. This vibrant, colorful, and fascinating neighborhood gives you the best of what Bogota has to offer, culture, food and fun. Join our intimate adventure that allows you to interact on a personal level with locals as we take a deep dive into the history, culture and cuisine of Colombia.

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We will meet at “La Candelaria neighborhood” at the “Parque de los Periodistas” (near the corner of Carrera 4 and Calle 16) very close of the “Estacion Las Aguas del Transmilenio”. Your guide will wait for you near the domed monument in the middle of the square.

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Free Local Food Tour Bogota

Overview of the tour in Bogota

Welcome to Colombia and Bogotá, the diverse and cosmopolitan capital of the country! In this experience, we will take you through the center of the city to different eating places so that you can explore the capital in a delicious way, as well as discover the national gastronomy. Discover our cultural mix with our authentic creations such as: - Ajiaco - Patty - Wafers - Origin Coffee - And more food! While you walk and eat, you will understand the background of our gastronomy when the Colombian territory was dominated by our indigenous ancestors. Throughout this experience, you will have the opportunity to get closer to our Colombian culture, walk through non-touristy places and discover the secrets of our gastronomic legacy. Join and be encouraged to live an afternoon full of new flavors, and fun stories and enjoy our culture from the palate. Remember that there are vegetarian options. #GOBEYOND

This activity includes:

• Santander Park
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• District Market Square La Concordia
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In front of the Museo del Oro with Red Umbrellas

FREE FOOD TOUR BOGOTA MEETING TIME: 2pm (we start at 2:10pm) MEETING POINT: Museo del Oro Entrance (at Santander Park). ADDRESS: Carrera 6 # 15 - 88 TOUR PRICE: We offer it for free, but we accept donations based on your satisfaction (people donate voluntarily around $50.000 COP each) that being said you donate what you consider the Tour was worth it :) WEATHER: Our Tour is NEVER canceled due to rain. Bogotá has a bipolar climate so it changes all the time, so if it rains don't worry ;) BRING Runners, Sun Screen, Umbrella, Money, Rain Gear, and Sunglasses. Look for the guide with the RED UMBRELLA, he will be waiting for you ;) TRANSPORTATION*: 1) Public Transportation: select Transmilenio and check the best route by selecting first your Departure Station and then selecting the Arrival Station which is "Las Aguas" (J Line - Pink). 2) Taxi: Use any of the following Apps: Smart Taxi, Easy Taxi or Tappsi. 3) Uber (new users): Use our Promo Code (z8hrmqztue) for $8.000 COP off a split in 2 rides. 4) Private Transfer: Book it in advance with us *As a capital, transportation is a little bit chaotic, so take into account at least 1 hour if you are not staying in Downtown (Candelaria).

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FOOD COST: If you have all the food at every stop it will cost around $42.000 COP in total per person (around 9 USD). We believe in “sharing is caring”, so you can make it cheaper by sharing with your friends or with other participants :) IMPORTANT: 1) If you decided NOT TO PARTICIPATE anymore, we kindly ask you to "CANCEL MY BOOKING" at the bottom part of the email you received from Freetour.com

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Bogota is one of the cities that will most surprise the tourists and travelers who decide to visit the Colombian capital. People say that this city is what Athens is for Europe, having the nickname the City of Music and being an authentic paradise for those who appreciate top-notch cuisine on a trip. Along with Medellín, Cali and Cartagena, these are the two cities that receive the highest number of tourists each year. 

On a free walking tour in Bogota, you will see lots of amazing sites, but our advice is that you choose a route that includes a climb up to Cerro de Montserrate where you can get lost in the narrow streets of the Old Town, letting you be awed by the beautiful street art of La Candelaria (Candlemass) then spend some time admiring the museums (Gold Museum, Botero Museum…) and get to know the symbolism of Journalist’s Park and finish by checking out the T Zone. If you decide to do a guided tour in Bogota , you can find many alternatives, like doing one in the morning, afternoon, or evening, or tours that fit it all into 3 hours touring around the downtown, or choosing one of the many themed tours that will take you on a focused look at this great city. 

No matter what you choose, being able to visit a place like this with a local guide will give you a wealth of knowledge and information that you couldn’t easily find otherwise. You can also check out the opinions and reviews of other walkers who have already done these tours in Bogota on the webpage.

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Court documents state that in a graphic series of text messages, Correa promised that both the trafficker and the girl would get $300,000 Colombian pesos — about $75 — and the girl would receive an iPhone, as long as he was allowed to rape her in Medellín.

He had similar conversations and made similar promises about another girl of similar age, prosecutors allege.

“I don’t want her to say ‘no,’” they allege Correa texted the trafficker in Spanish, later telling him, “Please don’t interrupt, no matter what happens, OK?”

Investigators said Correa told them he flew to Colombia on numerous occasions to sexually abuse children. Prosecutors said that records show he traveled to Colombia roughly 45 times since 2022.

Medellín’s mayor sounded off on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, after the arrest, posting in part: “These abuses against our children have been occurring with great intensity for years. We are not going to rest in this fight that has only just begun.”

Mayor Fico Gutiérrez added the English hashtag “#Don’tEvenTryIt.”

“Unfortunately since the ‘Cocaine Cowboy’ days back in the 80s there has been a war on children and that has led to the sexual exploitation of children,” attorney Kristen Reynoso Jackwin, who has represented clients in federal investigations, told Local 10 News. “It is children as young as 12 years old and they are finding U.S. citizens with children in hotel rooms and it is horrific.”

Gutiérrez recently announced new measures to combat child sex tourism, including seizing properties from owners that allow the sexual exploitation of minors.

Jackwin said while she commends the mayor, more needs to be done.

“Because simply shutting them down, there are always other ways that they can open up new locations to continue to do this exploitation of children,” she said.

Jackwin said prosecuting cases is not the only objective outlined in a partnership between the U.S. and Colombia, signed two years ago, but explained it is key to robustly combatting child sex tourism.

That partnership is called the U.S. – Colombia Child Protection Compact .

“You actually prosecute the offenders and that has been an issue, because a lot of these cases are not actually prosecuted,” Jackwin said. “There are 200,000 children in Colombia that are affected by sex crimes every single year and a mere couple of thousand are actually prosecuted, so making more strides that the prosecution happens and these children are treated as victims as opposed to perpetrators of crimes themselves.”

The U.S. Embassy in Colombia has promoted joint measures with officials in the country to combat sex trafficking.

Medellín: The sinister side of an increase in global tourism

Local 10 News spoke with an expert to explain why Medellín has developed a reputation for child sex trafficking.

Larry Gumbiner, a retired U.S. diplomat who spent two stints at America’s embassy in Bogotá, said Colombia is “opening up to the world and, with that, you are seeing a lot of the underbelly of international tourism, which is the international sex tourist trade.”

Gumbiner now works at consulting firm WestExec Advisors as its senior advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean. He said Colombia went through decades of low tourism owing to internal conflict between the country and guerilla groups.

Gumbiner said when that finally calmed down, “it kind of opened up a whole new country that had not been available to many tourists.”

“So you began to see, particularly in Medellín which was the epicenter of Pablo Escobar’s fiefdom — and it was a dangerous place to be for many years — finally became opened up to the world,” he said.

As the city has cleaned up its image, cracking down on the drug trade to attract tourists, with that has come child sex tourists, Gumbiner said.

“It is a wonderful city, lots of attractions, great weather, attracting tourists and along with that, what we have seen, prostitution is legal in Colombia for adults, but prostitution among minors began to explode and with it developed a reputation as a place you can go, because it’s inexpensive for Americans,” he said.

Gumbiner added that Gutiérrez is likely weighing in on the issue now because the recent high-profile arrests of U.S. citizens there has catapulted the issue into the court of public opinion.

“This has been building for many years in terms of Medellin and the growth of this industry,” Gumbiner said. “It built into a crescendo when they found an American citizen with two underage girls in his hotel room. I think, finally, for the political system, it reached a breaking point where the mayor felt he had to do something.”

As for Correa’s case, the pharmacist, facing federal charges of attempted sex trafficking of a minor and attempted travel to engage in illicit sex conduct, is scheduled to appear in Miami federal court Friday for a detention hearing.

If found guilty, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison with a maximum sentence of life in prison, as well as up to a lifetime of supervised release.

No booking photo was available for Correa; mug shots are not provided for suspects in federal custody.

In practice, however, booking photos are typically available in South Florida federal cases originating in Fort Lauderdale, since those suspects are generally jailed through the Broward Sheriff’s Office, rather than federally, while they await their court dates. Correa’s case, though, originates in Miami federal court.

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Christina vazquez.

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