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Buenos Aires is known for its meat, but the city’s food culture goes far beyond the parrilla. This tour is designed to show that wider picture, taking you through San Telmo to experience the dishes and traditions that define everyday porteño eating.
With 12+ tastings across multiple stops, you’ll move from bakeries and vermuterías to market stalls, pizzerias, and grills, experiencing everything from classic pastries and street food to pizza traditions, small plates, and charcoal-cooked meats.
San Telmo itself plays a key role. As one of Buenos Aires’ oldest neighbourhoods, it reflects the immigrant influences that shaped the city’s food, particularly from Italy and Spain.
This is an authentic slice of Buenos Aire’s food scene through the eyes of a local tastemaker guide.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
The meeting point in front of the Escultura don Pedro de Mendoza is easily accessible by taxi from most of the city's central hotels. If you do need to get a taxi, we recommend using Uber.
The tour concludes at the Plaza Dorrego in the heart of San Telmo. The tour duration is approximately 3.5 to 4 hours depending on the pace of the group. Your guide can help you to find transport back to your accommodation if you wish.
Itinerary
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1Buenos Aires
Our Buenos Aires food tour offers guests a culinary experience carefully curated food adventure, led by our team of Buenos Aires tastemakers. Before we get started, our tour reflects the local cuisine, and the limitations of local eateries mean we cannot cater for every dietary restriction. Here's an honest appraisal for the tour, so no-one is disappointed: ✘ Unsuitable for vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, halal diets, gluten and lactose intolerance as the tastings would be very limited. ✔ No pork diets possible though some tastings do not have alternatives available and the menu would be more limited. ✔ Suitable for mild peanut and tree nut allergies, and no seafood diets
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Buenos Aires
Explore Buenos Aires’ food culture on a 4-hour lunch tour through the historic neighbourhood of San Telmo, with 12+ tastings along the way. This experience traces the immigrant influences that shape porteño cooking, moving between bakeries, markets, vermuterías, and local eateries. Start with classic pastries like bolas de fraile and alfajores before stopping at a traditional vermutería for cured meats, pickled vegetables, and small plates paired with vermouth. In San Telmo Market, try Argentine staples like empanadas and choripán with chimichurri, before visiting a local pizzeria for fugazza rellena and fainá, a chickpea flatbread brought by Italian immigrants. The tour finishes with a classic parrilla experience, featuring tira de asado, and Argentine flan. This is an authentic slice of Buenos Aire’s food scene through the eyes of a local tastemaker guide.
3 hours • Admission ticket free -
3Buenos Aires
The tour concludes after 3.5-4 hours. You'll leave not only full, but with a much deeper understanding of Buenos Aire’s food culture and the confidence to continue eating your way through Argentina.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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