Food Tours: something fresh in the Old City

Food Tours: something fresh in the Old City

Puerto Rico's capital city, San Juan, is best known for its beautifully preserved Old City, which conveniently is where cruise ships dock. Visitors can take in the old city walls, cobblestone streets, imposing fort and nearly 500 year old cathedral.

There are numerous boutiques and restaurants. Outside of Old San Juan, multiple beaches offer stretches of sand, ripe for sunbathing, and El Yunque rainforest is a must-see for hikers and nature enthusiasts.

One tour visitors may find interesting and unique is a food and culture tour in the heart of Old San Juan, which combines sampling local cuisine with learning about the history and culture of Puerto Rico, as well as its capital city.

The Flavors of San Juan tour is tailored for visitors who don’t have a lot of time but want to see and taste it all. Instead of dining at one restaurant during an evening in a city chock- a- block with options, visitors can experience a progressive dinner, including alcoholic drinks, which will provide an appetite appeasing sample of some of the best restaurants the city has to offer. Plus, an informative guide will share stories about castles, hidden tunnels and ancient attacks in the Caribbean seas.

A great food tour can lead travelers to culinary experiences that can be hard to find on their own. In the United States foodie tours have taken off in practically every major city: Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, Seattle and even Key West, Florida. Each food tour is different, however, with varying food focuses and even different starting times, which influences the scenery and layout of a city.

The Flavors food tour in Old San Juan operates daily, starting in the early evening and guides an intimate group (between two and 12 people) through the city’s oldest section: its Western half. Snaking through the famous blue cobblestoned streets, guests sip on rum-laced Piña Coladas and Mojitos, try out Puerto Rico’s famous fried plantain “tostones” and learn about various historical landmarks along the way.

The tour focuses heavily on all things authentically Puerto Rican, and guests will leave with a heightened appreciation of the city and a more well-rounded knowledge of the culture in which they are vacationing.

Flavors of San Juan Food and Culture Tours is an experience created for the culturally aware and the "foodie" inside us all. For more information about the tour, guests can visit http://www.sanjuanfoodtours.com or call 787-964-2447. Buen Provecho!