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Top 4 food & drink things to do in Bucaramanga

Bucaramanga on a fork. Walking food tours through the markets, cooking classes with local chefs, tasting flights at the bars worth your time, and a couple of long lunches that double as the day's plan.

  1. Private Tour - Coffee Tour / Gastronomic Tour (Cultivations), Bucaramanga1

    1. Private Tour - Coffee Tour / Gastronomic Tour (Cultivations)

    The combination of these two tours will offer you a relaxing day with ample and interesting information and tasty food. The coffee tour, which takes place before lunch, will allow you to learn all about this plant from its cultivation to the roasted and ground coffee. We will visit a hacienda where we can take a tour of the coffee plantations. After a 1 hour drive back to Bucaramanga we will visit one restaurants.

  2. Private Tour - Finca Campesina Santandereana (Hiking/Trekking), Bucaramanga2

    2. Private Tour - Finca Campesina Santandereana (Hiking/Trekking)

    During the hike to the finca you will get to know the rural Colombian life at a place far away from the mainstream tourism. The finca, which is a small house in the countryside of the tropical rainforest, is located 1 driving hours of Bucaramanga. Driving that far, you will arrive in a region where there is no pollution from the city and where the people live almost completely independent. During the approx. 1 km hike that takes you about 200 m up the mountain, you will see different animals and the diversity of plants and fruits that Colombia offers such as cacao, bananas, papayas, passion fruits, etc. As you get higher up the hill you can enjoy the great astonishing view of the landscape which is a mixture of mountainous tropical rainforest and grassland. At the finca you can share with the peasant family and learn about the culture of the Colombian countryside. and/ or just relax in a hammock. A self- cooked lunch will be served with fresh natural juices.

  3. Private Market Tour and Cooking Class in Bucaramanga with a Mother-Son Duo, Bucaramanga3

    3. Private Market Tour and Cooking Class in Bucaramanga with a Mother-Son Duo

    5.0· 5 reviews· 4 hours

    Discover with Fabio, a gastronomist, the variety of fruit and vegetables harvested in Santander at Bucaramanga’s central market. Fabio will take you to one of the oldest cafes in the city for a typical coffee and pandebono, a sweet and savory cheese bread. Return to his apartment to prepare regional cuisine such as empanadas and arepas or a fish stew with Fabio and his mother Carmen. You will learn to make the dough and prepare a variety of fillings such as beef and rice, chicken and mushroom or santandereanas (carne oreada with hogao) accompanied by sauces like a Colombian pepper sauce, herb mayonnaise or caramel pineapple. Enjoy your home-cooked meal with fun locals that will start with a taste of fresh fruit. Soups are a staple of the Colombian diet so your meal will continue with a typical soup or stew filled with seasonal vegetables and meat followed by empanadas or fish in criolla sauce. End your meal with dessert and limonada made from panela, sour fruit juice spices and ice.

  4. Private Tour - Coffee Tour (Cultivations), Bucaramanga4

    4. Private Tour - Coffee Tour (Cultivations)

    4.0· 4 reviews

    While the Eje Cafetero is known for its quantity production, Santander is known for its high quality especially organic coffees. The tour will take place in one of the coffee haciendas in the area that are nationally and internationally recognized as the crops in some of the haciendas are under shade and highlight the protection of the environment. Once at the hacienda you will have time to enjoy the picturesque scenery of the guest house. The tour begins with a tour through the coffee fields, where the crops and production processes are explained. After this tour you will be able to attend a preparation and tasting of a good cup of coffee, which fascinates most travelers due to the different qualities of coffee.

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