Mexico Food and Faith Pilgrimage Tour – Guadalupe & Puebla

Welcome to Mexico City! The culinary journey will start in one of the biggest cities in the world in which the gastronomic offer is as large as it ́s cultural and religious attractions. You ́ll arrive at Mexico ́s City airport and will be transferred to your hotel in the downtown area.

At night, just before sunset, the group will be transferred to the Revolution Monument where a 3-course dinner will be waiting for them. We will start with a welcome Tequila tasting with the Tequila Master Alberto Navarro as we watch the sunset.  Mr. Navarro is an internationally known author and authority regarding tequila.

Today we will start the day by visiting one of the most emblematic Catholic sites in the world: the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, where we will celebrate mass followed by a guided tour. We will have lunch in a local restaurant where we will enjoy a Juan Diego menu – a rose petal dish.  After that, we will head to one of the most archeological sites in Mexico and the maximum expression of the Teotihuacan culture.

Besides visiting traditional spots, such as the Sun and the Moon Pyramid, we will have a guided tour through the site.  After the visit, we will return to our hotel to refresh ourselves before dinner. This meal will be at Azul Histórico Downtown.

On this day, we will take a trip out of town to visit the cities of Tlaxcala and Puebla de Los Angeles. Our first stop will be at San Miguel del Milagro in the state of Tlaxcala where San Miguel appeared and left miraculous in a well. After the visit, we will head to Cholula town in the state of Puebla where we will get to know the Archaeological site of Cholula, considered by some as the biggest pyramid in the world. After that, we will down the stairs to visit the local market where we will have lunch. To finish this day we will enjoy dinner at the Santa Monica Convent where the nuns will prepare the meal, especially for us.

We will start our day by having breakfast at the hotel before we head off to celebrate mass at The Rosary Chapel is considered one of the most beautiful churches in Mexico. After mass, we will visit Downtown; the best way to enjoy the city is by walking so prepare to walk a bit and know the best spots in town.

For lunch, we will have the Puebla experience by learning how to cook one of their most typical dishes: Mole. This dish is usually served with chicken and rice, but we can also find it in enchiladas.  For dinner, we will have Chiles en Nogada, another typical meal from Puebla. This is a seasonal dish that can only be found in the months of August and September due to that the main ingredient is harvested on these dates.

The nuns in Puebla have defined Pueblan confectionery. The sweet art of the nuns is sweets that border on sins of gluttony, originating in women’s convents.

After having breakfast in the hotel, we will head downtown one more time, but on this occasion, we will have a visit from a different perspective. But before we will celebrate mass at one of the most iconic catholic places in Mexico: the Metropolitan Cathedral located in the main square of Mexico City and built in 1813.  After mass, we ́ll start walking to visit some popular places in Mexican society: taquerias and cantinas. As we visit these places we will taste different types of tacos and drinks, and we will learn to play traditional cantina games.

At the end of the night, we ́ll get back to the hotel and have some rest to get ready for our last day.

Our last day in Mexico will start in a different way. We will head to the south of the city to enjoy a unique breakfast at Frida ́s House, nowadays better known as Casa Azul Museum. Breakfast will be in the courtyard of the house.  Right away we will visit the town of Coyoacan, where Frida and Diego spent much of their time. For lunch, we will go to Xochimilco recognized as World ́s Heritage for its unique cultivation technique, where we will get to visit the fields and then enjoy lunch in the middle of the island.

For dinner, we will attend Rosetta restaurant located in an old house in the Roma neighborhood and is nowadays one of the most prestigious in Mexico. Fun fact: the inputs of this place come from where we had lunch in the afternoon.

After breakfast and fond farewells to new friends, you will transfer to the airport for the return flights home.