Top Arequipa Food & Drink

Peruvian cooking is famous around the world, so learn the secrets behind popular dishes like ‘lomo saltado,’ ceviche, and potato pie with a hands-on cooking lesson in Arequipa. Choose from three different menus, and then get cooking as an instructor helps you prepare a multi-course meal featuring fresh ingredients and authentic methods. Learn to shake up a tasty pisco sour with a cocktail add-on, and take a taste of Peru back home when recipes are sent to your inbox.

We care a lot about how you feel, have fun and really know the wonders that Arequipa and Peru have, our desire to take the best possible experience and we take care of that every day, with each group and with each experience carried out, Do your best and even more than what is normally included in the tour. We try to adapt both the MENU and the EXPERIENCE so that 100% of the attendees enjoy it

We are the first foodie tour of Arequipa with experience guiding groups in Lima Peru. Our tour takes you to the most iconic restaurants of Arequipa to taste different plates while you also get to know the history of what you are eating. We tell you the story of Peru and Arequipa through its food and drinks. You get all this for a very affordable price, that includes all the food, 3 drinks and a dessert! We believe this to be a very good value for your money, as you will end the tour completely satisfied! After the tour, your guide will be happy to recommend chic and superb places to go enjoy some drinks, live music, or whatever tickles your fancy!

The show presents 7 typical dances that show the folklore traditions from different parts of the country (peru) and offers our guests an special experience while enjoying a piece of the Peruvian culture’s art and sounds, accompanied with dishes and flavors proper of our gastronomy. Is an unique experience in Arequipa.

Listen to the exciting history of cacao while learning how to make chocolate from bean-to-bar. Participants will make chocolate, the traditional chocolate drink of Aztec kings, and will finish the class by creating their very own chocolate bar to take home. The class will also include a chocolate tasting – can you spot the difference between the gourmet and the commercial?

Every day, from 11am to 14pm, from 15pm to 18pm (dinner class), from 18pm to 21pm, we will take you to our kitchen studio, located in cooperativa Víctor a Belaúnde LL-22-A yanahuara, where you will learn how to prepare traditional dishes with our most representative ingredients. Aperitif: Passion fruit Sour, Shake your own Pisco Sours and learn about the history behind our national cocktail. Appetizer: Micuit Nikkei Style Tiradito, Ceviche with a modern twist; Sashimi style fish marinated in a Japanese/Peruvian ponzu, avocados, cushuros and sweet potato puree. Main dish: Causa Limeña. Dessert: Chirimoya and exotic fruits parfait, Have a taste of our best local fruits elegantly served as a parfait. All dishes are seasoned with Maras pink salt Vegetarian Options: Fish would be replaced with “Sweet cucumber”, a local fruit. Meat would be replaced with mushroom

It will be a climbing day on the banks of the Chili River in the Chilina Valley. It doesn't matter if it's your first time climbing or if you have already practiced this sport a lot, the place we go to is great for beginners and experts. Charcani is an ideal area for sports and relaxation located at the foot of the Chili River and next to the Sanctuary of the Virgen de Chapi, patron of Arequipa; ensuring a perfect environment to enjoy an excellent day adventure.

Our workshop is taught by a Belgian chocolate master, who has studied several years in his country and already has 6 years of experience in Peru. The particularity is that we combine the Belgian savoir-faire with local inputs. In addition we can also adapt our workshop for people with a special diet.

This is a tour full of history in Arequipa and legends that I will tell you as we induce ourselves into the small streets, squares, wrought iron windows and traditional mansions carved in white volcanic stone (sillar). We will stop briefly to take strength in a local coffee shop with an Peruvian organic coffee espresso and Andean tasting chocolates to go to Quinta Salas or "Castillo del Diablo" through its narrow streets until we reach the edge of the Chili River to meet the Barrio del Solar and the Tambo Matadero. Both places were built in the seventeenth century entirely of white ashlar, the first to house the people and the second to sacrifice the sacrifice of animals. Finally at 5:30 p.m., privileged time to take photos (golden hour), we will go to the Plaza de Armas appreciating Spanish courtyards and colonial balconies of the city. Here ends our journey through time in old Arequipa.

Tour a local market to take in the sights, sounds, and flavors, then learn how to make ancient Peruvian recipes as well as the famous Pisco Sour cocktail! • Enjoy some snacks during the market tour, then learn how to cook traditional Peruvian recipes before sitting down for dinner • One Pisco Sour is included (and you'll even learn how to make this delicious cocktail!) • Visit the local market then head back to the space where the cooking class and dinner take place • Communal food walk and cooking class for up to 10 people • Diana and Patricio (the chef) have special parting gifts for their guests!

The San Camilo Market was declared Monumental Historical Heritage in 1987, and it have a lot of dairy products, meats, fruits and vegetables. This place was designed by the famous french architect Gustave Eiffel, and it was opened in 1938. Do not miss this fantastic tour, and visit with us San Camilo Market Tour.

if you start your trip in Arequipa (2335 m.a.s.l.) you will have the chance to have a gradual acclimatization. You will enjoy a quiet city full of architecture surrounded by mountains and villages as in Colca valley with live culture, history and landscapes full of nature.

Enjoy the lunch at Chicha Restaurant by Gaston Acurio, offering top peruvian cuisine. Chicha resttaurant recognizes and promotes the value of Arequipa flavors and culinary wisdom.