logo

Overview

Afternoon Coffee Tour in Quito
Old Town Quito
Duration: 1 day
Galapagos Connoisseur LLC image
Galapagos Connoisseur LLC
$95

About your trip

What makes this activity unique?

Take part in the timeless tradition of Afternoon Coffee (El Cafe de la Tarde) in Quito. Explore the Historic Center in search of hard-to-find local shops. Taste authentic Ecuadorian and Quiteño cuisine. You will have a great in-the-know guide who will take you on a foodie adventure along the narrow and busy streets of Old Town. Your friendly guide will entertain you with great stories about the food you taste and the shops you visit.
- Afternoon food walking tour in Quito's Historic Center
- Visit hard-to-find shops: a coffee roaster, a chocolatier, and a yesteryear cafeteria for tasting local treats and ice cream.
- Make coffee the local way with a "chuspa" or cheesecloth filter.
- Entice your palate with local treats, great coffee, delicious chocolate tasting, and plenty more culinary delights during your empanada cooking class experience! 

What's included

Walking Tour of Old Town

Visit hard-to-find shops: a coffee roaster, a chocolatier, a yesteryear cafeteria for tasting local treats.

Chocolate Tasting

Visit a chocolatier for a guided chocolate tasting of more than 15 varieties of Ecuadorian chocolate and get to pick your favorite to take home. Have fun shopping for souvenirs to take back home.

Empanada Cooking Class

Take part in a cooking class experience and learn how to make tasty local snacks and treats like empanadas, quimbolitos and humitas.

Cocktail time

Enjoy your coffee and snacks along a local cocktail called Canelazo.

What's not included

Tips

Tips for the guide

Pick up outside Quito

If your hotel is located outside of Urban Quito or close to the airport we will charge $35 per way

Afternoon Coffee Tour

Afternoon Coffee Tour image

Itinerary

Take part in the timeless tradition of Afternoon Coffee (El Cafe de la Tarde) in Quito. Explore the Historic Center in search of hard-to-find local shops. Taste authentic Ecuadorian and Quiteño cuisine. You will have a great in-the-know guide who will take you on a foodie adventure along the narrow and busy streets of Old Town. Your friendly guide will entertain you with great stories about the food you taste and the shops you visit.
– Afternoon food walking tour in Quito’s Historic Center
– Visit hard-to-find shops: a coffee roaster, a chocolatier, a yesteryear cafeteria for tasting local treats.
– Make coffee the local way with a “chuspa” or cheesecloth filter.
– Entice your palate with local treats, great coffee, delicious chocolate, and plenty more culinary delights during your empanada cooking class experience!

Location

Loading Map…

1. Old Town Quito

Old Town Quito

About your organizer

We are locals with tons of travel experience in Ecuador. We will guide you with our know how and will help create a perfect travel plan for you! We have years of experience working with tourism in Ecuador. We have worked with independent travelers, groups, B2Bs, Peace Corps volunteers and exclusive luxury travelers. Contact us for true local advice. We speak perfect English and are always happy to email or get on the phone and chat about anything that comes up. Galapagos Connoisseur Team

Reviews

Photo gallery

Image 0
Image 1
Image 2
Image 3
Image 4
Image 5
© 2026 Galapagos Connoisseur LLC