Welcome to Travel Tuesday! We’re taking a brief break from my road trip to go back to California for…a food tour in Carmel (aka one of my favorite places in the world)!
A Food Tour in Carmel, California
This was part of a bachelorette party weekend for one of my friends from high school! We met up the evening before to cook a delicious feast at an Airbnb near Monterey and woke up bright and early the next day for a hike. Sadly, Point Lobos had zero parking anywhere (we didn’t leave early enough), so instead, we trekked over to Carmel for the food tour!
We opted for the 3 hour one and booked our tickets in advance ($94 each). They advised us to wear comfortable clothing and shoes, since we’d be walking (not a whole ton, but still some walking around).
Carmel-by-the-Sea doesn’t actually have any addresses, so we met at the cultural center. During the walk, our local guide also showed us cool little hidden passageways in downtown Carmel + gave us great recommendations for other places to check out.
Our tour led us to…
- Cultural Comida y Bebida (authentic Oaxacan-inspired cuisine prepared with farm-fresh ingredients!)
- Lula’s Chocolates
- Cafe Carmel (my goodness, the desserts here were amazing…)
- Carmel Honey Company (raw unfiltered honey–this company was started up by a 16yo entrepreneur!)
- La Balena (seasonal organic food served in the Tuscan tradition)
- Trio Carmel (fancy olive oil + vinegar! <3)
The non-alcoholic drink option at Cultura Carmel! Prickly pear agua fresca!
Street tacos from Cultura Carmel!
Lots of olive oil + balsamic vinegar options at Trio Carmel!
Chocolate from Lula’s Chocolates!
We ended up going back to Cultura Carmel that evening for dinner! :]
Look at these amazing desserts! (Cafe Carmel)
It definitely provided enough food to make us all full (even me!)–we had so much delicious food! Carmel Food Tour was able to accommodate different food restrictions (e.g. I don’t drink alcohol or eat seafood-other-than-fish or pork). We had an amazing time! :]
I wanted to buy this, but by the time I went back, someone had already purchased it!
- Have you ever been on a food tour?
- What types of foods would you want to try most on a food tour?
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How fun! I went on a food tour in December when I went to NYC. I’m sooo slacking on all of my travel posts, but I will be writing about it soon. It was a lot of fun though, and I want to try and do more of those in the future. That’s awesome they accommodated the fact that you don’t drink alcohol – I don’t either!
-Lauren
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Oh, I feel you! I still have aboutttt 54 to write from my road trip alone, but I’ve been slacking in general on all posts. ._. Definitely something I gotta work on!
Yeah! I was so happy about that too! The agua fresca was amaaaazing!
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How cool is this! A food tour is such a cool idea, and it’s great that they were able to accommodate different food restrictions.
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I think that’s probably gonna be one of my favorite things to do when I travel from now on (assuming I’m in a place with establishments vs in the wilderness)! That or cooking classes? *-*
I do love a good food tour of a city! I have not been to Carmel before-fun!
Agreed! I’m gonna have to do more of them! *-*
I love going on food tours in new places. This one looks amazing!
It really was! I’d love to do food tours in other places now too! *-*
Sounds delicious and looks like fun! I love food tours. :)
I definitely wanna go on more now! *-*
Everything looks SO delicious! That dessert, drinks, tacos, all of it! I definitely want to do a food tour in NYC. I love that artwork too. Sorry you weren’t able to get it.
Loved this yummy post! I ordered pasta for delivery. I wasn’t kidding when I said your Instagram post got me in the mood for pasta.😋
All good–maybe someday!! *-* I’d love to do a food tour in NYC too! My friend and I did a self-guided Chinatown food tour if that counts! :P
haha, I hope you enjoyed it! :D (Sorry for super crazy long delay in response!!)
I have never been on a food tour, but it sounds right up my alley! How delicious and fun to sample so many different yummy things. And how fabulous that they were able to accommodate preferences and restrictions!
This was my first one ever but I definitely wanna go on more now! :P They were awesome!
The photos look so delicious! This place looks a like a must stop on the California road trip :)
The food was so, so good! *-*
I LOVE food tours! This neighborhood looks so beautiful! I would love to wander around. I took a cupcake tour in Chicago a few years back and it was amaaaaaazing.
Sorry you missed out on your painting and congrats to your friend :)
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I’d never been to one before this, but I definitely wanna do more now! *-* A cupcake tour sounds amazing! <3
Thank you! <3!
I’ve never been on a food tour but really like the idea of it – great post :)
Thanks so much! I hope you get to go on one sometime–this one was so much fun! :]
What an awesome experience! This is definitely something I want to look into doing! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! I hope you get to go on one sometime! :D
You inspired me on a gastronomic tour. This is a great idea. Thanks!
Anytime! I need to go on another one sometime! :P