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Tucson Food Tours: Downtown Walking Tour
4.9
92 Ratings
Tucson
Discover Tucson's flavors on a top-rated walking food tour. Enjoy local delicacies, history, and fun. Perfect for visitors and locals alike.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Presidio San Agustin del Tucson - Discover why Tucson is considered a gastronomic capital of North America with the top-rated tour in the city! On our tour, you’ll savor food samples from local eateries and delve into history as your guide leads you on a 2-mile walking journey through some of Downtown Tucson’s most intriguing dining spots. Tucson Food Tours was highlighted in the book “100 Things You Must Do In Tucson Before You Die”… For over 12 years, both visitors and locals have been relishing these tours.
What's Included
- Snacks
Additional Information
Rated Tucson’s #1 tour activity and a great way to get a Taste of Tucson. We are Tucson’s original walking food tour where you not only get a combination of delicious foods and beverages, but a little history of Tucson along the way. We are locally owned and have been hosting tours throughout Tucson for over 12 years! We guarantee more food and more fun for your ticket price. (see our website at This tour is one of the “Top things to do in Tucson” and was designed to allow visitors, locals, foodies to sample some of the hottest local foods and drinks in the area. Even people local to Tucson will learn and taste new things that are unique to this wonderful city.
All tastings at least 6 stops (enough for lunch), water, and a personal guide. Samples may include the following and are subject to change based on availability…
Hand crafted tea
Best donut in town
Kava Den
Pastrami & cheese curds
Specialty salad
Tamales
Carne Seca pizza
Dessert
Location
311 E Congress St
East Congress Street
We meet at the courtyard that is on the north side of Congress Hotel. Your guide will be wearing a blue shirt that says Tucson Food Tours on it.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(92 Ratings)
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Jwdaher
May 16, 2024
What a great experience - The food tour was amazing.
We got to stop at 3 different places.
The charro (oldest Mexican restaurant in the U.S.), the HUB and La Monica for desert.
Brian, our guide was amazing!!!
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O4843xsroba
May 16, 2024
Excellent experience - Love the Chimi’s!!!! Chris the guide was great. Would recommend to anyone that wants to have a unique culinary experience.
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N8389omdougf
May 11, 2024
Not to be missed. - This tour was fabulous. At each stop the food was awesome. I would recommend doing this at the start of your trip as we would have loved to have the time to back to all of the places, and try some of the others she mentioned too. Our guide, Karen Brown, is the best! She was knowledgeable, attentive, and very personable. Have been on food tours in several cities and this was by far the best experience we have ever had. This is a MUST DO.
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Tguthtie
May 5, 2024
Great Food Tour! - Great food, great intro to the city of Tucson and our guide, Chris, was the best! He is very knowledgeable about the restaurant scene in Tucson. You will have a great time!
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Mikebower
May 4, 2024
Highly Recommended - Our guide, Karen, was articulate, fun and very knowledgeable about food, Tucson history and especially deserts! We had a perfectly organized flow of food experiences mingled into an engaging history walk of downtown. Highly recommended!
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Nickmr6056yf
May 2, 2024
Excellent good and history - All the food was amazing. Karen was an excellent guide, very knowledgeable of the city history. Well organized tour of the downtown area.
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Michaelbw6750pg
May 2, 2024
Yum! A fun filled and interesting activity. - Wow! Karen was a really great tour guide. Not only did we have several delicious plates of food, but she was a font of interesting facts about the history and culture of Tucson. Karen was very patient with our questions and our walking pace. I'd definitely recommend this tour for anyone who loves good food and wants to learn more about the city itself. Pat
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Daisykua222
May 2, 2024
Worthwhile Family Activity - My wife, daughter and I had taken this tour several years ago and enjoyed it. With two siblings and their spouses coming to Tucson for a birthday celebration, I thought that the tour would be the perfect way to expose them to Tucson's history and gastronomy. Our guide, Karen, did a masterful job. As a former teacher and tour guide, I was impressed with her knowledge, pacing and her ability to "read" her audience. The historical information was interesting and the restaurant stops offered a good variety of food and drinks. Our party of eight agreed that this was a special experience. Highly recommended. Thomas Giannini, Tucson, AZ
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O4216yolisal
Apr 30, 2024
Fun, Food and some history thrown in. - I recently went on the Tucson Food Tour with Karen as our guide. She was lots of fun to be with, besides leading the food tour to the different places, she also gave us the story behind each stop, and some history about downtown Tucson. If you are able, I would highly recommend going on the Tucson Food Tour and ask for Karen to be your guide.
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Pit
Apr 29, 2024
Great tour! Highly recommended! - We did the Downtown tour with Karen and had a wonderful time! Great food and lots of interesting insights into the town and history of Tuscon. Highly recommended!
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