Bazurto-marktreis en kookcursus in Cartagena

Really a Great Experience! The Father, Angel, who is a guide and speaks 5 languages, picked us up at our hotel and dropped us off at the Bazurto Market. The market is really large and bustling with locals doing their shopping. No tourists here. Definitely worth a visit. There we met his daughter Maria Angelica, who speaks good English. She took us through the market buying all of the ingredients for the dinner we were going to cook. We had 6 meals to choose from and we did Fish Soup with yucca, plantain and potatoes + coconut rice and fruit juice. An hour later, loaded down with sacks of food, Angel picked us up and took us to their house nearby. Maria, the mother, was the cook and instructor with Maria Angelica helping out. We spent a wonderful few hours in their house getting to know the family as well as learning how to cook a great Colombian meal.

Hermosa experiencia de cocina que incluyó la compra de ingredientes en el mercado. Traslado ida y vuelta en un buen carro. Excelente guía y familia colombiana muy cálida y auténtica. Recomiendo ampliamente a quienes deseen ponerse en contacto con la cultura local de una manera genuina.

Do you want to see, feel and taste authentic Cartagena? Then this is a not to be missed excursion. Our family (2 adults and two teenage girls) were Picked up promptly at our hotel by Duran, we drove about 30 minutes to Buzurto market. A vast open air market (mostly shaded) where what seems like a sea of humanity has congregated to buy and sell EVERYTHING! There are 100’s and 100’s of stalls. Our tour was food based so we stopped at several stalls to pick up various fruits, vegetable, spices, fish and meat. Duran expertly navigated the way through the crowded aisles. We stopped at a few stalls for breakfast and also tastes of some exotic fruits. This part of the tour lasted about 1.5 hrs. From there we drove to the second half of the tour where we would go to a local house and cook all of our ingredients into a delicious lunch. The big surprise was that we drive to Duran house. We had no idea this was where we were going and it was a very nice surprise. At the house we met Duran’s lovely wife Maria. For the next hour we all participated in food prep tasks. We made Stuffed fish, coconut rice, plantain, avocado salad, beef in exotic spices, fresh passion fruit juice were all on the menu. We were also lucky enough to meet Duran and Maria’s son who came home for lunch. Our hosts were very gracious and my family felt like we were among friends. All the food we coked was super fresh and incredibly delicious. When the time was up we were driven back to our hotel. I cannot recommend this tour enough. Get out of your comfort zone and experience real Cartagena. You will not be disappointed.