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    Food, Wine, Tequila with Punta Mita

    Food, Wine, Tequila with Punta Mita

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    Annerys Hockley

    Senior Travel Consultant – Latin America

    01242 386 475

    01242 386 475

    Best Time To Go

    January - April & November - December

    Holiday Length

    11 nights

    Price guide

    From £7,050pp

    All of our journeys are individually tailored to suit your needs and timescale. As a guide, this 12-day suggested holiday will cost from £7,050 per person, based on two sharing, including international and internal flights.
    Holiday type

    Tailor-made

    Highlights

    Food, Wine, Tequila with Punta Mita

    Get your gastronomic kicks on this food tour of Mexico. You’ll enjoy the very best Mexican cuisine liberally marinated in the finest wines and, of course, the most exclusive tequila. You’ll train your palate during an evening of wine tasting at Rivero Gonzalez and learn the secrets of authentic Mexican dishes on a private cooking class at Casa Jacaranda. We’ll spice things up with a visit to Teotihuacan to give you a flavour of ancient Mexico before taking you on a tour of a boutique vineyard. Discover how to blend the perfect tequila and then sample seafood fresh from the ocean as you snorkel, play golf, surf or fish on the Pacific Coast.

    Trip details

    Here's a taste of your next A&K holiday
    Day 1
    Mexico City
    Day 2
    Mexico City
    Day 3
    San Miguel de Allende
    Day 4
    San Miguel de Allende
    Day 5
    San Miguel de Allende
    Day 6
    San Miguel de Allende
    Day 7
    Tequila
    Day 8
    Tequila/Punta Mita
    Days 9 - 10
    Punta Mita
    Day 11
    Punta Mita
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    Mexico City

    We’ll be there to meet you from the airport and help you settle in comfortably to the St Regis Hotel. Your food tour of Mexico start here! Relax before your evening out sampling Mexico´s top wines at the Rivero Gonzalez wine boutique. With the sophisticated bouquets still lingering stroll through the beautiful tree-lined streets of Polanco to work up an appetite for dinner at one of the gourmet restaurants in the area. Includes: wine tasting (three wines) and private sommelier.

    Mexico City

    Accompanied by two cooks you’ll walk into the Medellin market to experience local spices, cheeses, ice cream and single origin coffee from Chiapas. With the ingredients for your menu you’ll walk to Casa Jacaranda, a beautifully restored mansion. Your hands-on cooking lesson will introduce you to generations-old culinary secrets and techniques that will inspire your culinary creations. Work off your food with a walking tour of downtown historical Mexico City

    San Miguel de Allende

    Today you’ll soak up the culture of San Miguel De Allende, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. En route, a stop at the Aztec ruins of Teotihuacan will shed light on the life and times of the ancient inhabitants of Mexico. Once settled at San Miguel de Allende, a local guide will take you on a tour of the city to see sights such as the famous Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel.

    San Miguel de Allende

    Start with a market tour before your cooking class shows you how basic ingredients can be used in creative and delicious ways. Hosted in Chef Paco Cardenas´ home, this is a hands-on lesson in preparing authentic Mexican dishes from scratch. Tie on an apron and get ready to start making salsas from different chilies and vegetables, tortillas and more. DURATION: Total time is 6 hours. Market Tour is 1 ½ hours + class with seven recipes and lunch at Paco's home is 4 ½ hours / Class Available Mondays Only.

    San Miguel de Allende

    Your day begins with a private guided visit to Atotonilco. In this Sistine Chapel of Mexico there are Mexican Baroque mural works adorning the walls. An exclusive visit to the Atotonilco Gallery is where you can discover the beauty of Mexican folk art. A delightful vineyard tour follows at Dos Buhos Vineyard where you will have a private guide tour of the property, vineyards, and winemaking facilities.

    San Miguel de Allende

    As you transfer to the historic centre of Tequila you can probably guess what’s coming next! In a charming hotel just off the main square, don’t let the views of the iconic church of Santiago Apostol distract from your next mission. The secrets of a master tequilero are about to be imparted. Supervised by a blending expert you’ll create your own damauaja of tequila.

    Tequila

    This morning on an exclusive tour of Tequila you’ll visit agave fields and harvest with real Jimadores. There will be a tasting at Tequila Fortaleza, where the most traditional process is still in use by a fifth generation tequilero. After a Jaliscan Lunch at the Municipal Market your tequilla knowledge will be brought bang up to date at La Tequilera, a modern boutique distillery of the legendary Fonseca Family.

    Tequila/Punta Mita

    A short flight to Puerto Vallarta will be followed by a 45 minute drive to Punta Mita on the Pacific Ocean coast. Settle into your beautiful hotel and relax: it’s time to enjoy the beach.

    Punta Mita

    Punta Mita Days At Leisure (B) Relax on the white, sandy beaches with a glass of something cold or take a dip in the azure waters. If you fancy something a bit more energetic you can snorkel, play golf, ride the waves on a surfboard or fish to your heart's content under the Mexican Riviera’s sun.

    Punta Mita

    With the delicious tastes of Mexico still tingling those tastebuds you’ve just got time to grab a few last-minute foodie souvenirs to take home with you: it’s time to make your journey back to the UK.

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