Quito Free Food Tour

Ecuador grows some of the world's best cacao and coffee, and this tour tastes its way through both, starting at the Mercado Santa Clara, a working neighborhood market rather than a tourist stop. Your guide walks you past stalls piled with fruits most visitors have never seen — naranjilla, pitahaya, tree tomato, guanábana — before moving on to Ecuadorian chocolate and coffee tastings.

Over three and a half hours you'll snack your way through several stops with a local guide who explains what you're eating and why it matters here — note that some tastings along the route are paid directly by guests on the spot, on top of the free tour itself.