Top Experiences in La Merced Market

Create your Mexican piñata knowing its history and importance in Mexico!
We will meet at El Nuevo Café Bagdad, located in a traditional house from 1700. From there we will go to the Merced Market.
We will tour the market observing the great variety of piñatas that exist, their shapes and colors. We will take advantage of our stay in the market to explore it and try some typical flavors that Mexico offers.
We will return to El Nuevo Café Bagdad, ready to make our piñatas.

Do you know that there are 329 public markets in Mexico City? Walk, Explore & Eat in the 3 most exotic markets in the city.

We'll stop at more than 20 places to sample authentic Mexican food, native fruits and vegetables, as well as share information about Mexican traditions and history. Mezcal tasting included at the end :)

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Additionally to the tastings, you can buy fruits, vegetables, spices, Mexican toys and clothes, piñatas, moles, spells, amulets, candles, animals, exotic meats, insects, artisanal hot sauces and more.

The perfect mix between culture and fun, our guides are highly qualified and will make the tour a perfect experience, creating truly unforgettable moments.
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We will explore the real historic center, get away from the museums and restaurants full of tourists and discover the secrets that are only known to the locals.

We will enter some of the most emblematic and interesting markets in the city, we will try a michelada, the most authentic and delicious tacos you have ever tasted, some pre-Hispanic snacks, a drink in a traditional cantina and we will discover artistic and historical wonders that tourists have never seen before. they know

The colorful, chaotic Merced Market serves thousands of shoppers daily. On this tour, you’ll visit our favorite food stalls, meet some talented market vendors, and learn the market’s history. You’ll finish knowing why La Merced is unlike anywhere else in Mexico.

We’ll start this tour in the Downtown Historic Center, before jumping on the subway two stops to La Merced market. There, we’ll wind through the market’s lively banquetón, or prepared food area, tasting tacos, aguas frescas and tamales. After that, we’ll stroll through the gigantic fruits and vegetables building, and learn about—and taste!—prehispanic ingredients, such as grasshoppers and agave worms. After a quick stop to rest, we’ll leave the market to take the subway back to the Historic Center where we’ll finish up the tour with a refreshing drink and a snack in a newly revived part of the city that you won’t want to miss!

This tour is good for seasoned travelers.

Leave your comfort zone and experience a raw and authentic face of the city in the most historical side of town, La Merced. Together we will explore Mexico's oldest market (Mercado Merced) and get surprised by our exotic fruits, juices, moles, pre-hispanic snacks and more traditional wonders. You will dive through the mind-blowing sorcery and art market and discover architecture, street art, hidden monuments and more gems off the beaten path. We will have the chance to meet the most popular beliefs through Santa Muerte street altars and understand how locals practice their faith.

This will all include an opportunity to try some of the best street tacos in town, followed by one of the oldest cantinas and pulquerias and finish the journey in one of downtown nicest bars with a cocktail or coffee. This is the perfect experience for the curious minded travelers who want to cross the touristic borders and have a first hand immersive cultural encounter.