Top Quito Desserts & Sweets

Boasting a huge diversity of birdlife, the Mindo Nambillo Cloud Forest Reserve draws ornithologists worldwide. It’s also a popular destination for anyone wishing to escape the busy streets of Quito. With a small group and a guide to help you set the itinerary, you can visit a chocolate factory to learn how the finest cocoa is processed and discover the secrets of coffee cultivation at a plantation. Transport is made easy with hotel pickup in a 4WD vehicle.

Without insider tips from locals, it can be hard to shortlist the best street food stands in Quito. Avoid the guesswork, and get expert advice with this essential street food tour. Taste your way around the city and try a variety of local bites. Conveniently, lunch, coffee/tea, and soft drinks are included, so there's no need to stop and pay at each food spot.

Discover the cuisine of one of Latin America's tastiest capitals, Quito, during this street food and drinks tour. Walk around the city with your guide and stop at several locally-known vendors to sample delicious Ecuadorian dishes. Explore the bohemian neighborhood of Guapolo and watch the sunset from a scenic viewpoint. Your night ends with a drink at a local speakeasy.

Mindo, just two hours from Quito, is in a biodiverse cloud forest that's home to hundreds of species of birds and butterflies. This full-day tour with a private driver and guide includes a visit to a butterfly farm and a tour of a chocolate factory plus one other eco-adventure of your choosing, including ziplining, hiking, or an orchid farm visit, for a customized experience.

Discover the cuisine of Ecuador and delight your tastebuds with this food tour around the city of Quito. Led by a professional guide, learn how to eat like a Quiteño. Sample traditional dishes and drinks including Benditas Carnes empanadas, the incredible sweetness of Yumbos Chocolate, and the classic encebollado. Afterwards, explore the Mercado de San Francisco market where incredible fruit, vegetables, and medicinal plants are sold.

Ecuador is the third-largest chocolate producer in the world, so the tasty treat is featured in many dishes and desserts. Join a guide and small group for a multi-course meal at a high-end restaurant that features chocolate and cacao. Learn about the history of Ecuadorian chocolate and its uses between each course and sip on drinks that are perfectly paired with your meal.

To’ak Chocolate and Fundación Guayasamín have teamed up to create the Chocolate & Art Experience, a one-of-a-kind journey in Quito that celebrates the rich history, art, and chocolate of Ecuador. Ecuador’s native son, Oswaldo Guayasamín, is one of Latin America’s most celebrated artists. His work has been on display in many of the finest museums and galleries in the world. Guayasamín’s house, along with the Capilla del Hombre, is one of Ecuador’s most iconic attractions. To’ak Chocolate, born and based in Ecuador, uses the oldest and rarest cacao variety on earth to make extremely limited editions of single-origin Ecuadorian dark chocolate. Its flagship edition was aged for four years in a French oak cognac cask and retails for $385 per bar, considered the most valuable chocolate in the world.

Food is always the best way to discover one culture, so we are going to talk about the food, traditions and history. Quito is much more than a colonial city, so join me to reach the roots of our Quito´s ancestors in this tour.

Discover the historic center of Quito when you book this half-day tour of the historic center followed by a delicious dessert experience. Alongside a private guide, walk through the city’s colonial streets to see highlights like Independence Square. Then, stop at a woodcarving workshop to try your hand at the craft with a local artisan. End your tour with tasty treats at a local chocolate factory and a traditional ice cream shop.

I am an expert agriculturist, working for more than 10 years in local food systems and sustainable travel. I have guided in South America (Ecuator, Peru, Bolivia), visiting traditional attractions, off-the-beaten-track charms, and most importantly local communities. It will be pure excitement exploring the city, in the most tasteful and informative way! This unforgettable experience includes sampling local Ecuadorian food while uncovering the rich, vibrant stories attached to the historical sites of Quito. We will get a taste of local life, during our journey, we will go to: Four food stops (sample tasting is included on the tour price): dark chocolate, tons of native Ecuadorian fruits (you will be surprised), "Envueltos" (tamales, humitas), Colonial candies, "mistelas", local drinks, and more Andean cuisine. Enjoy the tour while talking about Ecuatorian culture and geography from a food perspective.

Venture into the cloud forest of Mindo on this day trip from Quito and learn from a coffee-and-chocolate expert on your visit to a cacao farm. A guide explains the fascinating process of chocolate making, followed by a chocolate tasting and themed savory lunch. Start the day with coffee and a stop at a hummingbird viewpoint; finish with another flavorful tasting. Private round-trip hotel transport makes the journey more relaxing.

Experience the sights and flavors of Quito on a private tour. Customize the itinerary based on your interests (and tastes).  You can visit the San Francisco Church and Independence Square in the UNESCO listed historical center. Sample Ecuadorian foods such as tamales, empanadas, canelazo (spiced fruit drink), and much more.  Whatever you decide, your guide is with you every step of the way.

A Hip tour of Quito Old Town Highlights: - Discover the hippest locales in Quito – trendy coffee shops, yesteryear coffee roasters, artist workshops, and vintage toy makers. - Experience the modern and traditional street food scene in Quito. - Meet artists and artisans and learn how they handcraft Panama hats, Fedora hats, Driver Caps, and more. Walk around bohemian neighborhoods and streets – San Marcos and La Ronda Our HIPstoric Quito Day Tour is a unique tour visiting hip and cool sites in Old Town Quito. Take advantage of your spare time in Quito and explore Old Town like a true hipster. This is not your typical, generic Quito day tour. Avoid the crowds, visit off the beaten path sites and get to know the city in a different way. Whenever I travel around the world, I do my best to stray away from the crowds and try to find something unique that only I deem special. Nevertheless, its that search for something special that makes exploring an unknown city so great. - Andres

Discover the wildlife, nature, and flavors of Ecuador on a private full-day tour to the Mindo Cloudforest from Quito. There's something for everyone to enjoy with a visit to a hummingbird sanctuary, chocolate tasting, cable-car ride, and trek to a waterfall. Included lunch and transportation eliminates the guesswork of independently navigating in a foreign location. If you aren't interested in a particular activity, the itinerary can be customized to suit your personal desires.

Discover Quito in a very unique way, you will walk through the main areas of old town and you will visit secret places such as the green domes. Our tour is guided by local tour guides that will show you the city as a local and you will lear about our culture and our food. At the end of the tour you will know Quito in a differente way and you will have the best memories on amazing places.

Book your unique experience with us and immerse yourself in a fascinating journey. From tastings of authentic flavors to historical discoveries, our tour will take you through the most delicious and significant corners of the city. Make your visit to Quito an unforgettable experience filled with gastronomy and culture! Reserve now to secure your spot!

Join me on this guided bicycle tour to discover the most beautiful places in Quito and experience its history, customs, flavors and legends. We will tour the city from the modern part to the historic center, which is the largest and best preserved in Latin America. We will visit very interesting places such as the Basilica of the National Vow, the Plaza Grande, the Guapulo viewpoint, parks and much more. You will see the city from a new perspective on 2 wheels on a simple, safe but fun route, which can be adapted to your physical level, without generating carbon emissions and best of all, you will be accompanied by a local bilingual guide.

In this trip we will stop at the best of what Mindo has to offer. Spend a day immersed in the beauty of Ecuador’s Mindo Cloud Forest when you embark on this full day tour from Quito. Hike into the forest with a our guide and visit a butterfly farm, or an Hummingbird Garden, do a breath taking canopy, see beautiful waterfalls, visit a chocolate factory, and more.

Head deep into the Ecuadorian jungle to see how two of the world’s favorite treats—coffee and chocolate—are grown and harvested on this private tour. Coffee is the focus of the first day when you visit a local farm to see how beans are grown, harvested, fermented, and processed. The next day, enjoy a zipline adventure in the jungle before visiting a cacao farm to see how chocolate is made from bean to bar.

Taste a delicious beer and feel the different aromas and ingredients that are part of each of them; indicating the differences that exist between an industrial beer and a craft beer. ​In our tour of the Historic Center of Quito, you will be able to try a variety of beers that have been created throughout history and you will be able to get to know a bar where you will realize the great diversity of tastes that a Quito native has when you want to spend pleasant moments with your friends.

This is an unforgettable tour as it will captive your sense of taste and delight your palate tasting all the delicacies found in Ecuadorian food.

At 2 hours from Quito is Mindo a locality with a subtropical climate that relaxes us on arrival, for the flora and fauna that surrounds it, above all it is famous for the large number of hummingbirds that we can find. Here we will know the elaboration of artisanal chocolate in Yumbos Chocolate.

Quito was declared the Ibero-American capital of cocoa in Europe, thus the "Cacao Route" was born, a tour focused on showing the richness and uses of this fruit. Along the route through several tastings we will learn about the importance of this food in the equatorial lands.