Tasting and Gastronomy!
        
This is a new tour that started to operate on December 2005. It  consists basically in the visit to 2 XVII century haciendas located in  Mérida. The first one to visit is “Hacienda Vista Alegre” which has  the most important and prestigious production of traditional Rum  and liquors from tropical fruits; it is a 45 minutes visit to the oak wood barrels deposits, to the pottery house where the bottles for the finest liquors are hand made and to the factory which is still inhabited by the owners; all the process of making the Rum and liquors its explained by a local host and tasting of the different products is made after the explanation. 

After the liquor tasting the tour proceeds to another old colonial palace called “Hacienda Teya”. This award winning hacienda offers the best typical gastronomy of the Yucatán and has received visits of figures like Queen Sophie from Spain and Greece, Hilary Clinton, the Luxembourg Dukes and more. Yucatán is known for having the most prestigious, the finest and most diverse culinary tradition of México and Mexican gastronomy is famous worldwide. In this tour people will have the opportunity to try the best of the best from our proud cooking tradition.

Pick up time: 11:25 - 11:55

Drop off: 16:45                                               

Price per person: $55.00 US

Price includes:
*Transportation hotel – haciendas – hotel;
*Entrance fee to the liquor house;
*The rum barrels deposit;                                           
*The production area;                                               
*The filling area;                                                     
*The pottery and painting room;                                
*The traditional garden;                                          
*Liquor tasting;                                              
*Wholesaler price shopping;
*Four courses traditional gourmet cuisine.