Marbella Original Food Tour: Tapas, Wine & Old Town with a Local
Marbella's original tapas food tour — the first of its kind, running since 2018, and still the most reviewed food tour in the city. Plenty of tours have followed. Only one started it. Across 3 hours, your local guide walks you through the Old Town's whitewashed lanes to three traditional taverns the guidebooks miss — the places locals actually eat. Taste award-winning Ensaladilla Rusa at Marbella's oldest tapas bar, hand-carved Iberian bellota ham with Payoyo, Spain's most awarded cheese, the day's fresh catch and salt-cured Cádiz tuna, with a different Andalusian wine at every stop. Between bites, discover Orange Square, hidden plazas and the bronze Dalí sculptures, and the stories behind them. Small groups. Real food. Real history, and more five-star reviews than any other food tour in Marbella. Book the original, and taste the Marbella that locals keep to themselves.
What you'll see & do
- ✓We gather in Marbella's 15th-century Orange Square, by the fountain beside the little Ermita de Santiago chapel. Your local guide sets the scene with the story of the old town — the Casa del Corregidor and the town hall around us — before the tasting begins.
- ✓Down one of the old town's narrowest lanes to one of Marbella's oldest tapas bars, pouring since the 1950s. First glass of cava in hand, we taste the award-winning Ensaladilla Rusa and home-made chicken-and-ham croquetas.
- ✓A cosy, family-run taberna tucked into a lane just off Orange Square. We hand-carve Iberian bellota ham and set it beside Payoyo — Spain's most awarded cheese, made high in the Sierra de Cádiz from the milk of the native payoya goat — and wash it all down with a crisp, chilled Verdejo. Two mountain flavours, centuries in the making, on one plate.
- ✓A gentle walk through the tiled Alameda gardens down to Avenida del Mar, lined with ten bronze Salvador Dalí sculptures. Time for photos and the stories behind Marbella's open-air art before the final stop.
- ✓Our final stop is a traditional Jerez-style bodega, all dark wood and hanging hams. We round off the evening with a glass of red, mojama de atún — salt-cured red tuna from the Cádiz coast — and gambas al pil-pil sizzling in garlic.
- ✓We stroll back through the whitewashed lanes — past the Iglesia de la Encarnación and remnants of the old Arab walls — to Orange Square where we began, with the guide's personal tips for the rest of your stay.
What's included
- ✓8–10 authentic Andalusian tapas across 3 traditional taverns, a full dinner's worth; nobody leaves hungry: award-winning Ensaladilla Rusa, Iberian bellota ham, Payoyo cheese, and Cádiz tuna,
- ✓3 drinks, one paired at each tavern: cava, a crisp Verdejo and a local red (non-alcoholic options available)
- ✓Expert local guide and food host
- ✓All gratuities and tips included for the restaurants and waiters
Good to know
Not suitable for pets
Infant seats unavailable
Not wheelchair accessible
Wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for travellers with celiac disease
Meeting Point
Plaza de los Naranjos, 29601 Marbella, Málaga, Spain (Plaza de los Naranjos, Marbella, Andalucía, 29601)
Requirement
Your enthusiasm to try some delicious tapas and local wines!
water and apropiate attire for the weather
Good to know before you go
- Difficulty:
- Easy
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Marbella Original Food Tour: Tapas, Wine & Old Town with a Local
Marbella's original tapas food tour — the first of its kind, running since 2018, and still the most reviewed food tour in the city. Plenty of tours have followed. Only one started it. Across 3 hours, your local guide walks you through the Old Town's whitewashed lanes to three traditional taverns the guidebooks miss — the places locals actually eat. Taste award-winning Ensaladilla Rusa at Marbella's oldest tapas bar, hand-carved Iberian bellota ham with Payoyo, Spain's most awarded cheese, the day's fresh catch and salt-cured Cádiz tuna, with a different Andalusian wine at every stop. Between bites, discover Orange Square, hidden plazas and the bronze Dalí sculptures, and the stories behind them. Small groups. Real food. Real history, and more five-star reviews than any other food tour in Marbella. Book the original, and taste the Marbella that locals keep to themselves.
What you'll see & do
- ✓We gather in Marbella's 15th-century Orange Square, by the fountain beside the little Ermita de Santiago chapel. Your local guide sets the scene with the story of the old town — the Casa del Corregidor and the town hall around us — before the tasting begins.
- ✓Down one of the old town's narrowest lanes to one of Marbella's oldest tapas bars, pouring since the 1950s. First glass of cava in hand, we taste the award-winning Ensaladilla Rusa and home-made chicken-and-ham croquetas.
- ✓A cosy, family-run taberna tucked into a lane just off Orange Square. We hand-carve Iberian bellota ham and set it beside Payoyo — Spain's most awarded cheese, made high in the Sierra de Cádiz from the milk of the native payoya goat — and wash it all down with a crisp, chilled Verdejo. Two mountain flavours, centuries in the making, on one plate.
- ✓A gentle walk through the tiled Alameda gardens down to Avenida del Mar, lined with ten bronze Salvador Dalí sculptures. Time for photos and the stories behind Marbella's open-air art before the final stop.
- ✓Our final stop is a traditional Jerez-style bodega, all dark wood and hanging hams. We round off the evening with a glass of red, mojama de atún — salt-cured red tuna from the Cádiz coast — and gambas al pil-pil sizzling in garlic.
- ✓We stroll back through the whitewashed lanes — past the Iglesia de la Encarnación and remnants of the old Arab walls — to Orange Square where we began, with the guide's personal tips for the rest of your stay.
What's included
- ✓8–10 authentic Andalusian tapas across 3 traditional taverns, a full dinner's worth; nobody leaves hungry: award-winning Ensaladilla Rusa, Iberian bellota ham, Payoyo cheese, and Cádiz tuna,
- ✓3 drinks, one paired at each tavern: cava, a crisp Verdejo and a local red (non-alcoholic options available)
- ✓Expert local guide and food host
- ✓All gratuities and tips included for the restaurants and waiters
Good to know
Not suitable for pets
Infant seats unavailable
Not wheelchair accessible
Wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for travellers with celiac disease
Meeting Point
Plaza de los Naranjos, 29601 Marbella, Málaga, Spain (Plaza de los Naranjos, Marbella, Andalucía, 29601)
Requirement
Your enthusiasm to try some delicious tapas and local wines!
water and apropiate attire for the weather
Good to know before you go
- Difficulty:
- Easy
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.