Taste of Belize Tour

[alwaysthenewgirl81]

Has anyone taken the Taste of Belize Tour from Coral Breeze Tours? Looking for reviews and info. We have 3 kids - 9, 4, and 3 with us, so we are looking for something interesting for them and us as well. It sounds fun with all the tropical fruits, tortilla making etc.... Has anyone tried this one?

 

Here's the Description:

 

Sample the full flavor of Belize with our Food and Drink Tasting Tour. In the course of a few hours, we'll introduce you to the ingredients and culinary techniques that make Belizean cuisine special. You'll snack your way through the country's most bountiful farmers' market, and visit a rum micro-distillery. Along the way, you'll also take in the most impressive historical sights of Belize City.

 

Your tour begins at the Belize Tourism Village, the docking area for all cruise ship tenders. A few steps from your tender, you will meet our team at the Wet Lizard Restaurant and Bar and be greeted with a glass of fresh juice or coconut water. From there, an air-conditioned passenger van will guide you through Belize City.

 

Generally overlooked by tourists, Belize City is in fact a bustling, colorful town that features Victorian architecture from the British colonial era. Among the sights on your tour are Fort George, Memorial Park, the Baron Bliss Grave and Lighthouse, St. John’s Anglican Cathedral, and the House of Culture museum.

 

After touring the central city, you won't have far to go to visit the Queen's Square Market. Regardless of the season, the market is overflowing with local fruits and vegetables, such as cassava, soursop, mally apples, cashew fruit, plantains, cocoa, and other tropical treats. You'll also try johnny cakes or fry jacks, a breakfast staple throughout the country.

 

As you'll learn, Belizean cuisine reflects the remarkable cultural and natural diversity of Central America's smallest state. Belize brings together tastes from Africa, Britain, the Mayan heartland, and Belize's neighbors both in Central America and the Caribbean. In addition, Belizean cuisine benefits from a long fishing tradition and a rich agricultural sector.

 

You'll experience the diversity first hand as you continue your tasting tour. On some days, you'll have a front-row seat to the preparation of hand-made tortillas. You'll watch as the corn is ground, made into "masa" (or dough), pressed into a tortilla, and then cooked before your eyes. Best of all, you'll get to bite into the finished product.

 

Your tour is not over until you visit the micro-distillery of One Barrel Rum, home to one of Belize's top rum makers and a winner of several international competitions. For a small price, you'll have an opportunity to conduct your own taste test as well.

 

With your sampling of Belize's cuisine complete, we'll take you back to the Tourism Village. We'll say goodbye with a rum punch and give you the chance to buy a cookbook to take home a little taste of Belize.

[bigmommairb]

I saw this one too! Our kids are 1, 7, 9, 10..... We thought it would be interesting for them. Did u book it??

 

 

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[crewsweeper]

I hear that this tour gets cancelled regularly. Not enough people signing up. By the description it appears to be a typical city tour with a visit to the central marketplace. On your own you can walk to many of the sites they go to. You can take a taxi to the central marketplace if you wish. There are a couple of very good Belizean restaurants serving traditional Belizean dishes at local prices within a few blocks of the Tourism Village.

 

While this tour may appeal to those hoping to be immersed in Belizean culture for a few hours, it would be really boring for children, IMO. Much more fun for them to go cavetubing. It's a vacay, not a school field trip.

[j&tcruiser]

Has anyone taken the Taste of Belize Tour from Coral Breeze Tours? Looking for reviews and info. We have 3 kids - 9, 4, and 3 with us, so we are looking for something interesting for them and us as well. It sounds fun with all the tropical fruits, tortilla making etc.... Has anyone tried this one?

 

Here's the Description:

 

Sample the full flavor of Belize with our Food and Drink Tasting Tour. In the course of a few hours, we'll introduce you to the ingredients and culinary techniques that make Belizean cuisine special. You'll snack your way through the country's most bountiful farmers' market, and visit a rum micro-distillery. Along the way, you'll also take in the most impressive historical sights of Belize City.

 

Your tour begins at the Belize Tourism Village, the docking area for all cruise ship tenders. A few steps from your tender, you will meet our team at the Wet Lizard Restaurant and Bar and be greeted with a glass of fresh juice or coconut water. From there, an air-conditioned passenger van will guide you through Belize City.

 

Generally overlooked by tourists, Belize City is in fact a bustling, colorful town that features Victorian architecture from the British colonial era. Among the sights on your tour are Fort George, Memorial Park, the Baron Bliss Grave and Lighthouse, St. John’s Anglican Cathedral, and the House of Culture museum.

 

After touring the central city, you won't have far to go to visit the Queen's Square Market. Regardless of the season, the market is overflowing with local fruits and vegetables, such as cassava, soursop, mally apples, cashew fruit, plantains, cocoa, and other tropical treats. You'll also try johnny cakes or fry jacks, a breakfast staple throughout the country.

 

As you'll learn, Belizean cuisine reflects the remarkable cultural and natural diversity of Central America's smallest state. Belize brings together tastes from Africa, Britain, the Mayan heartland, and Belize's neighbors both in Central America and the Caribbean. In addition, Belizean cuisine benefits from a long fishing tradition and a rich agricultural sector.

 

You'll experience the diversity first hand as you continue your tasting tour. On some days, you'll have a front-row seat to the preparation of hand-made tortillas. You'll watch as the corn is ground, made into "masa" (or dough), pressed into a tortilla, and then cooked before your eyes. Best of all, you'll get to bite into the finished product.

 

Your tour is not over until you visit the micro-distillery of One Barrel Rum, home to one of Belize's top rum makers and a winner of several international competitions. For a small price, you'll have an opportunity to conduct your own taste test as well.

 

With your sampling of Belize's cuisine complete, we'll take you back to the Tourism Village. We'll say goodbye with a rum punch and give you the chance to buy a cookbook to take home a little taste of Belize.

 

This is the tour I want to take when we go in August. You must have at least 6ppl to reserve it and we are only 3. I emailed them and put us on a waiting list and will contact us if other ppl want to book also. The company actually has an office in Rhode island...that is the contact location

 

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[tinker74]

I was also wanting to do this tour... Or at least do the tasting tour at the micro-distillery of One Barrel Rum! Our cruise is also in August. We will be sailing Aug 10th on RC out of Galveston. When is yours?

[Jackie722]

When is your cruise?

 

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