Seville Food ToursSecret Food Tour: Tapas, Ham and Churros
The Seville Secret Food Tour carries the longest published tasting list in this catalogue: more than eight tastings through the Old Town, including three dishes most visitors never order, and a Secret Dish the guide refuses to name until the day.
About the Secret Food Tour
8+ tastings plus a secret dish revealed on the day
$99 per adult
4.8 from 37 reviews on GetYourGuide
3.5 hours through the Old Town
Plaza del Salvador — the guide holds an orange umbrella
Wheelchair users and travellers with mobility impairments
Quick answer The longest tasting list in the catalogue, including the dish nobody names
The Secret Food Tour is $99 for 3.5 hours through Seville's Old Town with more than eight tastings — Iberian ham, local cheeses, pork cheeks slow-cooked in gravy, oxtail stew or Andalusian spinach, a pringa sandwich, anchovies in vinegar, a pinchito skewer and churros with hot chocolate — plus a Secret Dish the guide only reveals on the day. Drinks run to beer, tinto de verano and vermouth. It meets at Plaza del Salvador, where the guide waits with an orange umbrella.
Key takeaways
- The longest published tasting list in the full Seville food tours list, and the widest range of traditional dishes
- Pringa, carrillada and anchovies in vinegar — dishes tourist menus in Seville generally skip
- Meets at Plaza del Salvador; look for the orange umbrella
- Not suitable for wheelchair users or mobility impairments; the listing warns of a fair amount of walking
- The itinerary and menu change with venue availability and weather, which the operator states plainly
Listing at a Glance
The same fields appear on every tour page here, read from the operator's own listing in August 2026. Prices, inclusions and availability are set by the operator and confirmed at checkout on the booking platform.
- Tour name Secret Food Tour: 10 Tastings of Tapas, Ham and Churros
- Operator Secret Food Tours
- Booking platform GetYourGuide
- Product ID 625334
- Starting price $99 USD per adult
- Price last checked August 2026
- Rating 4.8 out of 5
- Review count 37 reviews
- Review source GetYourGuide verified bookings
- Duration 3.5 hours
- Start window Midday and evening departures; times in the booking calendar
- Expected finish About three and a half hours after the meeting time
- Getting around On foot through the Old Town
- Group size Small group
- Guide language English
- Meeting point Plaza del Salvador — the guide waits with an orange umbrella
- Food included 8+ tastings plus a secret dish
- Drinks included Hot chocolate, beer, tinto de verano, vermouth, water
- Hotel pickup Not included — you meet the guide
- Dietary restrictions Dietary requirements accommodated where possible if you contact the operator in advance
- Minimum age None stated
- Difficulty Moderate — the listing warns of a fair amount of walking
- Mobility and wheelchair Not suitable for wheelchair users or people with mobility impairments
- Cancellation Free up to 24 hours before the start time
- Reserve now, pay later Yes
- Weather note Comfortable shoes advised; the route is outdoors between stops
- Operator note The listing states the itinerary and menu change with venue availability and weather
- Badge on this site Most tastings
- Closest alternative here Seville Food Tour with Tapas and Drinks with a Local
Check Dates and Availability
Live dates and prices for the Secret Food Tour, straight from the booking platform.
The Tasting List, Decoded
The dishes most visitors never order
Three items on this list are the reason to book it rather than a standard crawl.
Pringa is the meat left in the pot after a puchero — pork, beef, chorizo and morcilla stewed for hours — shredded and pressed into a warm roll called a mollete. It is Seville's own sandwich, sold at the counter for a couple of euros, and almost no visitor orders it because nothing on the board explains what it is.
Carrillada is pork cheek braised in a dark gravy until it collapses; it is on more menus than pringa but usually as a ración, which is too much for one person to eat alone before a night of tapas. Boquerones en vinagre, fresh anchovies cured in vinegar and garlic, are the plate that separates people who like Spanish food from people who like Spanish restaurants. There is also a pinchito, the cumin-spiced pork skewer that carries the city's Moorish inheritance in a single bite.
The Secret Dish, and the honest fine print
Every Secret Food Tour, in every city the brand runs in, ends with a dish revealed only on the day. It is a marketing device and it works, but it is not a reason on its own to pay $99.
What is more useful is the operator's own warning: the itinerary and menu are subject to change based on the locations' availability, the weather and other circumstances. In practice that means the eight tastings are a shape rather than a contract — a reviewer counted four venues on her evening. If a specific dish is the point of your booking, ask before you pay.
The walk, and who cannot do it
Three and a half hours through the Old Town with a fair amount of walking, in the listing's own words, and it is not suitable for wheelchair users or people with mobility impairments. Comfortable shoes are the only thing the operator asks you to bring.
One reviewer describes it as all walking but at a very easy pace, with more of the city seen than expected — the route uses the baroque and gothic streets between the plazas rather than the main monument axis. In July and August, note that this is a daytime-into-evening walk in a city averaging 36.4 C; the morning market tour is the summer alternative.
Where the Tour Starts
Meet at Plaza del Salvador in the heart of the Old Town — the guide waits with an orange umbrella.
Plaza del Salvador is five minutes from both the Cathedral and Las Setas.
Questions About This Tour
What is the Secret Dish?
The operator reveals it only on the day — it is the brand's signature across every city it runs in. The rest of the tasting list is published in full: Iberian ham, cheeses, pork cheeks, oxtail stew or Andalusian spinach, a pringa sandwich, anchovies in vinegar, a pinchito skewer and churros with hot chocolate.
What is pringa?
The shredded meats left from a puchero stew — pork, beef, chorizo and blood sausage — pressed into a warm mollete roll. It is a Seville speciality that visitors rarely order because menus do not explain it.
How many stops are there?
The listing describes 8+ tastings; reviewers report around four venues. The operator states the itinerary and menu change with availability and weather.
Is it accessible?
No. The listing states the tour is not suitable for wheelchair users or people with mobility impairments, and warns of a fair amount of walking. The sherry tasting and the paella evening are the seated options here.
Where does it meet?
Plaza del Salvador, where the guide stands with an orange umbrella. Pick-up and drop-off are not included.
Can dietary requirements be handled?
Contact the operator in advance and they will accommodate as best they can — their words. For a listing that commits to vegan and gluten-free menus, the Triana cooking class is the one.
What Travellers Said
It's so easy to get lured into tourist traps when it comes to food on holiday, but our guide took us to 4 places all with delicious food and drink. The tour is all walking but at a very easy pace and we actually saw more than we expected.
She knew so much about the city and all the different food available. Definitely a must.
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Page last reviewed August 2026. Price, rating and review count read from the listing on August 2026. Prices, availability and terms are set by the operator and confirmed at checkout.
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