Rum Tours · WORLDWIDE
This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 7 rum walking tours worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.
Spend about three hours walking downtown Nassau with guides such as Cody, Shad, Fox, or Jason. Taste five rums, three cocktails, conch fritters, rum cake, and local bites, then make a drink at a private speakeasy-style stop.
“Our tour guide Coody was excellent he explained the culture and made its interesting and entertaining while learning history.”
Spend three hours walking central Nassau with a local guide such as Shad, Jason, Fox, or Cody. Taste five rums, three cocktails, rum-infused food, and make your own drink at a private speakeasy. Expect strong pours, pirate tales, Prohibition lore, and a small group capped at 12.
“Our tour guide Jason was amazing! Hilarious and great story teller! Some tasty rum too! Would definitely recommend.”
Meet in front of Santa Rita’s Church for a 90-minute walk through Paraty with guides such as Thiago. Learn about colonial trade, Freemasonry, Indigenous peoples, and the town’s UNESCO status, then sample sweet Gabriela cachaça with honey, clove, and cinnamon.
“Great tour! We learned a lot about the history of Paraty. Guide was friendly, knowledgeable and took the time to show us all around and answer our questions! Highly recommended!”
Join Madeira Discoverers for an eight-hour minibus tour from Pico do Arieiro to Ribeiro Frio, Santana, Porto da Cruz, Machico, and Ponta do Rosto. Guide Norbert is often on hand, speaking English, German, or Portuguese, with time for a forest walk, lunch, and rum tasting.
“Our guide was very knowledgeable of the area, great driver, and gave us enough time to explore. Pleasantly surprised by this trip which was booked last minute. Unfortunately, I never got the tour guide’s name, older English gentleman now a resident of Madeira.”
Spend two hours walking Paraty’s cobbled Historic Center with an English or Portuguese-speaking guide. See churches, museums, craft shops, art studios, the Culture House, and Masonic details in the town’s design, then finish with a cachaça tasting.
“The tour did not flow - it felt like the guide was just telling us random facts he could remember about random stuff we walked past. He took us to quite a lot of shops, which weren’t related to the tour. He didn’t seem to speak very good English so when we asked questions, he couldn’t answer them. He was a nice guy, but the tour was probably the worst walking tour I’ve been on (I’ve been on loads and only one other tour was bad - normally I’ve found these kinds of tours are excellent).”
Walk Old San Juan from San Juan Bay to its cathedral with Professor Nat or Natalia, stopping for Puerto Rican coffee, a seasonal rum cocktail, landmark stories, and an artisan craft. Groups are capped at 10, and the 2.5-hour route ends where it begins.
“My husband and I had such a great time on this tour! Natalia was so knowledgeable and energetic and was a wonderful guide. We’ve been to Puerto Rico several times now and have even done other tours in Old San Juan in the past and still lRead more”
Walk Old San Juan with an English-speaking guide, tasting Puerto Rican coffee, pastry, empanadilla, mofongo, tropical fruit, piña colada, popsicle or sorbet, and bean-to-bar chocolate. Guides such as Narai and Lizbel have led the tour, which runs about 3 hours and 45 minutes.
“Narai was a fantastic guide! We learn a lot about San Juan and had several delicious local dishes. I would highly recommend this food tour.”
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