Marbella Old Town Food Tour with Tastings & Wine

Behind Marbella’s yachts and beach clubs is a whitewashed old town where locals still linger over churros, trade gossip in century-old taverns and grill sardines on the sand. Follow a local guide from Moorish castle walls down to the Mediterranean shore, and taste your way through the Marbella most visitors never find.Your tour begins at the Fountain of the Frogs on Plaza de la Victoria, with churros dipped in thick hot chocolate, a pairing Marbella has loved for generations. From there, you’ll wind into the Casco Antiguo, where stretches of a thousand-year-old Moorish fortress still rise between whitewashed houses. Over a bowl of chilled salmorejo and a cold Victoria beer, brewed just up the coast in Málaga, your guide shares how this small fishing town grew into one of Spain’s best-known resorts.In the lanes around the Plaza de los Naranjos, laid out more than five centuries ago and still shaded by orange trees, you’ll settle into a traditional tavern for carne con patatas, crispy tortillitas de camarones and a round of local tapas with a glass of Andalusian wine. Somewhere along the way, a Secret Dish will appear, and we’ll keep its name to ourselves until it’s in front of you.Next, stroll past the tiled benches of Alameda Park and down Avenida del Mar, where bronze sculptures by Salvador Dalí line the walkway to the sea. On the beach promenade, taste an espeto, sardines grilled on a skewer the traditional Costa del Sol way, with a glass of tinto de verano. You’ll finish near Marbella’s lighthouse with a scoop of crema de abuela ice cream, a creamy local favourite.Secret Food Tours has been sharing the stories behind local food for more than a decade, and this tour shows you a side of Marbella most visitors never see.