/24-7PressRelease/ - PORTLAND, OR, May 27, 2008 - Jumping Cow Culinary Tours, a boutique tour group specializing in small group travel experiences for food lovers, announces its Mexican Independence Day Tour, scheduled for September 14 through September 19, 2008. Because tours are limited in size to help ensure satisfaction and personal attention, early reservations are encouraged.
Unlike other tour packages and vacations that focus only on Mexican resorts and beaches, the Jumping Cow Tours package will enable travelers to experience the "real" Mexico by staying in the historic and beautiful colonial central highlands.
The tour will begin in San Miguel de Allende, a historic town founded in 1542 and called the City of Eternal Spring, where you will explore the cobblestone streets and outdoor markets, as well as take ethnic cooking classes. You will learn to make such regional specialties as mole, a dish that requires nearly 30 ingredients.
One highlight of the tour is bound to be joining with locals in celebrating el Grito - the Cry - that began Mexico's long fight for Independence. Tour members will meet for a special dinner and then take a short walk to the main plaza to hear the cry, yell "Viva La Mexico" and watch fireworks.
"el Grito is a celebration not to be missed," said Arlene Krasner, co-founder and tour director. "And San Miguel is one of the world's great travel destinations, with beautiful stone streets and houses that look like brightly colored paintings. We are telling tour members to bring their cameras as well as their appetites."
In addition to San Miguel, tour guests will also visit Dolores Hidalgo, considered Mexico's Cradle of Independence and a town known for its ceramics industry, and Guanajuato, a UNESCO world heritage site carved out of mountains and celebrated as the birthplace of Diego Rivera.
"Your stay in Mexico will include enough non-scheduled time to allow you to experience the incredible arts and crafts scene, as well as the history and beauty, on your own," added Mary Norquist, co-founder and tour director. "We like to make sure our tour members get a chance to kick back and relax."
Mexican Independence Tour Itinerary:
Day 1 - Arrive; reception at Casa Luna
Day 2 - A Walking Tour and Cooking Class
Day 3 - Market Tour and Cooking Class; evening independence celebration
Day 4 - Tour of Dolores Hidalgo, Santa Rosa and Guanajuato
Day 5 - Cooking Class; shopping at the Aurora Design Center
Day 6 - Depart for home
"Mexican Independence Tour" is six days and five nights priced at $1850 per person. Each tour includes hotel (double-occupancy), transportation to and from the Leon - Guanajuato Airport (BJX), a welcome cocktail party, three cooking classes, a tour day to Dolores Hidalgo, Santa Rosa and Guanajuato and two dinners.
For more information or images call (503) 747-2938 or visit: http://www.jumpingcowtours.com
Jumping Cow Culinary Tours, based in Hillsboro, Oregon, just outside of Portland, specializes in small group tours for food lovers. Each tour is designed to balance individual time with group activities, and to give the traveler an opportunity to experience the culture and history of a place through its food and art. The company focuses on special culinary and art tours to the central highlands of Mexico, as well as wine and organic farming tours in the Pacific Northwest.
For more information, please visit http://www.jumpingcowtours.com or call (503) 747-2938.
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