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Culinary Short Break in Barcelona: Cooking Class and Wine Tour

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ProductID: 1392

Type: Package

Country: Spain

Theme: Short Stay City Breaks

Region: Catalonia

Group Size: 2 People or more

Start City: Barcelona

Duration: 4 days / 3 nights

Lodging: City Centre Hotel 4*

Season: Jan - Dec 


 
Introduction:
Culinary, Food and Wine Short Break in Barcelona


Enjoy a culinary, food and wine short break in Barcelona. Learn how to prepare signature Spanish dishes in a traditional cooking workshop. Then the next day an excursion to the world renowned Penedes wine region for a Cava tasting & vineyard tour.






Cooking Class in BarcelonaLocal and traditional cooking workshop in Barcelona
The well-deserved reputation of the Spanish gastronomy ´shared either by professionals or people who just enjoy the art of good eating- is in line with a rising tendency to regard cuisine as a distinctive element of culture. People traveling abroad are increasingly taking interest in gastronomy, since they understand it is an identity sign of the country´s culture. Enjoy a half day hands on cooking workshop, in direct contact with local cuisine in a warm, cheerful, participative atmosphere. At the end of the session, you are invited to enjoy a taste of the dishes prepared during the workshop.



Day Trip to Discover the Wines of Catalonia
Start with a short drive from Barcelona to El Penedes wine region. We arrive to the Penedes wine country where we are joined by a resident wine maker for a private tour of his fields and facilities, and most importantly a generous and varied cava and wine tasting in his wine cellar. Cava Wine TourBetween his explanations and your questions, youll learn all youve ever wanted to know about Spanish (Catalan) wine and cava elaboration methods of the past and present. In the wine cellar among the oak barrels and aging bottles of product, youll enjoy a generous tasting of wines and reserve cavas, accompanied by a wonderful catered lunch or dinner of Catalan cuisine. Prior to returning to Barcelona, guests will have the opportunity to personally make a bottle of cava in the old artisan fashion to take home with them. After return to Barcelona.

 
Day by Day Itinerary:
4 days / 3 nights

DAY 1:
BARCELONA
- Upon arrival make your own way to your hotel in Barcelona
- Check in hotel
- Dinner on your own
- Overnight in Barcelona


DAY 2:
BARCELONA
- Breakfast
Hands on Cooking Workshop in Barcelona (Duration: 03h30)
- Two different sessions are given every day (12:00PM and 06:00PM)
- Enjoy a half day hands on cooking workshop, in direct contact with local cuisine in a warm, cheerful, participative atmosphere
- At the end of the session, you are invited to enjoy a taste of the dishes prepared during the workshop
- Return to hotel at your leisure
- Overnight in Barcelona
B, L or D


DAY 3:
BARCELONA
- Breakfast
Barcelona Day Trip to Discover the Wines of Catalonia (Duration: 06h00)
- Start with a short drive from Barcelona to El Penedes wine region
- W
e arrive to the Penedès wine country where we are joined by a resident wine maker for a private tour of his fields and facilities, and most importantly a generous and varied cava and wine tasting in his wine cellar.
-
Between his explanations and your questions, youll learn all youve ever wanted to know about Spanish (Catalan) wine and cava elaboration methods of the past and present.
-
In the wine cellar among the oak barrels and aging bottles of product, youll enjoy a generous tasting of wines and reserve cavas, accompanied by a wonderful catered lunch or dinner of Catalan cuisine.
-
Prior to returning to Barcelona, guests will have the opportunity to personally make a bottle of cava in the old artisan fashion to take home with them.
- Return to Barcelona
- Overnight in Barcelona
B, L


DAY 4:
BARCELONA
- Breakfast
- Check out hotel
- Make your own way to the airport
- Board plane and return to point of origin
B


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