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Basque Cuisine and the Cantabrian Coast
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ProductID:
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Type:
Private Group Tour
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Country:
Spain |
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Theme:
Culinary and Cooking Holidays
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Region: Euskadi (Basque Country) |
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Group Size:
4 to 6+ People
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Start City:
San Sebastian |
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Duration:
6 Days / 5 Nights
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Lodging: Historic Hotels |
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Season:
Jan - Dec | |
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is much more to Spain than the topic of the flamenco, bullfights and paella!!!
There is the North, green Spain, the Spain of lush green pastures and Atlantic
coastal fishing villages and, to many, one of the great gastronomic regions of
Europe. The restaurants of San Sebastian, for example, bear more Michelin stars
per head of population than Paris.
From the rich treasures of 19th century architecture to the Guggenheim Museum in
Bilbao, already a fixture on the international cultural map, the itinerary has
been designed to show you the most important aspects of each of the two cities
visited - San Sebastian and Bilbao- while allowing you ample free time to rest
or make your own discoveries. The Basque Country is historically unique; its
traditions, customs, culture and its language, Euskera, are all unlike any other
region of Spain.
Our six days/five nights journey starts in San Sebastian, one of the most
elegant cities in Spain and the gastronomic capital of the Basque Country. You
will enjoy cooking and eating at a "Sociedad Gastronomica" (Gastronomic
Society), visit a txacoli winery and the fishing town of Guetaria. One cooking
lesson at San Sebastian will provide you with a quite a good introduction to
famous Basque Cuisine. We journey further west to Bilbao, where you will visit
the magnificent Frank Ghery Guggenheim Museum and the biggest food market in
Europe, before our departure for home.
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6 Days / 5 Nights
DAY 1:
SAN SEBASTIAN
- Arrival in San Sebastian. Called Donostia
in Basque language, it is the capital of the
province of Gipuzkoa, and extends like a
string of pearls around the Bay of Biscay.
- Transfer from the airport to the elegant
19th Century four star hotel in front of La
Concha beach.
- After the check-in, free time to rest or
to walk along La Concha beach and the Old
Quarter (Casco Viejo).
- Dinner will be at a selected restaurant
specializing in traditional Basque cuisine,
which revolves around exquisite fish and
seafood - especially hake, salt cod, spider
crab, and baby eels.
Overnight in San Sebastian.
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DAY 2:
SAN SEBASTIAN
- Breakfast
- Morning Cooking Session at a "Sociedad
Gastronómica" (Gastronomic Society), some of
them are still men-only cooking clubs
(although not this one, fortunately!) where
Basques share their good humor, songs and
kitchen wisdom, as they have done for
centuries.
- Lunch will follow.
- Visit to San Sebastian, a sophisticated
city of great beauty and elegance, with a
cultural, social, and gastronomic importance
exceeding its size by far. The undeniable
glamour of the city is charmed by the local
colour of its small fishing port.
- Free time.
- Pintxos (Tapas in Basque) tour for dinner:
a gastronomic route through our choice of
Pintxos Bars in the city.
- Overnight in San Sebastian.
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DAY 3:
SAN SEBASTIAN - GUETARIA - SAN SEBASTIAN
- Breakfast
- Morning excursion along the panoramic
coastal route to Guetaria
- Visit to the town and its very lively
port, full of local colour. Guetaria is
mainly known for its Txakoli (Basque white
wine), one of the world’s best seafood
wines.
- You will visit a Txacoli winery.
- Lunch will be at one of the traditional
fish bars in the port of Guetaria.
- Back to San Sebastian, evening free.
- Overnight in San Sebastian.
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DAY 4:
SAN SEBASTIAN - BILBAO
- Breakfast
- Transfer to Bilbao, financial center of
the Basque country and home of the
spectacular Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, "the
building of the century."
- Check-in at a five star hotel,
conveniently located facing the Museum. Of
elegant and contemporary interior design, it
contains a selection of furniture that
represents the most emblematic design from
the 20th century.
- Visit to the food market, the biggest in
Europe, where you will enjoy the aromas and
colors of the amazingly varied regional food
offer.
- Lunch free.
- Afternoon visit along the narrow streets
of Bilbao’s Old Town or Casco Viejo which
give off an age-old atmosphere.
Free time to rest or, you may consider
visiting the impressive art collection of
the local “Museo de Bellas Artes”.
- For dinner, Pintxos tour. In Bilbao,
pintxos are less sophisticated, more
straight-forward than those of San
Sebastian, but the festive atmosphere is the
same in both cities.
- Overnight in Bilbao.
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DAY 5:
BILBAO
- Breakfast
- Visit to the spectacular Guggenheim
Museum, located right in front of your
hotel.
- Farewell lunch at the Museum restaurant,
directed by one of the most brilliant young
chefs in Spain who has trained with 3
Michelin starred chef Martin Berasategui.
The cuisine is modern but deeply rooted in
Basque traditional cooking and pays special
attention to the quality of the ingredients.
One of the main specialities here is cod
fish, prepared in Bilbao like nowhere else
in Spain.
- Free time for shopping, doing some
exploring on your own, or just having a
rest.
- Overnight in Bilbao.
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DAY 6:
BILBAO
- Breakfast
- Transfer to Bilbao airport
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