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Galician Cooking Food and Wine Tour on the Atlantic Coast of Spain

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ProductID: 1263

Type: Chauffeur Driven Tour

Country: Spain

Theme: Culinary and Cooking Holidays

Region: Galicia

Group Size: 4 - 6 People

Start City: Santiago de Compostela

Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights

Lodging: City Centre Hotel 4* or 5*

Season: Jan - Dec 


 
Introduction:
Galician Coastal Cooking, Food & Wine Tour Spain ~ Baked Scallops & Albarino wine

On this special culinary and cooking tour of Spain you will be based in Santiago de Compostela, the historic capital of Galicia on the Atlantic North-western coast of Spain. You will get the chance to learn in-depth about the gastronomy of Galicia by cooking side-by-side with an Expert Galician Chef, at the fabulous Restaurante Toņi Vicente, a pioneer of creative cooking in Galicia. The class will be based around traditional ingredients/products of the area, but renewed with creative-modern techniques and presentation of the dishes prepared.


Galician Coastal Cooking, Food & Wine Tour Spain ~ Santiago de Compostela CathedralApart from the cooking lesson we will explore the historic monuments and local food market of Santiago, in addition to it´s surroundings so we can admire the lush inland countryside. Then follow down the Rias Baixas coast to see the contrasts of landscape from inland and coastal Galicia. We will pass through small pilgrimage and fishing villages, visiting noble pazos (manors) to see the popular architecture of this region. As well along the way we will make culinary visits to see how the honey, wine, cultivation/factories of mussels, scallops and many other food related aspects of this rich land.

Galician Coastal Cooking, Food & Wine Tour Spain ~ Mussels of GaliciaThis tour is a slow-paced food/wine experience to get a chance to stroll along the ports and old streets while enjoying exclusive visits like to a winery making the highly-acclaimed Albarino white wines of the D.O. Rias Baixas. We will also dine in a few hand-picked restaurant with a mix of local flavors offering creative dishes based on fine local products, to traditional taverns right near the docks offering an abundance of fresh seafood (Spider Crab, Bay Prawns, Lobster, etc...) caught just that morning... delectable finger-food!




ABOUT THE CHEF/COOKING VENUE:

Private Cooking Class in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, SpainRESTAURANTE TOŅI VICENTE
(1 Michelin Star)

In the heart of town, on two floors of a building erected around 1950, this is the finest and most flamboyantly international restaurant in Santiago and for miles around. Within dining rooms accented with a neoclassical overlay, you can enjoy the celebrated cuisine of Toņi Vicente. Private Cooking Class in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, SpainMenu items change with the availability of the ingredients, but are likely to include such delectable dishes as a warm seafood salad with herbs, escalopes of veal with a confit of onions, turbot with chive sauce, unusual preparations of seasonal game dishes and, for dessert, a tart made with Galician pear.. Here is the review in the Frommer´s about this restaurant...



 

An Unforgettable Cooking Holiday on the Atlantic Coast of Spain


 
Day by Day Itinerary:
4 Days / 3 Nights

DAY 1:
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
- Arrival to SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA the end of the Pilgrims' way and the capital of GALICIA
- Take a taxi to your hotel in the old quarter of the city (NOTE: Private Transfers are available, inquire for extra cost)
- *Check-in Hotel (*After 02:00PM, if you arrive before you could leave your luggage with reception and check in later on that day)
- The rest of today just relax and get ready for a packed day of culinary/cultural activities tomorrow.
- Lunch on your own
- For dinner this evening we have booked you a table at a recommended restaurant in the old quarter
- Overnight in Santiago de Compostela
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DAY 2:
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA - SURROUNDING PILGRIMAGE VILLAGES AND INLAND GALICIA
- 10:00AM: This morning meet in the lobby of the hotel your food/wine guide who will show you around Santiago and it´s surroundings before the evening cooking class/dinner.
- Starting off by walking from your hotel to the Cathedral of Santiago. We will visit the inside of this important Pilgrimage Cathedral as well as the Gelmirez Palace -One of the finest examples of Romanesque Spanish architecture- where we can see a medieval kitchen and dinning room with sculptures made by the famous Maestro Mateo and paintings on the walls of gastronomic scenes from the 12th Century. Then we will visit the balconies of the Cathedral to see the view of the Plaza de Obradoiro and old quarter below.
- We then walk though the ancient streets of Santiago until reaching the open-air market of Plaza Los Abastos to see the daily catch and fresh vegetable that are brought into the market by the villagers who live close by Santiago.
- After this enjoy tapas/wines in the old quarter at a vinoteca with a well stocked wine cellar and serving local cheese, cured meats, etc... We will try White (Albariņo, Godello, etc..) and Red (Mencia, etc...) Galician wines with commentary about the different Denominations of Origin (D.O.´s) in Galicia and characteristics of the wines tasted.
- In the afternoon we will get a glance of inland Galicia around the fertile Ulla Valley where we will be in contact with the gastronomy of the Galician countryside.
- A stop will be made to visit a Noble Galician Pazo (Manor) with an important agricultural operation and beautiful gardens.
- Then we will visit a Honey Museum showing how honey is made in the area.
- Return back to you hotel in Santiago to rest a bit before the cooking class and dinner.
- 06:00PM: Meet your guide in the lobby of your hotel to make our way to Restaurante Toņi Vicente right in the heart of the city centre.
- Toņi will welcome us on arriving at the restaurant.
- In the kitchen Toņi will explain all the dishes that will be elaborated in this menu. Hands-on participation for each course. The class will end around 08:30PM, then following the class you we have the aperitif/appetizers (with wines) prepared while you are waiting for the table to be set in the dinning room of the restaurant. Then you will be seated to enjoy the dishes you have prepared with your chef. (NOTE: Chef is non-English speaking so your guide will translate from Spanish to English during this lesson)
- Coffee and Liquors with Petit Fours after the meal
- Drop off back at your hotel in Santiago
- Overnight in Santiago de Compostela
B, L, D


DAY 3:
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA - Rias Baixas (Low Estuaries or Bays) COAST
- 09:30AM:
This morning you will meet in the lobby of your hotel your food/wine guide
- Today will be dedicated to coastal cuisine, starting off by traveling down the Rias Baixas coast spending the day in the Ria de Arousa area one of the most important bays in the world for seafood production. Here we will visit various places related to the fruits of the sea
- This area is known as the O SALNES valley, sub-zone of the DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN RIAS BAIXAS
- Here we will make a special visit to an Albariņo winery, BODEGA PAZO DE SEŅORANS (Or similar winery)
- After this we visit CAMBADOS village, the heart of Albariņo wine country
- Then we will visit an artisan conservation factory with high-range of finely conserved products of the sea. At the end of the visit we will have a tasting of their gourmet goods.
- Nearby we will visit a cetarea (seafood breading farm) in a small fishing village.
- Enjoy a seafood and fish feast for lunch at a restaurant on the Port of Vilagarcia.
- Return back to Santiago by highway after lunch.
- Drop off at your hotel and goodbye from your food/wine guide.
- Rest of the day and evening at your own leisure (NOTE: You could add-on this evening an optional 2nd cooking class, see the prices section for details.)
- Dinner on your own
- Overnight in Santiago de Compostela
B, L


DAY 4:
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
- Breakfast
- *Check-out of your hotel (*Before 12:00noon)
- Take a taxi to Santiago de Compostela Airport or continue on your vacation in Spain by other means. (NOTE: Private Transfers are available and other travel arrangements can be made for your trip in Spain, inquire for extra cost)
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