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Galician Cooking Food and Wine Tour on the Atlantic Coast of Spain
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ProductID:
1263 |
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Type:
Chauffeur Driven Tour
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Country:
Spain |
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Theme:
Culinary and Cooking Holidays
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Region: Galicia |
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Group Size:
4 - 6 People
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Start City:
Santiago de Compostela |
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Duration:
4 Days / 3 Nights
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Lodging: City Centre Hotel 4* or 5* |
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Season:
Jan - Dec | |
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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.
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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.
 This 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:
 RESTAURANTE
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.
 Menu 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
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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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