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Galician Cooking Food and Wine Tour on the Atlantic Coast of Spain
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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:
2 - 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 O Curro da Parra,
offering 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 COOKING VENUE:
 RESTAURANTE
O CURRO DA PARRA
The restaurant O Curro da Parra is situated in the
heart of Compostela, near the old market, and purchased daily fresh products to
develop the menu.
Located in a traditional granite house with two floors, the refurbishment of the
premises was designed as a welcoming and intimate, which is an eye for detail.
It seamlessly blends contemporary decor, respecting the elegance of stone. Light
is used masterfully: engaging the guest, create different rooms and enhances the
beauty of architecture popular in Galicia.
The Gastrobar combines the best tapas of the day. At the entrance is the
kitchen, in which the material is used primarily steel. Complete with a few
tables for tapas and talk, at the entrance to the Rua Voyage.
The ground floor is designed to socialize and dining differently, where it joins
the classic and the avant-garde. The first floor is a cozy living room where you
can see a beautiful fireplace and guests can enjoy the library O Curro da Parra..
Here is are some review in trip advisor 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 (Albariño,
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) called Pazo de Oca
with an important agricultural operation and
beautiful gardens
- Return back to you hotel in Santiago for the cooking class and
dinner.
- 06:00PM: Our chef at O Curro da
Parra will welcome us on arriving at the
restaurant.
- In the kitchen our chef will explain all
the dishes that will be elaborated in this
menu. Hands-on participation for each
course. The class will end around 08:00PM,
then following the class you we be seated in
the dinning room of the restaurant. Then you
will be seated to enjoy the dishes you have
prepared with your chef.
- Coffee and Liquors after
the meal
- Return back at your hotel in Santiago
- Overnight in Santiago de Compostela
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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
Albariño winery,
BODEGA PAZO DE SEÑORANS (Or similar
winery)
- After this we visit
CAMBADOS village, the heart of Albariño
wine country. Here is also found the
Albariño wine museum which we will also
visit inside.
- After this we will make our way to the
small fishing village of O Grove to board a
small boat in the harbour for a visit of the
Mussel farming beds which this area is so
famous for. You will enjoy a tasting of the
mussel on board the boat. The mussel of
Galicia are well known across Spain and
other parts of Europe.
- In the costal town of Sanxenxo we will
enjoy a very special lunch in the new
restaurant Laurel of Toñi Vicente where we
will try her degustation menu with fine
wines of the area.
- Return back to along the coast to Santiago
with a stop in the village of Padron famous
for it's peppers. Here we can see the
plantation around the small farming village.
- Drop off at your hotel and goodbye from
your food/wine guide.
- Rest of the day and evening at your own
leisure
- Dinner on your own
- Overnight in Santiago de Compostela
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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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A Special culinary and cooking tour of Spain based in Santiago de Compostela, capital of Galicia. You will get the chance to learn in-depth about the gastronomy of Galicia...
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We had a fabulous time on the Camino de Santiago! Everything worked as
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EATours was very friendly, very helpful and totally professional. You
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