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Gourmet Catalunya Tour
offered by supplier M19632 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 6
day(s)
Group Size: 1
- 10
people
Destination(s):
Spain
Specialty Categories:
Food & Wine
Sightseeing
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: No
Minimum Per Person Price: 3000 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 3500 US Dollar (USD)
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Visit two wineries–one known for its cava and the other known for its white wines and outstanding aged vinegars. Have a traditional lunch in a winemaker’s town. After three days in Catalunya’s capital city, head out to the countryside for two relaxing days cooking, wine tasting and visiting olive oil mills and coastal fishing villages.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival at your four-star hotel in the heart of Barcelona. Your specialist guide will pick you up in the evening for your walking architecture tour of Barcelona’s Gothic or Moderniste district. Afterwards your guide will take you to a famous tapas restaurant in the Barri Gotic for dinner. Your guide is an expert in Barcelona’s architectural history a gastronomy critic who is always up to date on Barcelona’s culinary scene.
Day 2: Your guide will pick you up for a tour of Barcelona’s gourmet landmarks. Begin with the Mercat de la Boquería, Spain’s largest market. Take in the stands of amazingly fresh fruit and vegetables–most of which comes from the Barcelona region. As you circle the seafood stands look for signs of movement in the mounds of freshly caught shellfish. Next you will go to one of Barcelona’s leading wine stores for a wine, cheese and cured sausage tasting. Afterwards you are free for lunch and the afternoon for exploring. Suggestions include the superb Catalonian National Museum of Art; Gaudí’s whimsical Parc Guell or the unfinished Sagrada Familia; Barcelona’s Barri Gòtic and medieval call (Jewish quarter); a stroll down Las Ramblas to the beach; Els Quatre Gats, the legendary café that hosted Picasso’s first exhibition. The building was built by Moderniste architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch in 1896. Nearby is the Palau de la Música Catalana, architect Domènec i Montaner’s Moderniste concert hall (and a World Heritage Site).
Day 3: Your private guide will pick you up at your hotel for a wine tour in the Penedès region near Barcelona. Visit a winery producing red and white wines and some of the best aged vinegar in Spain. Enjoy a seafood lunch on the coast and return to Barcelona for dinner on your own.
Day 4: Your next two days will contrast vividly with your time in Barcelona. Barely two hours from the city center you will find yourself in utter tranquility in a medieval village encircled by sunflower fields. Your charming four-star hotel will be the base for your cooking class with the restaurant’s chef, followed by a meal paired with wine with Vicenç. As you share the food and the Spanish wine with chef Vicenç the conversation will go on into the afternoon. After a rest and a walk or bike ride along the quiet country roads, you try the menu de degustación in the restaurant La Plaça, highly regarded for its modern takes on Catalan cuisine.
Day 5: Your specialist guide will pick you up for a day of exploring the medieval villages and the stunning seacoast of the region. The pristine villages that dot the landscape and the former fishing villages sheltered in the coves along the rocky coast are a visual feast. Equally as inviting are the many excellent restaurants and your guide will take you to one on the coast. Return to Madremanya. Dinner on your own in the hotel or in the nearby town of Foixà.
Day 6: Breakfast at your hotel and return to Barcelona.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Prices:
- $3500
- $3700 for 2
- $3550 for 3-4
- $2850 for 5-6.
Notes: Prices are per person based on double occupancy. No single supplement.
Price Includes:
- Walking architecture tour of Barcelona's Ciutat Vella and Moderniste Eixample
- Traditional tapas in Barcelona's Barri Gotic
- Private cooking class
- Modern Catalan cuisine
- Wine tour in the Penedès region
- Private guided tour of medieval villages
- Mercat de la Boquería tour
- 5 nights four-star accommodation
- Breakfast daily.
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