Cooking classes, wine tasting,  and world class cuisine

Cook Drink Eat Spain offers a week-long culinary and travel program in Spring and Fall

Cook

Get hands-on experience in the preparation of traditional Spanish and Basque dishes in fun and educational cooking classes. Classes take place in professional and local kitchens in the Basque Country and a gastronomic society. Each 3 - 4 hour cooking class finishes with a multi-course, delicious meal, prepared by you, paired with specially selected, local wines. All classes are taught by local chefs.

Drink

Enjoy visits to wineries in Spain's D.O.C. Rioja region to taste their famous reds. Visit wineries in Getaria and Hondarribia to learn about Txakoli, the local, lightly sparkling, dry white wine that pairs perfectly with seafood. Take advantage of  the opportunity to taste wines from all regions of Spain in wine bars throughout the area and sample the locally produced sidra or cider.

Eat

Experience the tradition of the pintxos (Peen chos) crawl or el Txikiteo (chee kee TAY oh). Pintxos is the Basque version  of tapas. Whether called pintxos or tapas, both are delightful, small-plate, culinary masterpieces. We'll take you on pintxo tasting tours where you will  sample Spanish wines paired with these tasty bites. ​​The cities of Hondarribia and San Sebastian are home to a growing number of innovative chefs. 
Trip highlights include:
  • Hands-on Spanish or Basque cooking class
  • Hands-on Pintxos/Tapas cooking class
  • Dinner or lunch in a private gastronomic society
  • Pintxos/Tapas Tasting Tours
  • Basque cider house visit
  • Idiazabal cheese farm tasting and tour
  • All meals including dinner at a one star rated Michelin restaurant
  • Daily sightseeing excursions to local villages and points of interest
  • Day trip a local wine region (Rioja, Getariako Txakolina, Navarra) which includes wine tastings and winery tour
  • 6 nights lodging in the beautiful village of Hondarribia
  • Bilingual guide
  • All ground transportation for daily excursions

Cooking class: Pantxineta, a traditional Basque cream filled puff pastry.

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