Food Lover's Spanish Camino
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Overview
Highlights
- Sample local gastronomic delights
- Enjoy cooking demonstrations and samplings
- Walk on the original pilgrimage route to Santiago through superb scenery
- Explore the magnificent cities of Leon and Santiago with their impressive architecture and cathedrals.
- Enjoying the camaraderie of fellow food enthusiasts, walkers and pilgrims
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- Tour escort throughout and local gastronomic experts at points through the trip
- Accommodation at carefully selected hotels (twin share basis) including all breakfasts (continental style)
- 4 very special gourmet dinners (wine not included): Men’s cooking club in Bilbao (day 1), Restaurant Echaurren Tradición (day 3), Casa Marcial in Arriondas (day 5) and A Tofana in Santiago de Compostela (day 14)
- 4 authentic dinners featuring regional cuisine: Roasted lamb Castilian style at Ojeda Restaurant Burgos (day 4), Tapas Asturian style at an authentic cider house in Oviedo (day 6), Creative cooking with ancestral recipes at Hotel Grandas in Grandas de Salime (day 9) and classic Galician cooking (day 12)
- 4 dinners featuring home cooking (3 course set menu served at your accommodation) in: Tineo (day 8), near Castroverde (day 10 & 11) and Andeade (day 13)
- 9 guided visits: Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao (day 1), Logrono (day 2), Marqués de Riscal Winery (day 3), Bota bag workshop (day 4), Cathedral and Panteón in León (day 5), Oviedo Historical Centre (day 6), Lugo (day 12), Dairy (day 13), and Winery in the Ribeira Sacra (day 13)
- 2 wine tasting sessions: Marqués de Riscal (day 3) and Ribeira Sacra (day 13)
- Guided or self guided walks as per the program
- All transfers according to program
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Itinerary
On arrival into Bilbao transfer to your hotel and check-in. In the early afternoon you will meet with your tour leader. Later we visit the impressive Guggenheim Museum before sitting down to our first special gourmet dinner at a men’s cooking club (sociedad gastronómica).
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A treat for the senses today, with wine tasting in the Ribeira Sacra region. After we'll continue to Lalin or Chantada for lunch before transfering to a lovely pazo in the country, not far from Santiago de Compostela, which will mean an easy access to the city the fol...
Early start to enjoy both the Pilgrims’ Mass and the local market or to walk for 2.5 hrs from Monte del Gozo into Santiago. Free time to explore the city. You may wish to share emotions with other pilgrims as they approach the St James Cathedral in the old centre of town. This evening sit down to a superb farewell dinner to close the tour. (5km/3.1mi, -100m/328ft, 1hr)
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A farewell to your fellow travellers as the trip concludes after breakfast.
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