Journey through Basque Country and savour local cuisine, chat with chefs and enjoy street food while en route to sight seeing and cultural expeditions. Every tour entails a food experience along the way giving you a journey like no other. Our delicious itinerary explores the phenomenal taste of Basque and fascinating sight seeing ,cultural experiences as we cut through the maze of amazing plates of local food, while exploring the city with spectacular landscape and heritage.
Welcome to Basque Country, where the first stop is to view this giant basilica built in eighteenth century
Tour from Bilbao to San Sebastian , visiting the interior valleys of Biscay, and other typical Basque towns including the oldest tower houses in Gipuzcoa. We travel to the vibrant coastal city of San Sebastian, full of bustling pintxos bars, beautiful beaches and its charming old city. This is a food haven, from classic preparation and authentic ingredients to delicious selections, everything about San Sebastian is beautiful.
San Telmo assumes the responsibility of preserving, completing and increasing collections of the history and evolution of Basque society.
Another all day gastronomic excursion. Start from San Sebastian, passing Lasarte, Andoain and Villabona villages where art, history, archeology and nature abound. Arriving in Gipuzcoa , visit the Ordizia traditional market. This market dates back to the eleventh and twelfth centuries and local products including Idiazabal cheese are a must try here.
Heading inland in the Alava province, through rural and natural landscapes, arrive at the ninth century salt flats of Gesaltza (Salinas de Añana) and continue the trip through Amurrio, passing small Basque towns and beautiful mountain scenery and nature.
No trip to Basque is complete without stopping by Getxo, a town located in the province of Biscay. This is a part of Greater Bilbao with about 80,000 inhabitants and mostly an affluent residential area, as well as being the third largest municipality of Biscay.
Our street food tour in Bilbao starts at the famous marina, before heading towards Bilbao city centre. The culinary influence in this area is from the coastal cuisine and inland heritage as well as French Spanish influence. So much to taste and so little time!
Enjoy the cuisine as the local experts share traditional recipes and food history as we savour Basque Country.
After lunch we take a Walking Tour of Bilbao, a vibrant and Panoramic old city with second-hand markets, cafes, and street food.
Contemporary and a modern museum of art the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao was designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, and is located in Bilbao, Basque Country. Twenty years on, the Museum continues to challenge assumptions about the connections between art and architecture today.
This trip needs a minimum of two women travelling together to take place.