Culinary Adventures in Spain

Culinary Trips

We offer culinary programs throughout Spain.

Catalonia

Cooking in Barcelona.
Catalan Cooking in the Empordà.
Priorat Cooking Vacation.
One Day Cook.
Wine Country Walking–Coming soon.
Barcelona to Cadaqués Tour–Coming soon.

Andalucía

A Taste of Andalucía.
Adventures in Andalucía.
Seville Cooks.
One Day Cook.

Castille

Adventures in Madrid.

Basque Country

Gourmet San Sebastián.

Culinary Experiences in Spain

Our Culinary Tours and Cooking Class Vacations are insider tours. Chefs, winemakers, culinary experts, artisan food producers and local guides surround you with the flavors and traditions of Spanish cuisine. The defining flavors of olive oil, saffron, capers, garlic and smoky paprika enhance the prime ingredients: jamón ibérico, exquisite artisanal cheeses, an endless array of amazingly fresh seafood, free-range beef, lamb and chicken.

Explore Spanish cuisine with private cooking classes, meals in traditional, and sometimes in cutting-edge, restaurants, winery tours and tastings, tapas tours, visits to specialty food shops, and tours of local markets, olive oil mills and vineyards. Chefs and experts will direct your explorations of Spanish food and wine.

We accompany and guide you every step of the way so that you can fully appreciate the country’s splendid culinary culture and traditions. Our expertise paired with that of our local culinary experts and chefs allow us to deliver an authentic experience of culinary Spain. Join us in one of our destinations for a true insider experience.

Spanish Cuisine

What makes travel in Spain so exciting is that each region is unique. Spanish cuisines, like Spain itself, are regional, and use traditional, usually local, food products and recipes. Each region in Spain would seem to be a culinary country, boasting its own traditional products, recipes and culinary sensibility.

The succession of conquerors and visitors who arrived on Spain’s shores over the centuries shaped and flavored Spanish cuisine. The Greeks brought the grapevine, the Romans, olive trees, and the Arabs, products ranging from citrus fruits and almonds to saffron and dates. Those culinary influences from centuries past continue to inform Spanish cuisine today.

The regional cooking in Spain maintains traditional connections to the land. You will see that connection in the produce and food products grown, harvested or raised locally. The organic connections between the food–regional dishes, ingredients, specialty products, wines–and the landscapes and people become apparent as you spend time eating, cooking, and exploring the cuisine of a region.

Just as Spanish cuisine is linked to its locale, it is governed by the seasons. The astounding freshness and high quality of its prime ingredients–from wild mushrooms to wild game, artichokes to oranges, suckling lamb to octopus and squid–explains in part why Spanish food tastes so extraordinary.