6 Day Spanish Luxury Gourmet Tour in Arantza, Navarre

Overview

You will enjoy a luxury boutique five-star hotel, in an environment of spectacular natural beauty and delicious regional cuisine. You will have the opportunity, from the hand of its inhabitants, to know the history and legends of their people, to visit San Sebastian, and taste their famous pintxos, and better yet, to join a Gastronomic Society and experience what it means to cook in a family the ancestral Basque recipes. You could not miss, in the city with more Michelin stars from Spain, meet a great Chef, Jose Mari Arzak, awarded with three Michelin stars and taste an unforgettable tasting menu.

Activities

Show-cooking at Basque Sociedad Gastronómica, tapas tour and guided tour in San Sebastian, guided tour at typical village and nature walking tour, wine tasting tutored by expert, three Michelin star tasting menu lunch, massage and spa session.

Itinerary

Day 1

• Private transfer in luxury car from Bilbao Airport (BIO) (two hours approximately) or from San Sebastian Airport (EAS) (50 minutes)
• Arrival at the hotel. A welcome detail in the tasting room, with a tapa and a glass of wine.
• Dinner with gourmet menu

Day 2

• Gourmet breakfast
• Excursion on foot through the town, with a specialized guide to explain the history, language and fascinating mythology
• Food in the typical village steakhouse. Will you be able to take a one-kilogram T-Bone?
• During the afternoon, 45 minutes private spa session, with detail
• Wine tasting for two people with an expert winemaker, in the tasting room, four or five wines
• Dinner on your own if you are still hungry

Day 3

• Gourmet breakfast
• Departure to San Sebastian by high-end taxi at 11:30
• Guided tour of this spectacular city, with the essential walk to the old quarter to taste two or three pintxos
• Today you will know what a food gastronomic society is. You will share lunch with local people and you will taste the recipes cooked by men in these private cooking clubs, and you will also share a few of your lives with them
• Free time to take a walk along the promenade and the port
• Return to the hotel by private taxi
• Dinner on your own if you are still hungry

Day 4

• Day at leisure to enjoy the hotel and the area
• Menu Mendaur food
• Relaxing massages
• Dinner Menu IZU

Day 5

• Gourmet breakfast
• Departure to San Sebastian by high-end taxi at 12:00
• Lunch at 3 Michelin star restaurant by Chef ARzak (Long Tasting menu)
• Back to the hotel by a high-end taxi
• Dinner on your own if you are still hungry

Day 6

• Gourmet breakfast
• Depart to the airport (private transportation in luxury car)
• End of services

Note: The order of days in itinerary or schedule of activities can be modified by Culinary Spain Tours. The customer will receive the confirmed itinerary prior to travel.

• Excursion on foot through the town, with a specialized guide, to explain the history, language, and fascinating mythology
• Guided tour to San Sebastian

The culinary tour will be based in the small town of Arantza, in Navarre, one hour from places of interest such as San Sebastián Pamplona or Biarritz (France). It is a unique place in the middle of the greenest Navarre conceived to be a refuge of positive energy, health, well-being, and love.

Nearby places

• Biarritz (France) - 1 hour
• San Sebastián Pamplona - 1 hour

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You will get five gourmet buffet breakfast, a welcome drink and tapa, as well as two IZU menu dinners and one Mendaur menu dinner at the hotel (drinks not included). You will also get two meals, one in a grill (menu: two starters, T-bone steak of approximately one kilogram, dessert, and coffee (drinks not included)), and one in the gastronomic society (drinks not included).

Menus will be not “a la carte” and will be fixed beforehand by Culinary Spain Tours. If there is any food you are allergic to or cannot eat, please inform Culinary Spain Tours before your travel.

• Food tasting
• A tasting of four or five wines given by an expert winemaker
• ARzak tasting menu in a 3 Michelin star restaurant (drinks not included)
• Guided visit to San Sebastián (including tapas tour of two or three tapas)
• Guided tour of the typical town
• 45 minutes of a private spa session
• Relaxing massage
• 5 gourmet buffet breakfast
• 2 IZU menu meals (drinks not included)
• 1 grilled meal and 1 meal in gastronomic society (drinks not included)
• A welcome drink and tapa
• Transfers in high-end cars from the airport to hotel and detailed excursions
• Local taxes
• 5 nights' accommodation

• Airfares to Bilbao or San Sebastián
• Drinks at meals
• Travel Insurance

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 20% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.